# Canadian Mounties:  they always get their ... bear?

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**Created:** [July 27, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mounties-they-always-get-their-bear/792259 "2017-07-27T13:03:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mounties-they-always-get-their-bear/792259/1 "2017-07-27T13:03:00Z")

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Observed near Waterton Park:

[Mountie chasing bear](http://globalnews.ca/news/3623729/mountie-in-red-serge-chasing-black-bear-from-waterton-campground-captured-on-video/)

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mounties-they-always-get-their-bear/792259/2 "2017-07-27T14:21:37Z")

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He is a tougher man than I.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mounties-they-always-get-their-bear/792259/3 "2017-07-27T14:30:41Z")

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“A lot of tourists,” Sgt. Clayton Wilbern said. “They were getting very excited, they were like, ‘Oh wow, I came to Waterton to see a Mountie and a bear and I’ve got both!’”

😃

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mounties-they-always-get-their-bear/792259/4 "2017-07-28T00:34:19Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> He is a tougher man than I.

It was just a cub. Nothing to be worried about. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mounties-they-always-get-their-bear/792259/5 "2017-07-28T02:36:13Z")

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The problem with chasing a bear is what the heck do you do if you catch it?

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mounties-they-always-get-their-bear/792259/6 "2017-07-28T02:45:16Z")

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A Mountie friend of mine was more concerned about what running through the tall grass would have done to the spit shine on the boots.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mounties-they-always-get-their-bear/792259/7 "2017-07-28T06:54:36Z")

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That Mountie has bigger balls than Dudley Do-Right.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mounties-they-always-get-their-bear/792259/8 "2017-07-28T10:07:56Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> That Mountie has bigger balls than Dudley Do-Right.

When I was a kid, the Mounties [always got their mouse](https://youtu.be/BTxYkAEDyGA).