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---2114655128-1405063403-1344001760=:72336 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Try enough =A0Dusan=0AAlthough I was never lucky enough to own a backwoods = cabin,=0AHarold of canoe making fame had a number and he was a great story = teller.=0AHe like the old Irish dance song "Gone alas - like our youth too = soon"=0AHe used the cabins to tend his trap line in late fall.=0AHe showed = me a salt shaker made of metal that a bear had punched a hole through=0Awit= h its teeth. Glass ones were OK. All cans were punched. His remedy was to c= arry his food=0Awhen he was on the trap line.=0AOnce I was canoeing on a lo= ng forgotten stream and had stopped to make tea.=0AJust then a =A0canoe cam= e around the bend so I called "Like a tea?"=0A"D**m right I would!" he answ= ered and we sat, talked and become good friends.=0AOnce I asked him about a= cabin and he answered "You found that? I've told people=0Awhere it was and= they couldn't find it!"=0AThanks for the good memories!=0AGood canoeing th= is summer=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From:= Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASe= nt: Friday, August 3, 2012 10:14:41 AM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] black bears vs= . backwoods cabins=0A =0A=0AHi all,=0A=A0 recently I re-read Bud Inglis' 1= 990 classic "Backwood Cabins of Nova Scotia." He writes that black bears fe= ar and avoid broken glass....for obvious reasons. Apparently they break int= o empty camps through doors and shuttered windows, never by breaking glass = windows.=0A=A0 He mentions an incident when a bear broke into a cabin --th= rough a wooden door-- and punctured and drained every single tin can there.= All food-containing glass containers were left untouched. =0A=A0 Is Bud I= nglis' observation correct in general ? Or true only for a specific animal = or area? Any comments?=0A=A0 Dusan Soudek ---2114655128-1405063403-1344001760=:72336 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Try enough= Dusan</span></div><div><span>Although I was never lucky enough to ow= n a backwoods cabin,</span></div><div><span>Harold of canoe making fame had= a number and he was a great story teller.</span></div><div>He like the old= Irish dance song "Gone alas - like our youth too soon"</div><div>He used t= he cabins to tend his trap line in late fall.</div><div>He showed me a salt= shaker made of metal that a bear had punched a hole through</div><div>with= its teeth. Glass ones were OK. All cans were punched. His remedy was to ca= rry his food</div><div>when he was on the trap line.</div><div>Once I was c= anoeing on a long forgotten stream and had stopped to make tea.</div><div>J= ust then a canoe came around the bend so I called "Like a tea?"</div>= <div>"D**m right I would!" he answered and we sat, talked and become good friends.</div><div>Once I asked him about a cabin and he answered "Yo= u found that? I've told people</div><div>where it was and they couldn't fin= d it!"</div><div>Thanks for the good memories!</div><div>Good canoeing this= summer</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><d= iv><br></div> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', ti= mes, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman= ', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font si= ze=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bol= d;">From:</span></b> Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca><br> <b><s= pan style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br= > <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 3, = 2012 10:14:41 AM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span><= /b> [NatureNS] black bears vs. backwoods cabins<br> </font> </div> <br><br>= Hi all,<br> recently I re-read Bud Inglis' 1990 classic "Backwood Cabi= ns of Nova Scotia." He writes that black bears fear and avoid broken glass.= ...for obvious reasons. Apparently they break into empty camps through door= s and shuttered windows, never by breaking glass windows.<br> He men= tions an incident when a bear broke into a cabin --through a wooden door-- = and punctured and drained every single tin can there. All food-containing g= lass containers were left untouched. <br> Is Bud Inglis' observation= correct in general ? Or true only for a specific animal or area? Any comme= nts?<br> Dusan Soudek<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html= > ---2114655128-1405063403-1344001760=:72336--
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