The bear was killed.
Bear bites woman in tent at Yellowstone, prompts action
Bear bites woman in tent at Yellowstone, prompts action
Bear bites woman in Yellotone
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DeathGrip
US Veteran
Poor bear was probably looking for the granola bars.
Yogi Bear was a cartoon. Smokey the Bear is a human in a costume.
Yet people seem to think all bears are Smokey, or Yogi, and some other animal this is not wild.
It's unfortunate these bears had to be destroyed because of stupid people.
Yet people seem to think all bears are Smokey, or Yogi, and some other animal this is not wild.
It's unfortunate these bears had to be destroyed because of stupid people.
RobertJ.
Member
I feel bad for the bear.
I got a warning in Glacier Natl. Park once for leaving a can of Coke on my picnic table. Who knew they liked soft drinks?
I got a warning in Glacier Natl. Park once for leaving a can of Coke on my picnic table. Who knew they liked soft drinks?
Absalom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
I have an actual action shot to contribute. Eastern Sierra, California, late 1990s.
We surprised this fellow starting to dismantle an unattended neighboring campsite when we pulled up. Our arrival made him (or her) nervous enough that by the time I was out of the truck with the camera, I only got this butt shot.
Sorry about the poor quality; it's a scan from an old print. The black bears in that area (from Tahoe south to Whitney Portal) are all various shades of brown; at least I never encountered an actual black one.
We surprised this fellow starting to dismantle an unattended neighboring campsite when we pulled up. Our arrival made him (or her) nervous enough that by the time I was out of the truck with the camera, I only got this butt shot.
Sorry about the poor quality; it's a scan from an old print. The black bears in that area (from Tahoe south to Whitney Portal) are all various shades of brown; at least I never encountered an actual black one.
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pantannojack
US Veteran
No one should be poisoning this magnificent beings with today's human food ( high fructose corn syrup, preservative salts, bha, bht, calcium dys odium edpa, any processed garbage.).
Wife, son, and I camped in Yellowstone about 1985. No tents were allowed back then, hard side camp trailers or camper shells on pickups. Never did see a bear, though.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
My local resident blackbear seems docile but it's still a wild animal. He was about 12' from me one night at dusk coming at me very slow. I raised my arms up and started screaming since that encounter a year ago he stays away from us. Which is good no one will hurt him on my watch.
8-1-2019 is Black bear season here.
Allowed 2 bears this year, they have been a problem in NE WA it seems.
Were sighting in our rifle's tomorrow.
Mr. bear may become Italian sausage and stew......
Allowed 2 bears this year, they have been a problem in NE WA it seems.
Were sighting in our rifle's tomorrow.
Mr. bear may become Italian sausage and stew......
BigBill
Absent Comrade
We are over run with predators here, we have no blackbear season yet.
One clown shot one in his garage. The cub got away. I had him living nearby till Mother Nature gave him a mating call. He was #400 lbs. the cub I have locally now is his. Well till he gets a mating call.
One clown shot one in his garage. The cub got away. I had him living nearby till Mother Nature gave him a mating call. He was #400 lbs. the cub I have locally now is his. Well till he gets a mating call.
We went to Glacier National park last summer about this time and were walking up a trail and saw about a 400 lb grizzly with three cubs. She passed behind us then started crossing our trail to go up the mountain but then a large group of tourists showed up and they all pulled out their phones to take photos and started getting closer and closer to her within 30 ft or so. People just don't get it!
BearBio
Member
A study found that bears in the Smoky Mountains had serious blood chemistry problems and were overweight from eating human food.
gman51
Member
People would be smart to use a telescopic lens to take pictures of dangerous wild animals. Thanks to cell phones now used as cameras there have been a lot of people hurt due to getting to close to take pictures.
TV news just showed a young girl that got to close to a buffalo. I think it was a buffalo. The buffalo charged and pitched the little girl like a sack of potatoes flying in the air. I bet that little girl doesn't get out of the car the next time the family visits a national park. Actually I think the family might never go to another national park after that experience.
TV news just showed a young girl that got to close to a buffalo. I think it was a buffalo. The buffalo charged and pitched the little girl like a sack of potatoes flying in the air. I bet that little girl doesn't get out of the car the next time the family visits a national park. Actually I think the family might never go to another national park after that experience.
As to Black Bears, the odds are in your favor.
There are over 1600 bears in Smoky Mountains and over One million people visit there every year
Over the last 20 years from 1997 to 2017 there were 25 people killed by black bears across the USA.
Don't feed the bears. keep a distance from them and life will go on.
List of Fatal Black Bear Attacks in North America Over the Last 20 Years
Statistics of course subject to debate as always.
There are over 1600 bears in Smoky Mountains and over One million people visit there every year
Over the last 20 years from 1997 to 2017 there were 25 people killed by black bears across the USA.
Don't feed the bears. keep a distance from them and life will go on.
List of Fatal Black Bear Attacks in North America Over the Last 20 Years
Statistics of course subject to debate as always.
Newspaper article: * Samuel Evan Ives (11) - June 17, 2007 - Uinta National Forest, Utah
Ives was grabbed from a family tent in American Fork Canyon, and mauled. State wildlife officials killed the bear, which had entered the campsite the night before. Ives' family sued the U.S. Forest Service because there was no warning about the bear's presence. A judge awarded the family $1.95 million. It was the first known fatal black bear attack in Utah."
Who could have known there were bears in Utah? They should close the whole state for not putting signs up!
Ives was grabbed from a family tent in American Fork Canyon, and mauled. State wildlife officials killed the bear, which had entered the campsite the night before. Ives' family sued the U.S. Forest Service because there was no warning about the bear's presence. A judge awarded the family $1.95 million. It was the first known fatal black bear attack in Utah."
Who could have known there were bears in Utah? They should close the whole state for not putting signs up!
BigBill
Absent Comrade
keith44spl
Member
When in bear country.......expect bears.
Don't feed the bears....
I've spent most of my adult life in bear country....I like bears.
Most of all, I respect bears, large and or small.
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Don't feed the bears....
I've spent most of my adult life in bear country....I like bears.
Most of all, I respect bears, large and or small.
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ACORN
Member
I thought bears drank Pepsi. Silly me!
Doug M.
Member
People who create these problems are not treated harshly enough. Their stupidity creates the circumstances, and a wild critter doing predicable wild critter stuff and just trying to get by pays for it. I saw an article a few days ago about a 9 year old girl smacked about by a bison in Yellowstone because she was too close (allowed by parents, who did the same). I bet if the parents got prosecuted and spent a couple weeks in custody, they would learn and the example would do some good.
Here's the drill for tent camping in the Philmont Scout Ranch, every night, no matter how tired you are from the trail.
All food secured in storage bags and hoisted up on cables provided for this. Food preparation utensils washed and hoisted up as well.
No food, no tooth brush or toothpaste, no mints, no nothing in the tent other than clean clothes ( after day 2 there are no clean clothes ).
Change into sleeping clothes- shorts & t-shirt that have not been worn while preparing, eating or thinking about food-every night, last thing before hoisting your pack and food up on the cables.
The season before we went a Scout was attacked in his tent, he had snuck a candy bar in there.
We saw one cinnamon black bear with two cubs, the Scouts were mightily impressed with the size and weight of the boulders she was flipping over for her cubs to look under.
Regards,
turnerriver
All food secured in storage bags and hoisted up on cables provided for this. Food preparation utensils washed and hoisted up as well.
No food, no tooth brush or toothpaste, no mints, no nothing in the tent other than clean clothes ( after day 2 there are no clean clothes ).
Change into sleeping clothes- shorts & t-shirt that have not been worn while preparing, eating or thinking about food-every night, last thing before hoisting your pack and food up on the cables.
The season before we went a Scout was attacked in his tent, he had snuck a candy bar in there.
We saw one cinnamon black bear with two cubs, the Scouts were mightily impressed with the size and weight of the boulders she was flipping over for her cubs to look under.
Regards,
turnerriver
