Bear eats hiker in Smoky Mtns

[GaryS]

When we were in Gatlinburg in mid July (isn't there a song about that?), there were bear warnings all over the place. The dumpsters at the place we were staying had anti bear latches and signs warning that bears liked to hang around the dumpsters.

I seem to remember that there was at least one bear who wandered around downtown while we were there.

 

[Absalom]

Some say best bear gun is 25acp. You knee cap you buddy with it and keep on truckin.

Semi-serious thought on this popular joke:

It may not actually work. Once attacking predators are focused on a target, for whatever reason, they may simply ignore others, even more convenient ones. The evidence goes as far back as Colonel Paterson and the Tsavo man-eaters. On occasion one of the lions would climb over several sleeping workers to grab and drag off a specific victim.

Imagine the embarrassment when you shoot your buddy and the bear runs straight by him at you ...

 

[BRL40]

It was a black bear man! Let go of me!

That creature is Beautiful! ...I was talking about the bear you jerk!

I just love strolling out to my favorite plinking spot in the sticks around here, but I'm well aware of the fact that I ain't alone.

Yes, there is a round chambered.

 

[Sandman4delta]

Brings to mind the Smith & Wesson "Survival Kit"
Yellow or orange Pelican case with a VERY short barrel X Frame
in either .460 or .500 with matching bright colored grips and other gear including info on Bear Attacks.

I thinks that's a GREAT idea !!

You get six chances to kill the bear that you disturbed.
And when they find your body under the dead bear (Best Case Scenario),
They can ID your remains from the 4472 for the Smith win/win

P.S. Why does this pistol call to me?.......

 

[Justin T]

At least the bear isn't eating plant-based material.

 

[foxy320]

What about eating a vegan? Are they considered plant based material?

 

[Chino74]

If I was smart I woulda picked up as many of those S&W Survival Kitts as I could of afforded. I bet they go for big bucks.

 

[BearBio]

Why- ya think the hiker tried something nasty?

Most bear maulings/fatalities are male black bears about 2.5 to 5.0 years old.("yearlings" or sub-adults)

 

[vonn]

When you go into a home uninvited the outcome may not be good.

 

[BigBoy99]

Going into the woods is just like going into the ocean, you automatically become part of the food chain!

 

[s&wchad]

I feel bad for the hiker and his family, but I couldn't help think of this Far Side cartoon...

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

I have always heard that some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you.

^^^THIS^^^

I thought it was "some days you eat the bear, and some days the bear eats you"

Either way, Bear - 1, Camper - 0.

Sad end for both.

 

[rubiranch]

 

[Grayfox]

Some say best bear gun is 25acp. You knee cap you buddy with it and keep on truckin.

I read an article some time back where the National Park Service addressed this old joke. In their judgement, if this actually happened the shooter would be guilty of murder.

Sorry, tried to find it, but my googlefoo is weak.

 

[Dave_n]

A variation on the slower runner is "always choose a dive buddy who swims slower than you do when Great Whites are around." Many a true saying used in jest! Dave_n

 

[BearBio]

Fear this

Actually, gorillas are usually one of the most gentle of animals. However, they don't know their own strength. Another biologist reported to me that a gorilla wanted to hug a "friend" and pulled him towards him. He dislocated he guys shoulder something horrible!

 

[BearBio]

Some say best bear gun is 25acp. You knee cap you buddy with it and keep on truckin.

Shades of "The Grateful Dead" where Sean shoots Otis in the leg to delay the zombies!

 

[BearBio]

At least the bear isn't eating plant-based material.

Biologists consider bears to be carnivores reverting to herbivores. Different species vary in carnivore vs herbivore.

 

[BearBio]

Had to write a "book" (200+ page report) on bears before I could start on my thesis while in grad school.

 

[BearBio]

Best reading is "Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance" by Dr. Stephen Herrero (A book form of his doctoral dissertation.)

 

[Drm50]

When my granddaughter was little we started having black bears back in area. Big news on tv and papers. Talk of the town. We had GD for weekend and were going to be in woods. The night before I told her a story about a little girl the bears got and only thing found was her pink dress. Following day we were walking down old dirt road on way to pick plums. First thing we ran into was a pink dress laying in middle of road. It was tractor rag material but GD went nuts. No plum picking that day.

 

[Jim R]

My wife feeds the deer here every summer. We get lots of does with their fawns and by putting out some grain they will stay out of our apple trees. This year we have been over run by black bears. We have had two different sows with twin cubs and two boars.
We have been on the same property for over 40 years and never seen a bear here at our place until late July. We don't live too far from town but if you head east from our house it is over 100 miles between our road and the one at Lake Wenatchee with nothing but mountains and trees between us.
I asked our local game warden what was going on and he said it had to do with the exploding raccoon population. We have always had a problem with the raccoons here but this year we have seen them almost everyday. The 1st of September I started solving the raccoon problem, I have solved it over 20 times in the last two weeks and the bears are no longer with us.
I'm temped to put the deer feeders back up but I think we will have to wait until next year. We do miss seeing the deer but the picture below is a nice boar 20 feet from our bedroom window.
http://smith-wessonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=470849&stc=1&d=1600185801

 

[LCC]

with reports of polar bears migrating south due to melting ice fields and than breeding with brown bears when they reach their habitat areas, makes one wonder what the resultant species will be.

 

[Rustyt1953]

with reports of polar bears migrating south due to melting ice fields and than breeding with brown bears when they reach their habitat areas, makes one wonder what the resultant species will be.

Flat Dark Earth.

 

[delcrossv]

People in all the NP's are dumb as ****. I've seen people chase grizzlies, black bears and especially their cubs, for photo's, in Yellowstone, The Tetons and the Smokies.

Cough, cough, Darwin Award, cough cough...

 

[arjay]

This little guy was hanging around sis' back yard last week.I didn't bother to ask if she headed out and followed him [emoji39]

 

[BRL40]

Something with an internal hammer so it hurts less as the bear shoves it up your keister.

...what is wrong with you people?

HA!

 

[wood714]

When I was a kid my folks would take vacations in the Smoky's a few times.

Back then they had a lot of pull offs from the road near creeks and stuff with picnic tables set up. More than once we had to take off and leave most of our food due to bear cubs walking up to us.

If the cubs were there, mama wasn't far behind.

 

[greenmachine]

I remember a cartoon of two bears beside a family in a Volkswagen, one is saying 'I just love these things - crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside'.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I remember a cartoon of two bears beside a family in a Volkswagen, one is saying 'I just love these things - crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside'.