present a larger target: take an accompanying large friend.
Shit! How'm I gonna fit all those hiking requests into my calendar?
Thanks a lot, DeC.
Another benefit of the larger friend is in clearing your path by pushing him/her through the brush ahead of yourself.
Because there are many more people who carry guns, get lost in the woods, and need to be rescued, than there are people who don't carry guns and get attacked by man or beast.
I hope you're being facetious.