Hollering at bears is wasted effort IMO&E. Perhaps wounded ones are more responsive, but I doubt it.
I have to disagree, Mark. For a bear in doubt, or uncertain, I have found screeching at them to be more effective than a gunshot into the dirt . Of course, this is based on an experience of one each. In the case of the gunshot, the bear then responded favorably to voluminously cussing, as well.
So that goes 2 for 0 in my experience, but you have probably had more close encounters of the turd kind than I.
