Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Grizzly killed 'experienced hiker' in Yellowstone.

These things are always bad news.

My first question is, did he have/deploy bear spray, a gun, both, neither, or......?




http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...-authorities-say/ar-BBlAAA4?ocid=DELLDHP

So, do we ban bears?

Sounds like he ran into a momma and cub. I worked in Glacier for one summer and Teton for two summers. When you spend your entire summer there, you are going to have grizzly interactions if you hike a lot. Iy happened to me in Glacier, Yellowstone and Teton, as well as in the Absarokas. One of my co-workers in Glacier, Gary Goeden was killed by a momma grizz when he was hiking near Many Glacier. He was an experienced hiker, but he bumped into a mama griz off-trail. Unless the bear spray is in your hand ready to go, you are toast.

I hear a lot of people talking about carrying when in Yellowstone as protection from bears. The reality is if you killa charging bear in Yellowstone and you don't already have a big chunk out of your butt, be prepared get prosecuted and lose all your guns forever.

Best you can do is hike with your head on a swivel - make noise and don't hike alone.

I believe we need to ban movie theaters before we get to bears.

My second question is, did the bear see him first?

True dat. I'm convinced the main reason I didn't get killed by that mama grizzly when I was 15 is that there were 5 of us fairly close together. She bluff-charged, but if there'd only been one or two, I fear it may not have been a bluff.

Mamas with cubs can be hard to reason with.

I spent 64 days in the park from April 1 to August 1, will probably go back October until we get snowed out..

I feared the asian drivers, buffalo, moose, then griz, in that order.

Of course it did. It heard and smelt him too.

Probably so, but I think I'd still rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

It's better to survive a bear attack and fight the politicians afterwards, an unarmed fight with a grizzly is a one-sided proposition.

Going Mano el Mano with a Grizz with a "hiking" knife doesn't appeal very much to me. The few times I've been in YellowStone, I was packing a Glock 20 in 10mm. I figure that beats the heck out of a sharp stick, any ole day of the week. YMMV

What's better? Ensure you smear bacon grease on the shoes of your 'friend' and that it's a person you can outrun...

Bears and people in the same spaces. Once in a while things are gonna happen, no way around it, maybe sometimes even to the best prepared and aware.

I thought we could carry in national parks these days?

You can.

Or eaten by a bear.

You can carry in a national park if your permit is recognized by the State that contains the park.


mike r

I thought so, so then you would or should not get charged if you have to kill a bear in self defense.

I wonder, if it had been a black bear, would the news article have just reported it as a bear attack?

LOL. Good one.