Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[the_pict]

try this link for bear proofing yourself
www.pocketmovies.net/detail_91html

[Moby Dick]

I was nervous about seeing bears while fishing as well...until i went fishing on the Nitinat River. Saw 14 bears in just over 3 hours of fishing. Had numerous bears walk within 25ft of me or a friend of mine, actually wanting the fish we were landing. We had to group together and wave our arms slowly (I guess to make ourselves look big and confident). I heard that is what you should do, not yell at them. It worked well for us. We actually had to stall going down a path to the river at one point because there were 3 sets of bears walking down the same path. We had to time it so we went between them!  After this day of fishing i found that unless you spook a bear or act aggresive towards one, they will most likely just leave you alone. All they want is the same thing we do...salmon.  If you use common sense and remain calm you are pretty much fine. Unless you run into some type of rogue bear that is extremely aggresive, in which case your just unlucky. However you probably have a better chance of getting in a car accident on your way out there than that.

[blaydRnr]

Just imagine this SOB coming at you:

 
  [/img]

1600 lbs, over 14 ft high at the head.

It had killed 2 people within 72 hours of it's own death.

Biggest grizzly on record to ever be killed.

The guy unloaded his 7mm Mag Semi-automatic Rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The big bear was Still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head.

what article is this from? when and where?

[Sandy]

B.C. and Yukon Chamber of mines used to have an excellent booklet on dealing with bears in the bush,I don't know if it's still available,might be worth a try. always best to err on the side of caution,stay away from bears
25' is away to close to any bear(maybe 3-4 strides for a bear)as for Knifes 
with bear spray you have as good a chance of getting diisabilitated as the bear.There has been some fairly good discussions in the past regarding bears,and some really good advice and some really stupid advice.Be informed!!

[blueheeler]

This email tale, circulating constantly in one form or another since November 2001, seems to grow taller year by year. Ironically, the first two snapshots — the ones showing the hunter posing next to the carcass of an incredibly large bear — are authentic. We know where and when they were taken, and by whom. The origin of the third photo purporting to show the remains of the behemoth's last victim is unknown. It was attached to the already-circulating email by an anonymous prankster in late 2002.

In real life, the big grizzly measured 10' 6" from nose to tail and weighed in at an estimated 1,000 to 1,200 pounds — unusually large for the vicinity, says the USDA Forest Service, but not quite a world record, nor even an Alaskan record. It was killed on October 14, 2001 by U.S. Air Force Airman Theodore Winnen on Hinchinbrook Island, Prince William Sound. The photos were taken by his hunting partner, Staff Sgt. James Urban. Both were stationed at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks at the time.

Though the bear was within 10 yards of the hunters' position and moving towards them when he fired the first shot, Winnen says, it did not charge them, contrary to what the email claims.  "I don't know if the wind was in our favor or what," he told the Anchorage Daily News. "We were dressed in camouflage. He might not have seen us."  Winnen's weapon was a 338-caliber Winchester Magnum, not a 7mm semi-automatic as alleged. The first bullet pierced the bear's brain but left it standing; five more in the chest finally brought it down.

Was the bear a man-eater, as claimed in the email?  No, says the Forest Service, there is no evidence of that. When asked by the Anchorage Daily News to comment on the horrific image of what appears to be a partially-eaten human victim, spokesman Ray Massey admitted he hadn't even looked at it.  "I didn't want to see a photo of the body," he said. "I know it's bogus."

p.s if you go to this site don't click on the third photo - its pretty graphic

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-grizzlybear5.htm

[Sandy]

Thanks Blueheeler,kind of wondered about the 14',had visions of opening the curtains on the bedroom and this guy peeking in  and we're above a 1/2 in and out Basement. I had to shoot a barren ground grizlly in 1993 that was almost 500 lbs and he was scarey big when you were beside him.

[blaydRnr]

thanks for the link...true or not, that's some scarey s--t.