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By making himfelf "larger" he scares the bear.. and previously stated when hunters raises their rifle to aim, they make themselves smaller, making the bear attack.


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What's really 'funny' is making yourself/selves larger, louder, etc and having the bear not react except with greater interest. But large and loud is fine - when it works. And bears will posture too - and that can be an awesome display. They're certainly worthy of plenty of respect; I'm not sure that fear is very helpful however.


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That works great. Every time except the last one.


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funny how some think a video on the net showing a sample of one on a small bear means anything but being an anecdotal foot note


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There was this one time........ about 40 years ago

in a tent-frame camp when I was cooking steaks, which attracted a 2 or 3 year old black. We faced off over the gate, with the safety-off .375 about 8 inches from his nose. Talking and yelling at him did nothing. Abruptly poking him in the nose with the muzzle did. What the heck- I had a half-inch thick, 3 foot high piece of hinged plywood between us. Plus I was a lot more excited than he was...... smile

2 weeks later he was killed pulling that same kinda chit down in Hope, about 10 miles away.

Now I have brown bears thru or past the yard on a regular basis (I have learned the hard way how to keep the damned things off my deck - namely, clean the grill after every use - a real PITA)... but not all that much to get excited about. The Lab does that for me, and pretty much keps them detoured around the place. Today it was wolves or coyotes out there in the woods... Yesterday it was an invading moose - that one I actually saw.

He has different barks for different critters.

Bearanoia is way over-blown. But not to be discounted entirely. I mean, you don't want to put your kid on the back of a Yellowstone park bear for a picture, or some such DS action.


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Timothy Treadwell wasn't afraid of bears.


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Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Timothy Treadwell wasn't afraid of bears.


That's right, he even got invited to dinner. smile


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That guy walked fairly well down that road, given the large nutsack he must be swinging. I still prefer to be armed.


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Try that with a sow and cub...



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So yeah, tell this stuff to the lady doctor who was camping with her husband somewhere in the northern regions of our Province. No wait... you can't do that because she got killed and partially eaten by a 300 - 350 lb black bear. Her husband also got very badly mauled but eventually made it to civilization for help. They found her body partially buried. She was about 35.

And, oh yeah, there was this hunter just a bit north of here who was putting in a food plot for deer hunting when (another) 300 lb bear chased him up a tree. The problem with that is that bears can climb trees faster than a man can run! The bear pulled him down and started to consume him starting with his legs. He passed out. When he came to, the bear was gone. He didn't know why but finally made it to somewhere, where he got help. He spent many months in rehab and will never walk the same again. The tragedy is that he had been mauled previously by a bear and on neither occasion was he armed or carrying "bear spray".

Then there was the hunter in Quebec (a few years ago) who yelled for help from his two sons who were hunting the same area. By the time they got to him he was dead. Too bad they were not more respectful of how unpredictable bears can be.

I hunt bears every year, and have been for the past 30. I treat them with utmost respect.

If you are not afraid of bears would you camp or walk alone in a remote wilderness area without firearm, axe or spray, relying only on making yourself "big"?

This is another ridiculous thread encouraging the un-experienced around bears to act foolishly.

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Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Timothy Treadwell wasn't afraid of bears.
First thing I thought when I watched video. I have been very close to black bears and a grizz or two and I never felt fully confident in knowing what they were thinking or what their plan was. People like this buffoon and Treadwell usually end up as dinner. This bear acts like a playful Golden retriever. hopping and bouncing around. I hardly believe it is not a hand raised bear. Even still a hand raised bear has run more then a few trainers through their colon......

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I'm not afraid of bears, but they get my full attention and respect.


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Originally Posted by gunner500
Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Timothy Treadwell wasn't afraid of bears.


That's right, he even got invited to dinner. smile


Yeah! He was the 'main course'. smirk


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Originally Posted by CZ550


This is another ridiculous thread encouraging the un-experienced around bears to act foolishly.


I have to disagree. I see no one on this thread so far saying anything that connects to what you are saying. No one is saying that bears are not dangerous; quite to the contrary. No one has made any ridiculous claims. Maybe you can point out the ridiculousness?


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HuntnShoot - nor to be argumentative but..

Originally Posted by Northman

By making himfelf "larger" he scares the bear.. and previously stated when hunters raises their rifle to aim, they make themselves smaller, making the bear attack.


IMHO - that at least borders on the ridiculous and could encourage the 'uninformed' to act foolishly.

I don't think I would do anything to make any bear feel I was challenging it.

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Raising your arms to look bigger has some value with mountain lions.

Not much value with bears.

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Well, I was just at "guide" training up in Yellowstone last week and the bear expert was there. He seems like a practical guy and not the least bit "green". Making yourself "big" is a part of scaring off a CURIOUS bear. However, if you startle a bear, or if the bear is attacking out of defense, he recommends bear spray backed up with a firearm.

Incidentally, he said the new model for grizzly counting shows approx 1172 griz in the greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Up from the old, more conservative, 752 grizzlies predicted by the previous model.


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Colorado was counting black bears wrong too. They had thought we had 10,000 bears. Now they think it' more like 18,000.

Bear tags are pretty easy to get now.


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Well I remembered some good advice so I'll paraphrase it as best I can remember.

Someone said, In an encounter with a bear it's best IF you have time to talk in low monotone.

Someone else asked, What do you say in low monotone?

The first guy said, Well.. Our Father Who art in Heaven... grin grin

That's probably good advice. smile


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I'd still rather have bears around over cats. Cats creep me out.

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