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<blockquote data-quote="mrbb" data-source="post: 2648960" data-attributes="member: 11837"><p>yes that was a yearling cub, first time on its own , learning about seniority / and its place in the bear world</p><p></p><p> But bears are very curious animals by nature</p><p> if you hunt where there are good populations of black bears, having one climb a tree to get a better view of what is UP the tree is not that uncommon, from small younger one's to bigger older one</p><p></p><p> I have had several encounters with bears climbing tree's and sniffing me and or parts of me, then moving back down and on there merry way!</p><p>can recall a 500lb one once climbing the tree and licking my boot while looking at me, HAHA!</p><p> never felt in danger either, just stayed calm and spoke softly to it, and it seemd to fingure out what I was, and once it did, it climbed back down and walked away!</p><p></p><p>But odds are if that was a MOTHER bear that tree'd her cubs,(females will give off a warning to the cubs to tree) it may have had a different outcome, as things can get more precarious in that situation, mostly all depending on how the cubs react to what is in the tree with them</p><p> if they stay calm, odds are so will she!</p><p> </p><p> I have treed many a females and cubs over the yrs</p><p> a few yrs back I even had a female with 3 cubs in my back yard that used to tree her cubs up a tree next to my deck, and then she would leave for 2-3 hours at a time and some back for them while she fed down in one of my food plots 200-30 yards away!</p><p> them cubs would sleep while she was gone, some times, hanging upside down and to me looking like about to all out of the tree, but never did,</p><p> I used to enjoy watching them, used to joke and telel friends, she was leaving them for me to baby sit! HAHA!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrbb, post: 2648960, member: 11837"] yes that was a yearling cub, first time on its own , learning about seniority / and its place in the bear world But bears are very curious animals by nature if you hunt where there are good populations of black bears, having one climb a tree to get a better view of what is UP the tree is not that uncommon, from small younger one's to bigger older one I have had several encounters with bears climbing tree's and sniffing me and or parts of me, then moving back down and on there merry way! can recall a 500lb one once climbing the tree and licking my boot while looking at me, HAHA! never felt in danger either, just stayed calm and spoke softly to it, and it seemd to fingure out what I was, and once it did, it climbed back down and walked away! But odds are if that was a MOTHER bear that tree'd her cubs,(females will give off a warning to the cubs to tree) it may have had a different outcome, as things can get more precarious in that situation, mostly all depending on how the cubs react to what is in the tree with them if they stay calm, odds are so will she! I have treed many a females and cubs over the yrs a few yrs back I even had a female with 3 cubs in my back yard that used to tree her cubs up a tree next to my deck, and then she would leave for 2-3 hours at a time and some back for them while she fed down in one of my food plots 200-30 yards away! them cubs would sleep while she was gone, some times, hanging upside down and to me looking like about to all out of the tree, but never did, I used to enjoy watching them, used to joke and telel friends, she was leaving them for me to baby sit! HAHA! [/QUOTE]
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