Just have to pass this one on............There is a guy couple miles from here , that maintains a couple acre , pick-it -yourself berry patch. He was doing his chores around the patch and wanted to set out a trail camera to see what big bucks were coming out of his woods at night. He finished the camera and turned to head back to the house , and here comes momma blackie , and cub. He had no place to run , so picked the smallest tree to shinnie up. He got up about 7 feet , but the she bear reached up and bite his shoe. She pulled him down enough to bite his calf , then his butt cheek. He said it felt like a truck was hooked to his body when she was pulling. MS. Bear didn't notice she was on the edge of an ancient iron ore pit. During the struggle , she fell down into the 30 ft. deep pit. When she came back up to re-engage , the injured berry farmer was ready with a bat sized club and served her with a very smart strike between her muzzle and eye. Fortunately , she had enough and retreated , w/ cub in tow. Worse for the wear , the farmer underwent emergency surgery to remove part of the shredded muscle and hide from his calf. Over time skin grafts closed up the 7" wound at the top behind the knee and coming to a point at the back of the ankle. Then the months of therapy started. Moral of the story.....Take your smoke pole with ya any time yur in the Pensy. woods. There's potential bear danger out there..................oldwood
