there are bears down here near Orting... there was bear sh!t all over the beach multiple times this year in another spot i fished with my buddy...

seen bobcats as well...

one year about 12 years ago i was by myself walking the dike up the Carbon, came around a gate and there was a Coyote standing about 6 feet away in the brush snapping and growling... i pulled out my knife and kicked at it and it bolted..

that was when i didnt have a CPL so i wasnt carrying...

but i started to even without a CPL because of the RCW exemption....

ive also had peoples pit bulls run up on me growling, those have almost gotten shot a few times...

the peninsula ive ran into bears and cougars, tho not very many times...