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Hey guys,
I heard a rumour that grizzly bears won't eat you after they kill you. Apparently when they kill humans, it's because you're on their territory - not because they're hungry and want a meal..
And I was told that when a black bear stalks you, it's because they ARE hungry and they WILL eat you.
Is all this true?
Cheers guys,
Russ.
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Ask Timothy Treadwell ( I think that was his name)
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Meanwhile, searchers excavating the bear's cache back in camp discover Amie Huguenard, who's arm and fingers had been exposed to the daylight when investigators first entered the camp. Appearing as though she were peacefully asleep except that her body, like Tim's, had been mostly eaten by the bear. (Ellis 2003, pg 5)http://www.yellowstone-bearman.com/Tim_Treadwell.htmlDavid
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Hey guys,
I heard a rumour that grizzly bears won't eat you after they kill you. Apparently when they kill humans, it's because you're on their territory - not because they're hungry and want a meal..
And I was told that when a black bear stalks you, it's because they ARE hungry and they WILL eat you.
Is all this true?
Cheers guys,
Russ. Very basically yes. It is true. That said, there are exceptions to every rule and I can think of at least three right here in Montana of grizzlies eating folks. It is a general rule, there are exceptions,and if you are involved, you'll not really be thinking about the statistics.
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They will eat humans, except clowns (of course).
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So if I dress like John Wayne Gacy and go hunting, I should be OK?
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Yep, Ingwe has it right, generally. Another way to put it is that if a black bears kills you he will almost always eat you, and if a grizzly kills you, there is a fairly good chance he won't eat you. Whether the bear eats you is not recommended as a reliable way to tell which kind of bear it is.
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Yes if extremely hungry. Black bears on the other hand find Canadians to be very tasty. I believe politically correct expert phrase for that behavior is aggressive predatory black bear attacks.
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What's the backstory there?
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What's the backstory there? IIRC, the guy was killed in a Canadian park about 10 yrs ago. So if I dress like John Wayne Gacy and go hunting, I should be OK? 99 of 100 bears polled say clowns taste funny. I think JWG would fall in the 1% that don't taste funny. Here's one I recalled from a few years back down here in SE AK: Hunter Slain, Partly Devoured by Grizzly November 08, 1988|United Press International SITKA, Alaska � A 700-pound grizzly bear killed a hunter and devoured part of his body but was tracked down and destroyed the next day, state officials said Monday. Harley Sievenpiper Jr., 40, of Juneau, was attacked Friday after he left two hunting companions on Baranof Island in southeast Alaska. Rollin Young, an Alaska Fish and Wildlife Protection officer, said Sievenpiper may have attracted the bear inadvertently while using a deer call. A six-man search party from Sitka and Port Alexander found the mature grizzly with Sievenpiper's partly devoured remains Saturday. The animal charged and was shot to death, Young said." You need to have your guard on when calling deer on the ABC Islands. Alway check your backside. I've called a few in. Also why I don't do a 223 AI for deer.
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A Grizzly killed and ate 70 pounds of a camper that was staying in a tent at Rainbow Point Campground near West Yellowstone, MT in the 1980's. This was just a short walk through the woods from our cabin, we were there the night it happened.
They captured the bear, killed him and did an autopsy to determine what made the bear do such a thing.
I am no coroner or biologist, but it didn't take me long to determine that if a bear ate 70 pounds of you, he wasn't marking his territory...
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I think you can find the answer in Treadwell's newest book "Bears - an Insiders View "
Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master Guide, Alaska Hunter Ed Instructor FAA Master pilot www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.comAnyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.
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I think you can find the answer in Treadwell's newest book "Bears - an Insiders View " Now that's funny ......
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If memory serves, there was a couple camping in the Brooks Range that were eaten by a grizzly a few years ago. Hmm, guess I was correct, but almost 10 years ago: http://www.akfatal.net/Huffman%2006-25-05.htm
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Sometimes grizzlies do eat humans, this one happened in DNP about 2 years ago. Grizzly attack
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Looks like they were attacked/killed but not eaten. The 300-pound bear attacked the campers in their sleeping bags and tore at their bodies but did not devour them, officials said.
Epstein didn't kill himself.
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[quote=458Win]I think you can find the answer in Treadwell's newest book "Bears - an Insiders View " [/quote
Are stupid humans, like Treadwell, more appetizing for Bears?
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