Bears in Northern Wisconsin The gun culture permeated the part of Wisconsin where I grew up. In that area and time, we did not think of it as a separate culture. The gun culture and the culture were one and the same. Guns and hunting were simply integral parts of everyday life. If a boy was not a hunter, he aspired to be one. There was considerable game, ruffed grouse, woodcock, rabbits, squirrel, ducks, geese, deer, mink, muskrats, raccoon, fox and ...bear. There were not very many bear. In my first 18 years, with nearly a decade spent wandering...