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Crude but mostly true advice for avoiding wildlife attacks

Hank Patterson offers advice.
Hank Patterson offers advice.

WILDLIFE -- While not necessarily for family viewing, notorious faux fly fishing guide Hank Patterson has some fairly decent insights and somewhat accurate information on how to avoid dangerous encounters with wildlife found in Yellowstone Park and perhaps your own neighborhood.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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