Hold my beer and watch this

[glacierdog]

Sisu, did you know Bob Cederholm? That guy has some bear stories, and the pictures to prove them.

[Scott_J]

And he is also a prick. Needless to say I don't like the fucker. Sorry old boy, but you know me.

[glacierdog]

Ha ha! I know, arrogant ass, isn't he? But he does have some good trophies, you have to give him that.

[nolanr]

sisu_suomi said:

Bug said:

I have been attacked by several bears. Five of them, I had to escape up a tree or down a hidden draw or to a group of people. One charged right up to me in the middle of a clearcut. Since he was young and about my size, I stood up to him and he backed down. It was touch and go. If I wouldn't have stood up to him, he would have chewed on me a bit.****************************************************

Bug, I got this bud in alaska. We nick named him SpEd. Ed. Cause his name is ed and he teaches SpEd.

Anyway, his style is throw rocks, yell, if in a group stick together and do all of the listed behaviors. They carry weapons, but have never had to actually kill a bear. He goes to some real dicy places to Steelhead and salmon fish. I've seen pics of him within a body length of a griz on the rivers. Last year he had a fish on when the griz decided that it was his fish. Ed said he will never use Maxon(spelling)leader again. Too hard to break off so bear could have fish.

 

I read Don Munday's accounts of the early explorations of Waddington area (kinda dry) and they had really close encounters w/ griz frequently. Never came to violence, most of the time they didn't feel even slightly threatened by the bears.

[Bug]

Griz don't usually eat humans. Black bears are garbage skows and will eat anything. It's always interesting to hear other peoples bear stories. The Blackfeet told me "Bears are our brothers". They have personalities not unlike humans. Some are like me, some are like Trask, very few are like Fairweather. Charles Jonkel was a Bear specialist from the U of Mont. I went to HS with his son and we talked about bears alot. People are so afraid of them but they are around people all the time without being noticed. Huge Griz roam hundreds of miles out into the prairies in creek and river bottoms when the food gets scarce in the woods. Their tracks can be found by schools, picnic areas and you name it. Yet they never bother humans. Unless we bother them. There are a few who go looking for fights but they don't last long. The ranchers take em out quick and quiet. Can't have a bad griz roamin around on yur ranch. Most of them are just like homeless teenagers. They're scrongin for whatever and trying not to get confronted by the man.