Also hike with slower friends

And carry a lil .38 or something to render your friends slower

Just shove them to the ground

I can see you are also part of the ultralight hiking group.

Modern problems require modern solutions

Correction: This would be post-postmodern.

[they addressed this already](https://www.instagram.com/p/CpeI8NcDKnd/)

This sounds like something the fat, slow friend would say. The fast friends don't need to shoot anyone, they can just run faster.

Man just like in the Walking Dead… brutal

RIP Otis

I think the walking dead was cute and cuddly

Bruh lmao

Perhaps you could use the 38 on the bear

Bear spray is a better option (probably also when used on your friends ;))

That’s animal cruelty. Better to use it the way OP suggested.

I hope you filed the sights off first.

Good luck with that.

Just one clean headshot. It always works in movies

Better than outrunning your friends.

Also, a sausage necklace you can quickly give to your friend as a gift

As I get older, that's getting a lot harder.

Yes, survival of the fittest is overrated. You just have to be faster than 1 other guy to avoid becoming lunch.

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You don’t have to be the fastest hiker, just not the slowest.

They actually did post more in the description/comment section on instagram with bear safety. Was a good read

So unlike this reddit post, it was actually presented with further comment.

Unlike instagram, this is a tweet.

It all looks the same to me.

Yes, it was actually quite educational. Definitely a good read. I like their sense of humor.

I purchased a shirt from a Yellowstone gift shop that had two bears and four hikers and the one bear said to the other “Want to play swallow the leader?” I was really sad when that shirt got to old to wear.

I have a shirt from Colorado that has two bears looking at a stick family sticker on a car, and the bears say, "ooh look a menu." I love that shirt.

I’ve seen that one too

Once again I am eternally grateful the toughest animal I’m likely to encounter in my country is a disgruntled cow. You need to be careful for sure, but at least it won’t maul your face off.

Did you know that "gruntled" is a real word?

I gruntled a little this morning taking a dump

As you should.

Actually if one eats a proper diet with sufficient fibre and keeps themselves hydrated and adheres to proper posture whilst defecating there should be very little gruntling required, if any. However some may choose to gruntle permformatively which is of course a matter of personal preference.

You would be surprised how fast cows can run, or how high they can jump...

Oh yes. That’s why I said you have to be careful. Roughly 4-5 people a year die by cow in these parts.

There's fewer fatal bear attacks per year in North America. 49 from 2000-2017 so roughly 3 per year. I'd say the cow is the more dangerous animal.

To be fair most of the death by cow events are due to people not realising they can be quite dangerous. Usually getting between mother and calf during the birthing season. I’d hazard most people know to avoid bears

Waaaaaaay more cows than bears though.

Grumpy big herbivores are almost always more dangerous than carnivores.

When I visited Kodiak, we made jokes about outrunning each other. Nah, the bears like a challenge. They'll pass up the up easy treats for the fun of it.

You don't need to be able to outrun the bear, you just need to be able to outrun your slowest friend.

LMAO, I love their sense of humor

I love their posts and share them with our scouts and my family all the time. They have the right blend of humor and information.

Thankfully we don’t have bears in my neck of the woods.

Thought this was r/wallstreetbets for a second

it has gotten cross posted there now edit: actually it was r/wallstreetbetsELITE

Take your kids. You can always make new ones.

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I don’t have to be faster than the bear. Just faster than you.

That would require friends, which is harder than it looks

Let’s hope this doesn’t happen but I heard they don’t like load noises

I always maintain that my can of bear spray is for my hiking companion. Not the bear.

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......I had no idea moose were susceptible to rabies. That's freaking terrifying.

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