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Black bear follows hikers

Postby Miller1 » 06 17, 2014 •  [Post 1]

Is this bear playing or sizing up his lunch?
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Re: Black bear follows hikers

Postby BrentLaBere » 06 17, 2014 •  [Post 2]

Looking for food....
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Re: Black bear follows hikers

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 06 17, 2014 •  [Post 3]

Cheeky litle cuss. Yep, looking for a handout.
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Re: Black bear follows hikers

Postby Ghost » 06 17, 2014 •  [Post 4]

He was looking for an easy meal. I got a kick out of the "bear" experts commenting on the vid, wonder if they are related to Timmothy Treadwell :shock:
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Re: Black bear follows hikers

Postby Swede » 06 18, 2014 •  [Post 5]

The young bear was never threatening or menacing. It was just being a bear. I think I would have thrown the rock and maybe more at the bear, not to hurt it seriously, but to make it leery of human encounters. The bear could grow up to be a real nuisance if not given some proper training.
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Re: Black bear follows hikers

Postby Lefty » 06 18, 2014 •  [Post 6]

What a rush.
That bear is going bad fast.
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Re: Black bear follows hikers

Postby wawhitey » 06 20, 2014 •  [Post 7]

Had one following me down a Creek a month before last bear season opened. Had my sidearm ready but he never closed the gap. I doubled back behind him n found where he crapped in my bootprints. They're not all afraid of us.
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Re: Black bear follows hikers

Postby wawhitey » 06 20, 2014 •  [Post 8]

Just watched it. Me personally, I'd have given him the count of ten. Auctioneer style count of ten. To turn and run. Then he'd eat a 305 grain hcfn from my .44 mag. Problem solved
He will only get worse. He's learning not to fear people
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