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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 2842266" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>It does depend on the amount of time a person spends in the midst of bears. Bears are not created equal. And bears behave differently in differing environments.</p><p></p><p>I watched a black bear stalk my scent trail ~20 years ago, while I was hunting them in Alaska's Kenai Mountain Range. When he finally saw me, he locked his eyes on my eyes and continued toward me, like a dog prepping for a fight. I killed him at 20 feet. Easiest black bear ever. But it was a bit unnerving. I imagined not having a rifle in my hands...</p><p></p><p>If you're unarmed, you stand no chance.</p><p></p><p>When I brought the hide and skull in to the local Fish & Game office for the required sealing, I described my experience to the F&G employee. He was the local employee responsible for responding to bear complaints for the prior ~20 years.</p><p></p><p>After listening to my experience, his comment was "<em>As far as I'm concerned, bears are nothing more than opportunistic predators".</em></p><p></p><p>One million to one odds against a bear attacking sound terrific. Unless you're the "one". If you spend one million times more time in bear country than the average person in those statistics, your odds become 100%.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 2842266, member: 4191"] It does depend on the amount of time a person spends in the midst of bears. Bears are not created equal. And bears behave differently in differing environments. I watched a black bear stalk my scent trail ~20 years ago, while I was hunting them in Alaska's Kenai Mountain Range. When he finally saw me, he locked his eyes on my eyes and continued toward me, like a dog prepping for a fight. I killed him at 20 feet. Easiest black bear ever. But it was a bit unnerving. I imagined not having a rifle in my hands... If you're unarmed, you stand no chance. When I brought the hide and skull in to the local Fish & Game office for the required sealing, I described my experience to the F&G employee. He was the local employee responsible for responding to bear complaints for the prior ~20 years. After listening to my experience, his comment was "[I]As far as I'm concerned, bears are nothing more than opportunistic predators".[/I] One million to one odds against a bear attacking sound terrific. Unless you're the "one". If you spend one million times more time in bear country than the average person in those statistics, your odds become 100%. [/QUOTE]
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