The Hot Pepper

Oh Yes! I take a nice knife and some clippers with me.

I could have used a beekeepers suit and some smoke the other day. I got so focused on the canes, I didn't see the swarm of honeybees 10 feet from me!

hmm, I nice large caliber rifle comes to mind as well.

What's the rifle for?

You could use it as a stick to push the thorns out of the way.

humans are not the only creatures to have a sweet tooth for berries. I assume you are out in the remote wilderness harvesting your bounty and if that be the case, beware the black bears.

heh we do have bears, two of them that range through here. I also live a half mile back in the woods. Rifles aren't good for bears, too bulky...something that hangs on the hip is much better. I'm not afraid to take on a black bear with a machete though. Really. They're sissies, they run from pepper spray.

Black bears - can 'o' silly string
Brown bears - .460 Rowland