Wearing a dirk casually

[Terry Searl]

You are certainly right about making noise Terry, but in fairness I think LKM was probably more concerned about being attacked by something and having no defense whatsoever, rather than a knife being a deterrent to a wild animal. Noise doesn't always work, I just saw a black bear running through downtown Gatlinburg on the news this morning. Personally, whenever I'm on a trail in the mountians or even in a local park I'm more concerned about human predators than animals, and usually always take that into consideration, thats all I will say.

We have the same problems with wild critters coming into the cities and towns bordering the bush..... the problem is caused with humans, encouraging the lower forms of the food chain to mix with humans and in the human environment. People just don't seem to get that most animals want only three things, to get food to eat easily, Don't get eaten themselves, and to Procreate....... and they will naturally fight to get any of those three things.
As for human predators.....Well that is for another conversation on another website