Not anymore. A black bear wandered into my yard while I was shoveling the driveway. Luckily, I had my pocket knife with me and after a twenty-minute battle I managed to kill it. I then skinned it and I'm using the skin as a coat. Sliced some thick steaks from the hind quarter so I'll have something for dinner. Still, it isn't right to not check on a helpless old man during and after a snowstorm.