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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 2842711" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>Unfortunate for that fellow. I have no idea what the bear population is like in AZ, but clearly high enough to be an issue at least some of the time.</p><p></p><p>Bear attacks are far from as rare as the media and Granola eaters would have you believe. Actual fatalities aren't real common, but bears acting aggressively, charging, not running off at the scent and sound of humans etc is VERY common and becoming more common as the number of them increases and hunting of them decreases.</p><p></p><p>I shot bear control in Northern Alberta for a very long time. Black bears are opportunistic in all things food related. The more they are in contact with humans and nothing bad happens to them, the more bold and aggressive they become. Black bears are a predator, they don't attack grizzlies because they get handed their ***, they will attack pretty much anything else. Bear depredation on calf moose is one of the leading causes of calf mortality.</p><p></p><p>Any bear that does not immediately run at the sight and scent of you is just assessing the risk of trying to make you supper. It is a very real potential threat. Any bear that doesn't Di Di Mau around me immediately is very likely to take a dirt nap so the next poor human it runs into doesn't have a negative outcome. I would strongly suggest you guys take a lot of care around any bear that doesn't show the proper amount of fear of humans.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 2842711, member: 26077"] Unfortunate for that fellow. I have no idea what the bear population is like in AZ, but clearly high enough to be an issue at least some of the time. Bear attacks are far from as rare as the media and Granola eaters would have you believe. Actual fatalities aren't real common, but bears acting aggressively, charging, not running off at the scent and sound of humans etc is VERY common and becoming more common as the number of them increases and hunting of them decreases. I shot bear control in Northern Alberta for a very long time. Black bears are opportunistic in all things food related. The more they are in contact with humans and nothing bad happens to them, the more bold and aggressive they become. Black bears are a predator, they don't attack grizzlies because they get handed their ***, they will attack pretty much anything else. Bear depredation on calf moose is one of the leading causes of calf mortality. Any bear that does not immediately run at the sight and scent of you is just assessing the risk of trying to make you supper. It is a very real potential threat. Any bear that doesn't Di Di Mau around me immediately is very likely to take a dirt nap so the next poor human it runs into doesn't have a negative outcome. I would strongly suggest you guys take a lot of care around any bear that doesn't show the proper amount of fear of humans. [/QUOTE]
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