Always be armed with a firearm that will do the job quickly. If a wild animal doesn't run when it sees a human - shoot it and go on about your business.
Could not agree more, I don't leave home without backup when I bowhunt in Grizz country!
It just don't always work out that way when you spend a lot of time in bear habitat.
My last really close encounter with a large Akaskan Brown Bear, I had a laptop in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
We ended up about 5 feet apart, as he turned and walked away I'd swear I heard him call me a dumbass.
