Running downhill from bears?

I've seen a half a dozen wild cougars in 62 years and I'll bet I've been seen by a lot more. As far as I can tell none tried to eat me.

Well, there was this one cougar ... oh never mind.
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The ones that want you annouce their presence when they hit your shoulders from behind.......

The ones you see and or see you and don't bother are not interested. :)

During the 80s in India they tried to have locals wear masks on the back of their heads in wilderness areas to deter tiger attacks as it would not want to attack
unless it had you by surprise. Apparently the effect lasted about 6 months before the furs figured it out.
 
Up, Down, Sidways or Flat, you aren't going to outrun a bear. Period. DON"T RUN FROM A BEAR. you may outrun the person you are with, if you are with someone, but you will never outrun a bear if he wants to get you.
 
Why bother running ....... the bear is just going to complain to its relatives about the tough meat from its last meal after it had to chase you down.
 
LOL

Has anybody seen the movie (Grizzly Man) about the guy who tried to live in peace and harmony with grizzlies?

.......did not end well.........but he was tasty. :)

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Milanczar said:
The ones that want you annouce their presence when they hit your shoulders from behind.......

The ones you see and or see you and don't bother are not interested. :)

During the 80s in India they tried to have locals wear masks on the back of their heads in wilderness areas to deter tiger attacks as it would not want to attack
unless it had you by surprise. Apparently the effect lasted about 6 months before the furs figured it out.
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I grew up on northern Vancouver Island perhaps the place with the highest concentrationof cougars on the planet and even as a child my friends and I running around in the woods rarely saw one and were never threatened.
 
MD said:
I grew up on northern Vancouver Island perhaps the place with the highest concentrationof cougars on the planet and even as a child my friends and I running around in the woods rarely saw one and were never threatened.
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As the saying goes, it only has to happen once. I grew up in Newfoundland, and we got lots of moose and black bear and I never saw a black bear in the woods. Never saw my first black bear tell I moved to Alberta.
 
Milanczar said:
LOL

Has anybody seen the movie (Grizzly Man) about the guy who tried to live in peace and harmony with grizzlies?

.......did not end well.........but he was tasty. :)

Grizzly-Man.jpg
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Wolfgang Petersen documentary. Good view and very educational. Timothy Treadwell put a new face on stupidity. ;)


Grizz
 
the spank said:
My first question is what is with all these youtube videos of cyclists in the bush getting chased by bears and second what's the thrill of riding a bicycle on a goat trail?! Watching those two guys scramble from that bear and then stand their bear spray at the ready makes me want to say to them, you granola munchers ready to own a shotgun now? Some bears like a human snack spiced with a dose of cayenne pepper!! :p
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No firearms allowed where they were. High chances of seeing bears in that area as well so riders go in packs all carrying spray. Even a Parks Canada Biologist biking in that area got nailed by a bear. He was smart, bear spray in his backpack, bear bit into it and got a mouthful.
 
I was taught That the only safe thing to do is keep your rifle ready and calmly talk the the bear and never run or show any fear .
Picking pine mushrooms in northern BC I have encounter lots of grizzly I just stop light a smoke and talk to them calmly.
It is such a exhilarating thrill see a nice big grizzly out in the wild sumthing I have always looked forward to.
 
I've spent my life with grizzlies and other wildlife, ...... You don't run from them! Like my Shepard, it'll just provoke an attack! Stay your ground and use your huskiest voice to talk to them, ...... 99% will move on.
Been there and done it too many times.
 
Hmm, what runs from a predator? Oh I know, prey. Why would anyone want to impersonate food? But if you run at them, they have to decide on fight or flight, and since they don't understand what's happening, like when a cat confronts a dog, they will often retreat if they have nothing to loose. But should you confront a bear with a cub, or a bear with a food source it intends to protect, all bets are off.
 
Here's a little video for you all from bear season a couple years ago. While coming back to my bike from the stand I ran into mama and 3 cubs at a lot closer than I would prefer. I saw them a split second before and had the rifle at the ready but the whole ordeal was at about 15 feet!

2 cubs and mama took off but one simpleton took to a tree and mama would not leave without him. I never saw her during the video but she was pretty close.

Please don't flame me too hard for turning the camera during the video- it was dumb, I know but I had other things on my mind! :d

Click on pic for video, good example of a bear hollering.


 
Cranky Pants said:
Here's a little video for you all from bear season a couple years ago. While coming back to my bike from the stand I ran into mama and 3 cubs at a lot closer than I would prefer. I saw them a split second before and had the rifle at the ready but the whole ordeal was at about 15 feet!

2 cubs and mama took off but one simpleton took to a tree and mama would not leave without him. I never saw her during the video but she was pretty close.

Please don't flame me too hard for turning the camera during the video- it was dumb, I know but I had other things on my mind! :d

Click on pic for video, good example of a bear hollering.


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Tks for the video interesting
 
GOUMFACH said:
I was having a discussion with some family over christmas dinner and the subject of running from bears came up.It was stated that it is common knowledge that you can beat a bear running down a steep grade,that they cant run worth crap downhill.As far as I'm concerned they can outrun me anywhere short of a straight cliff that I jump off that would leave me dead anyway.I know there is lots on the internet about the myth that bears cant run downhill but these people seem to ignore these statements.I want to know if anyone has any real world experience with seeing bears run downhill and how much,if at all,it slows them down and if there really is any hill too steep for a bear to easily catch up to a human.
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The only "running" that should be happening is the running of your bolt of a .375.

This notion of going for a casual walk in grizzly country not being appropriately armed is retarded.
 
madashell said:
The only "running" that should be happening is the running of your bolt of a .375.

This notion of going for a casual walk in grizzly country not being appropriately armed is retarded.
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The conversation wasn't about any specific species just about the fact that they simply cannot run downhill and that is was common knowledge that you could easily outrun a bear on a steep cliff.I laughed at this notion, having spent some time in grizzly country I have a deep respect/fear of bears,the last thing I would ever do is attempt to outrun one.
 
GOUMFACH said:
The conversation wasn't about any specific species just about the fact that they simply cannot run downhill and that is was common knowledge that you could easily outrun a bear on a steep cliff.I laughed at this notion, having spent some time in grizzly country I have a deep respect/fear of bears, the last thing I would ever do is attempt to outrun one.
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Tee hee. That bolded part is very accurate if taken literally :p
 
I've run and treed a lot of bears with my hounds--speed is really important in a bear dog. I have hunted in some pretty steep country and I have never seen the dogs catch a bear when it was running downhill. They'll catch 'em pretty quick on level ground.
 
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