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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 233672" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Bears, wolves and lions are really not that much of threat. It's a statstical fact. For all the people who travel and camp in bear country, very, very few have any significant encounters. I have been hunting, fishing, hiking and backpacking in bear country for many years with no incidents.</p><p> </p><p>I have had 7 bear encounters this year, which is by far the most I've ever had. 2 or 3 were grizz. 2 Were while bear hunting this past spring, the first being a sow with cubs and I didn't see the cubs until the sow was about 20 yds from me and I was about to shoot it when it stepped out of the brush. As soon as I saw it had cubs, I backed up making noise, rifle at the ready, safety on. Fortunately it didn't charege, it woofed and bounced sending the cubs up a couple of trees. Never knew I was there until I made noise.... It was traveling down wind toward me. Four other encounters were in Yellowstone Park. In one, I was walking in the back country (fishing) up stream from Tower Falls with my head down watching the trail. I saw a movement from the corner of my eye to the left, looked up, and there was about a 200 lb blackie galloping past me at about 20 yds.</p><p> </p><p>When you're in bear country, be smart about bears. That's the best strategy, after that, I believe that in most cases bear spray is the best deterrent. If a bear shows itself to be overly aggressive without cause such as being surprized, protecting cubs or food, etc. or predatory, it should be killed because it will likley maul or kill someone someday.</p><p> </p><p>If a bear is sniffing me through a tent and I have a firearm, it will be a dead bear because it is showing too little fear of humans and may become a problem bear. If I only have bear spray, I will pray it goes away so I don't have to discharge the spray in the tent. I got a whiff of UDAP once, and I cant imagine discharging that inside a tent.</p><p> </p><p>I used to not carry a firearm or spray in bear country, but these days I carry spray and when I'm hunting in bear country, I'll have spray and a rifle. If that sow would have charged me, I would have had to kill it because I didn't have spray.</p><p> </p><p>Bottomline, be smart, be preparred and dont worry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 233672, member: 11717"] Bears, wolves and lions are really not that much of threat. It's a statstical fact. For all the people who travel and camp in bear country, very, very few have any significant encounters. I have been hunting, fishing, hiking and backpacking in bear country for many years with no incidents. I have had 7 bear encounters this year, which is by far the most I've ever had. 2 or 3 were grizz. 2 Were while bear hunting this past spring, the first being a sow with cubs and I didn't see the cubs until the sow was about 20 yds from me and I was about to shoot it when it stepped out of the brush. As soon as I saw it had cubs, I backed up making noise, rifle at the ready, safety on. Fortunately it didn't charege, it woofed and bounced sending the cubs up a couple of trees. Never knew I was there until I made noise.... It was traveling down wind toward me. Four other encounters were in Yellowstone Park. In one, I was walking in the back country (fishing) up stream from Tower Falls with my head down watching the trail. I saw a movement from the corner of my eye to the left, looked up, and there was about a 200 lb blackie galloping past me at about 20 yds. When you're in bear country, be smart about bears. That's the best strategy, after that, I believe that in most cases bear spray is the best deterrent. If a bear shows itself to be overly aggressive without cause such as being surprized, protecting cubs or food, etc. or predatory, it should be killed because it will likley maul or kill someone someday. If a bear is sniffing me through a tent and I have a firearm, it will be a dead bear because it is showing too little fear of humans and may become a problem bear. If I only have bear spray, I will pray it goes away so I don't have to discharge the spray in the tent. I got a whiff of UDAP once, and I cant imagine discharging that inside a tent. I used to not carry a firearm or spray in bear country, but these days I carry spray and when I'm hunting in bear country, I'll have spray and a rifle. If that sow would have charged me, I would have had to kill it because I didn't have spray. Bottomline, be smart, be preparred and dont worry. [/QUOTE]
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