Grizzly Bears Attack Hunters in Alaska, Canada and Montana

animals are much smarter than many people think. my brother has a whitetail buck that he lovingly named walter that he's been stalking for years and every year he just gets bigger and bigger and every year he is in the same place until a couple days before deer season opens and he disappears until a week after season closes. they know when they're safe and when they're not.
 
I have been hunting the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana since we could buy a grizzly tag for $250. My hunting partner killed the last legally hunted grizzly in Montana. He was also with a guy that got mauled by one. The bears have figured out that they are not being hunted IMO and are losing their fear of men. Same as deer in urban areas. So, in the past when a grizzly might catch a whiff of you and high tail it to parts unknown I don't think that is the case anymore.

You guys can take them lightly if you want. There are several dead people that did.
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Then, er, don't hunt grizzly bears?
 
None of the people in the articles above were hunting grizzly. Instead, they were after other game. The point is well taken that the grizzlies are changing their behavior to us because we are no longer hunting them in the lower 48. It used to be before that that grizzlies were essentially shot on being seen. Not that I recommend that, just noting that the bears are very intelligent creatures that take note of how we react to them. I believe it is correct that they are losing their fear of man.
 
Three or four is a huge number when you consider that there probably haven't been that many is several years combined in the past. Not just Grizz, but in the last 10 years or so there have been considerably more black bear attacks than normal.
 
Black bear in the wild just don't seem to pose a threat; I've always heard of them as shy and spooky, and afraid of men. Pepper spray or a handgun will end it really quickly.
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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3306263

http://articles.cnn.com/2006-04-16/...d-erlanger-hospital-stable-condition?_s=PM:US

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x50372

http://www.examiner.com/camping-in-...-wounding-two-montana-can-it-happen-tennessee

http://able2know.org/topic/120877-1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBnGe9HDGBI

http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/mammals/smoky-mountain-fatal-bear-attack.html

You heard wrong. All of these incidents happened within 2-3 hours of home and within the last few years. There have been many more with few or no injuries that never made the news.
 
So many attacks in just few days, not even 20?! I dont get why´s that only happen in USA often, how that comes that in bears country, such is Bosnia i have only once officialy heard of bear killed a man in the mountains around the capital city? And that happen some, say 25 years ago, or even more, i remember i was in early elementary school. Then the same bear attcks(dont know consequences afterwords) the police officer that come to protect the place.
It all reminds me a bit to that old movie that ive seen somewhere around ´87. What i mean is "The Claws", or simply #The Grizzly#, as transllated here.
Whydoesnt Siberian bears attack humans as tehy do in America, while they are kinda the same sized? Maybe because they have competition known as Siberian Tigers? Who knows that?

As for those Sherlocks that doesnt believe that a man can outrun a bear, heres a video from somewhere in Asia, that proves opposite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcEzaDvftDk


I hope only one thing, and that is that this post wont be regarded as th "Trolling".


Best,
Edo
 
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As for those Sherlocks that doesnt believe that a man can outrun a bear, heres a video from somewhere in Asia, that proves opposite:
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I'll just say that I can't outrun a bear.

Had a mule wreck about 10 years ago that broke my leg, and I haven't been able to run much since.

Daryl
 
Funny thing about all these "attacks" are that people forget that when out in nature, nature plays by nature's rules, not people's rules.

Every year, salmon/trout/etc. fisher-people in Alaska fish streams often being fished by grizzlies and black bears, sometimes in parks where the rangers have to repeatedly tell the people fishing about the stupidity of fighting a bear over a fishing spot, a catch, or even that tackle attached to a catch. Strangely, the people fishing think that the bears can be reasoned with or intimidated by yelling and gesturing and the bears probably have as much actual fear of the people fishing as the people fishing do of small children.

I find it amazing that information such as this even needs to be published, but it does because people simply don't understand nature and that just beause they are human that they aren't immune from nature.
http://www.alaskafishingak.com/alaska_bears/bear_attack.htm

Check out this video about 2:20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWmMtcXQGk

When an animal is killed, the spoils go to whomever or whatever can take it. There have been several hunters attacked over the years while butchering their kills. Some knew about the attack too late or at the last moment because they failed to keep proper situational awareness.
 
Speaking of the statistics from page 1 and how they are incidental unless you are the one being attacked, a quick internet search turned up more hunters being injured and killed each year (on average) in plane crashes in and out of hunting areas than being injured or killed by bears.

Then there is the danger of being shot by somebody in your own hunting party or from another hunting party...
http://tdn.com/news/local/article_38ef7d38-6f7c-11df-9211-001cc4c002e0.html
http://homertribune.com/2009/08/beloved-local-teen-dies-in-hunting-accident/
http://www.huntingreport.com/hunting_article_details.cfm?id=1549
http://www.wolfsongnews.org/news/Alaska_current_events_1367.htm
http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/091010/new_706250012.shtml
http://www.youralaskalink.com/news/Boy-Dies-From-Hunting-Accident-121542694.html
http://www.adn.com/2008/05/12/403946/petersburg-teen-dies-in-hunting.html
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/985104b495874e4c8d4858ed117471ea/AK--Accidental-Shooting/

Being safe is a very multi-faceted concept that goes well beyond some of our over simplifications. This is especially true out in the bush where medical help isn't readily available.
 
I got into searching for bear attacks as an education tool for my kids who grew up more in the city than I did as a kid growing up in Alaska. Since that time, with the shear numbers of reported attacks in the news media, it has taken on a life of its own. I am truly shocked at how many are actually reported understanding that the number of bear encounters without injury are much higher. An encounter can easily become an attack with injury or death without the proper preparation.

Of course, driving a car is much more dangerous, but more folks understand that risk and drive with care. Many folks on the other hand take their hikes and camping trips into the deep woods with relatively no planning or forethought. Looking at the number of bear attacks should be a sobering endeavor and cause us to pause and take account of what we need to do to be safe should the rare encounter turn into an even rarer attack.
 
In my part of Idaho the critters I worry about, in order:

Bull Moose.
Idiot with gun who think's he/she is a hunter.
Cow moose with calf.
Grizzly Bear.
Cougar.
Black Bear.
Stink Bug.

George
 
Not sure who George is, but is he really less dangerous than a stink bug?

Meanwhile, based on experiences in Maine when I was a kid, I'd say the cow moose with calf is much more dangerous than any bull moose, except possibly during the rut.
 
Alaska444 said:
Of course, driving a car is much more dangerous, but more folks understand that risk and drive with care.
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Where do you live! ;) I want to be where most folks "drive with care"!

As mentioned, there are many things that kill us. The ones we worry about are generally those in our areas of interest.

I have known people with roll-cages, racing seats and 5-pt harnesses in their street cars... they were all the time talking about how dangerous driving is, and they're right but they are car and racing hobbiest and the rest of us largely ignore their precautions and think they're a wee bit overboard.

People on this forum carry firearms as a much higher percentage than the general population and we're always talking about this or that scenario and "always" being prepared and "condition yellow"... Most people think we're a little over the top and most of them die from heart disease or car accidents, not in lethal attacks where they wish they had a gun. But, we're gun enthusiasts, it's what we do.

There are similarities on rock climbing forums, sky diving forums, pilot forums, archery forums, doctor forums always talking about heart disease...

We worry about what interests us, or what we feel "connected to" for whatever reason, and we very often ignore things that are much more likely to kill us than is our chosen "cause".
 
i have a friend who shot a large black bear in deer season several years ago, ,the bear followed him for over 30 minutes,popping his teeth and false charging,he shouted and fired his rifle close to it with no advail. when it charged to within 10-15 yards at a dead run he shot it twice in the head with his 30-06. and left it lay as he knew the game commision would side with the dead bear and he didn,t want the hassle. i have seen the pictures he took after killing it and it was a large black bear indeed. eastbank.
 
Sure there are plenty of things that can kill you.

I hunt in the most concentrated poulation of grizzly bears in the lower forty eight. I have encountered them. Somebody in my group encounters one alomost every year. To ignore the possible threat would be foolish.
 
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Sure there are plenty of things that can kill you.

I hunt in the most concentrated poulation of grizzly bears in the lower forty eight. I have encountered them. Somebody in my group encounters one alomost every year. To ignore the possible threat would be foolish.
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Not likely that I will go hunting in Idaho anytime soon since I am still an out of stater despite staying here longer every year than CA. (technically, 9 months in Idaho makes you a resident automatically and at most we are here 7 or a little less). All of my friends that went hunting this year, about 10 of them went 0 and 10 for deer or elk despite that fact that they usually score every year. The wolves are having a feast and we are not this year.

For an out of state license and elk/deer tags, it is over $500 for the combo and throw in a wolf tag on top of that as well. For that type of money and little hope of bringing something home, while I enjoy the woods here in Idaho, I will pass on the hunting for now.

Nevertheless, where we go is right in the middle of bear country as well as large moose. We were up at the Bull River campground across the Montana border and we go to the St. Joes River south-east of Lake Coeur d'Alene. You simply have to consider where you are and have the ability to defend yourself if you are going to be in those areas.
 
Sure there are plenty of things that can kill you.

I hunt in the most concentrated poulation of grizzly bears in the lower forty eight. I have encountered them. Somebody in my group encounters one alomost every year. To ignore the possible threat would be foolish.
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Any yet people ignore all varieties of possible threats with an alarming frequency, be them bears or simply not carrying sufficient water in the desert, but they do it and often find themselves in trouble and never seem to understand why it happened to them.
 
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