Most women likely are not trained for this but since my grandfather was a hunter and hunted deer and bear and even raccoons in the early 1900s, my father was trained how to deal with all wild animals whenever you accidentally come across them or on purpose. You have to have an attitude a lot like the animals there with you. IT is a "kill or be killed attitude" which most people are not able to get to these days unless they have been in a war or are trained hunters. But, whenever possible I just walk away, (especially from bears I meet in Yosemite National park or elsewhere in California, Oregon or Washington.) I choose not to be a hunter simply because I like to have wild animals alive for my grandchildren to still see. So, my point of view is "However, I can keep wild animals alive to breed the better it will be for everyone."
But, I also believe in staying alive. So, walking away is good. There is always the story of people from Europe I believe or Asia who put their child on the back of a wild buck deer in Yosemite for a picture and the buck quickly killed it (because they didn't realize it was that wild). But whether you are in California in Yosemite National Park or with Buffalo in Yellowstone or wherever wild place you are if you are from another country, yes, the animals here are wild.
And if you don't know what that actually means I suggest you don't go wild places or bring your children to wild places because animals that are wild can often kill you or your children if you don't understand them.
Even domesticated breeds of Dogs like Dobermans, or pit bulls, or german shepards or Chows very often maul or kill children or younger people even here in the U.S. How much more wild are things that survive with every other wild animal trying to eat them?
Think about that for a moment. If you had every animal in the forest trying to eat you wouldn't you be wild?
I can remember driving my then 10 year old son through the wilds around Mt. Shasta with my father sitting next to me in my 1974 International Harvester Scout II and a big bear walked out in front of us.
He stood up on his hind legs so I stopped the vehicle and backed up a little so he wouldn't damage my vehicle. Then we just stood there looking at each other. Eventually, he went down on all fours and walked off into the wilderness. But things like this don't happen very often because this bear might never have even seen a human before because we were in such a wild place. But, I felt privileged to have this experience. I'm 70 and I had this experience like this only once.
But, I have also been hiking and come across bears and my reaction is usually to walk the other way as bears are big with claws and if I'm not armed I'm not happy around a bear. Not that I would hurt a bear but I don't want a bear to hurt me either. So, whether it is a raccoon or a deer or a bear if you don't think they are wild and potentially dangerous, then you likely are a fool.
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