The Grizzly Bear Diaries

The Grizzly Bear Diaries

The Early Years

The Bear, the Guards Officer, and the Pepper Spray

A Grizzly Bear Ranch Vintage Post

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Julius Strauss
Dec 23, 2023
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Vaughan, the shotgun, and the quad bike in the Selkirk Mountains in 2006

Soon after I moved to Canada, a close friend and I headed into the wilderness with two quad bikes, a can of bear spray, and a shotgun. What could possibly go wrong?

It was supposed to be a gentle if unremarkable day out in the Selkirk Mountains, the older cousins of the Canadian Roc…

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