Unlike most big game animals bears are predators, not prey. So they are programmed to do things that would be more or less lethal if they were prey and did the same things. Like hang out near humans and show curiosity, instead of getting out of dodge like a deer or elk would. I'm sure lots of people have seen coyotes do the same kinds of things, I know I have. I've had them follow me, I've had them bark at me when I pissed them off, and I've watched adults that were unrelated to pups stand guard over them while they played in the sun.
Yet I have no romantic notions on how or why others should hunt them, or a strong opinion on the "right" way to hunt them. When you remove emotion, that's what you're left with.
