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So, a large number of these posts look like obv larpers to me. I'm not going to finger them because it'll cause an avalanche of sperg posting.
But, I did live north of 60 for a half year, also did surveying for the province.
Generally, we didn't bring a gun while going outtadoors. There were two circumstances where we'd arm ourselves: (I.) We were actively hunting, (II.) We were a party of three or fewer. Occasionally we'd encounter a bear or a defensive moose, but because we're not retarded we just, you know, walked away. What I learned very early on is that most animals aren't interested in people. Unless you brought snacks or wear cologne. People smell bad, but your food/deodorant smells great. Worried about big animals? Put your food in something that is 100% air-tight, skip the old spice.
Also, that far north, there are no schizos. At least, there are no -living- schizos in the wilderness.
>there is an abundance of schizos who've been boarded up in houses though
So for those of you afraid of encountering wild junkies, that wasn't a concern for us.
The only time we came close to shooting defensively was when a polar bear took interest in us. Basically it popped out of the snow somewhere along our trail and followed us for a while. It charged briefly and started to close the gap, so I drew the shotgun and the guy in charge yelled at it. The bear just kinda stopped. Bossman and I walked backwards with the gun on it, the other guy walked forwards until we got into the truck. We got in and left the bear there. It just sat in the dirt and watched us drive away.
Other than that, every story I have that involves "big animals that can kill you" is really boring. It's always "oh there's a [moose with calves, grizzly bear, etc], let's keep walking" and then nothing interesting happens. I have a hard time believing the number of anons here who claim to be constantly harassed by wild animals when it's happened only once to me after years of boreal/tundra surveying.
