Bears

[ChristisKing]

Has anybody ever had any experience with them? I hike a lot, but thankfully I've never run into any of them. I heard mixed responses on what you're supposed to do if you ever run into a bear. One response is you're supposed to play dead. The other is you're supposed to raise your arms above your head to make yourself look bigger and make a lot of noise. So which is it? Or does either work?

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[Darkwind]

When I was a kid, my dad took us to Yellowstone. On the way in, and out too I guess, there were black bears all along the highway.

People would stop and take pictures and no doubt, feed the bears. Which is why they gathered there.

My dipshit dad got out of the car with his 8mm SuperMax camera and walked over to film a bear up in the tree. The bears around him and us thought that was so amusing they started sauntering over to where he was. Well, My dad, being My Dad, casually walked back to the car, climbed in and said, "ROLL UP THE WINDOWS!!!!!"

lol

Oh, and I ran across a dead bear along the highway at my in-laws' house. Looked like he had been hit by a car.

 

[riseabovethis]

Has anybody ever had any experience with them? I hike a lot, but thankfully I've never run into any of them. I heard mixed responses on what you're supposed to do if you ever run into a bear. One response is you're supposed to play dead. The other is you're supposed to raise your arms above your head to make yourself look bigger and make a lot of noise. So which is it? Or does either work?

Sask. government, company release new details about fatal bear attack​

Sask. government, company release new details about fatal bear attack

The province has shared that a 27-year-old man is dead after a bear attack in northern Saskatchewan on May 8. The attack is only the fourth time a bear encounter has turned deadly in the province's history.

www.ckom.com

Last Friday my province

 

[riseabovethis]

Proper training, use of bear spray essential for hikers, campers says outdoor expert​

Proper training, use of bear spray essential for hikers, campers says outdoor expert

An outdoor expert believes that knowing how to access and use bear spray – and even treat injuries it causes – is something outdoor enthusiasts should know all how to do in case a need to use it arises.

www.ckom.com

May be helpful

 

[Concerned American]

Has anybody ever had any experience with them? I hike a lot, but thankfully I've never run into any of them. I heard mixed responses on what you're supposed to do if you ever run into a bear. One response is you're supposed to play dead. The other is you're supposed to raise your arms above your head to make yourself look bigger and make a lot of noise. So which is it? Or does either work?

I visited Sequoia Nat'l Park many years ago. They have many bears there and we were told to collect rocks and keep them on our picnic tables in readiness for bears in the campground. We were advised to make noise, bang pans, yell bear and throw rocks at them. More recently, I've seen advice to make yourself look bigger and carry bear spray and when hiking, don't be quiet so that you don't startle an unsuspecting bear.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I am not surprised that conflicting advice was put out there. Isn't that pretty much how it is when asking for advice about anything? I've heard conflicting advice about what you are to do when you witness another person having a seizure. Do you stick a spoon into their mouth or not?

God bless you always!!!

Holly (a girl who no bear experience)