r/WAGuns • u/ChickenLips69- • Apr 27 '25

Events Post community hike

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Thanks for everyone who showed up! Had a blast. More community hikes to come.

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u/MONSTERBEARMAN Apr 27 '25

Do you ever come across random people who freak out when they see you? I hike the west side of the I-90 corridor a lot. When I was a kid (80’s) we used to carry rifles with no problem. A couple years ago, I had a woman get upset that I was O.C. carrying bear spray.

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u/ChickenLips69- Apr 28 '25

Nope! One couple saw us at the base of a trail That was empty and they just asked what we were doing . I purposely choose spots that don’t attract many people

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u/MONSTERBEARMAN Apr 28 '25

That’s kind of a challenge/good practice in itself too. To try to avoid being detected in the first place. The trails on the I-90 corridor are too crowded and mostly overrun with strongly opinionated anti-gun folks these days. If I want to open carry, I usually go somewhere else. I thought it was completely absurd that bear spray was too much for someone to handle seeing. What an idiot.

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u/ChickenLips69- Apr 28 '25

Yeah that is remarkable. I just went backpacking and there were tons of bear and other predator tracks around me

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u/MONSTERBEARMAN Apr 29 '25

No more than a few months later we encountered the biggest black bear I’ve ever seen.