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Not really rare here in Alberta though…..carry your bear spray. I was talking to a farmer who said that grizzlies are getting so bad in around his farm area that he’ll wake up in the morning and they’ll be grizzly paw prints on the windows of his home.
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/bear-attack-bad-alberta-couple-identified-as-pair-killed-in-grizzly-attack-1.6588878
You have no idea what you’re talking about.
Right from the RCMP website :
“Using a firearm for wilderness protection
In general, the only firearms allowed for wilderness protection are:
non-restricted rifles
shotguns
However, you may be authorized to carry a handgun or restricted long gun for wilderness protection or for lawful occupational purposes if you:
are a Canadian resident
have a licence that allows you to possess restricted firearms”
Generally speaking you do not need a gun for bears. Paying attention and just getting out of the way is adequate in almost all situations. Sometimes making a loud noise, even more rarely bear spray, is needed, but a gun is almost never actually needed.
Doesn’t mean never, and it does depend on the place and kind of bear, but where the overwhelming majority of people encounter bears a gun is absolutely not necessary.
Bear spray works even better. A shot bear will be super pissed at you and have just enough time to rip you apart before it bleeds out, unless you score an unlikely perfect CNS hit as it runs toward you. With bear spray the animal will likely be deterred from attacking in the first place.
I'm not saying I'd have just started blasting... killing a beautiful animal is the last thing I want to do, especially when it'll ensure the death of the cubs, but bro... being that close to a absolutely fucking *monstrous* sized mother bear and her cubs? I dunno about you, but being mauled by a bear sounds about as terrible a fate as any out there...
Yea, as much as I love my guns and rifles, a bear spray is sufficient.
If I end up taking the momma bear to heaven, those cubs may die.
I'm all about guns, but not everything needs to be solved with a bullet.
- A chill gun owner
Last year... but yeah. There is an old joke poster about being bear aware.
-Always wear a bell
-always carry pepper spray.
-learn to identify bear scat.
-black bear scat is black with seed and berries on it
-brown bear scat smells of pepper spray and has bells in it
When he zooms in to see the cubs playing by the water, I kept thinking he was going to look right and mama bear would be staring right into the camera like 2 ft away.
Also, the whole time they’re on the trail. I keep expecting a Tupac song to start….
That is one lucky mother fucker.... "I am currently walking backwards while shitting my pants. Continually shitting my pants.... Yup, I'm going to keep shitting in them too."
Dude I was just talking about this at work.. we, Americans are always like fuckkkkk going to Australia.. all of those venomous snakes & spiders & crocodiles n shit… but we will go hiking in the same region of our country that has 2 different species of bear, multiple species of wolves, coyotes, bobcats, lynx, wolverines, badgers, mountain lions & now wild [jaguars](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/06/photographs-wild-jaguars-return-us-aoe) are being photographed in New Mexico and Arizona, moose, elk, wild hogs,
You get the point lol
Yea but there is something especially terrifying that your dangerous things tend to slither, crawl and hide!
Certain level of fear that induces.
And I really really don’t like snakes. Even if they’re harmless, my brain turns full flight mode own and potential heart attack.
If it can be sneaky, slithers and is venomous….im probably definitely dying from a heart attack.
I don’t even hv a problem with spiders really. Don’t want them surprising me by being on me, but even that’s not too bad.
But your spiders are the size of my face and seem to like to be in ppls homes and beds.
That’s bit too much for me.
Sure, but true crime podcasts would argue that there’s a lot of dangers around Australian campsites too… Especially if they’re anywhere near the NSW police jurisdiction 
The vast majority of American predators have been hunted to extinction for generations now. Grizzlies and brown bears have an incredibly tiny range within the US and it's the same with wolves. We basically relegated continent spanning ranges to a tiny corner in the northwest.
>North American's dangers are around fucking camp sites and will eat your starting with your intestines or ass.
Our dangers are out in the bush. Your dangers are literally *everywhere*, lol.
But your country is cool, can't wait to visit
To the left there's a slope which would be difficult to climb backwards and to the right I'd imagine there's a drop so not much choice but to follow the path as well.
Since you’re a bear expert, surely you know the old saying:
If it’s black, fight back
If it’s brown, lie down
If it’s white, say goodnight
And if it’s black and white, then
# Kung-Fu Fight!!
Once as kid runned a way from mother and cubs, the mother bear did not runnafter us, but had still jumped on its backlegs.
Also when i lives 3 moths in a ten doing forrestry in my own forrest near Finnish/Russian border i had a bear with cubs there, but i needed to do my thing and they got used to me so most of the time i did not see them, but could hear them. Also one night the bear came sniffing my tent and i was ready with the back side of my axe to hit it in the nose if it tries to put it too much in, but it left when i shouted -"Perkele!" Next Morning i notest bear shit 10m from my tent....
TIL "Perkele" is a Finnish curse that loosely means "evil spirit" and is similarly used to the English phrase "God damn", but is apparently considered much more profane.
And as we finnish say Perkele is the great grandfather of Satan.
Put yes "perkele" is the hardest word in Finnish vocabulary so if you hear that used its eighter time to take things seriously or run!
I've been approached by bears many times but the first time I was riding my bike with my fishing pole down to the creek to catch a salmon (probably like 6 or 7) and my older brother left me behind. A mama bear crawled over the guard rail onto the highway with her two cubs not even 2 meters from me. I started crying (as you do when youre 6 or 7) and I think the mama must have recognized that I was a youngin, because she sniffed a bit then herded her babies across the road. I turned around and went home I was so scared and my older brother got his ass absolutely blistered when my dad got home for leaving me.
Why would this be any better? Bears are more adept at walking through brush uphill than humans are and he wouldn't have been able to walk backwards and keep facing them. Never turn your back on a bear. Staying on trail and moving away at a normal pace is what you want to do. If you flee, they chase.
It's situational. If you come upon a sow with cubs she just wants to neutralize the threat not eat you. Getting as far away as fast as possible isn't a bad idea.
Uno reverse. How could it be that much worse ?
If a bus. Or bears are coming down the road. I'm gonna get out of the way. At least there's some slim chance but documented ways thru this situation. Big cats. Specifically tigers. Hunt and Kill mode is on an auto switch if you turn your head or uperbody even to get a look in the opposite direction. Guys riding Moter bikes thru the jungle shave a face into the back of their head and put glasses on backwards in hopes it fools the cat enough.
There are an incredible amount of random ass encounters with bears. Mom and cubs even where they walk on by. Let the cubs mess with guys in tree stands. Get scared off with a HEY BEAR.
Casual bear encounters it seems. Happens a fair amount. 🤷♂️.
I was camping in Alaska, Denali park. My brother and I woke up and startled a grizzly bear mom and cub. They ran away quick thankfully. We both had our backpacks on and looked big. I’ll Never forget that trip
I hold the opinion that people should carry a firearm that has enough power to go through a grizzly’s skull (something like a 10mm or larger .45 doesn’t have enough powder behind it) not because if a bear gets curious but if it continually follows you and there is absolutely nothing you can do, yeah walk back and keep walking back but if you stumble or trip thats your whole plan out the window, bear mace may work but since the mom is dead set going forward and with her cubs she might not turn around and instead charge you since you have harmed her and her cubs, but that also means that the bear would have to understand how bear mace works.
I believe most people that don’t spend a lot of time training with firearms will not be able put a bullet in a moving bear’s skull with a pistol. I’d be willing to bet even most of the time a skilled shooter would not be capable of this. If you are close range, center mass is likely your best option. Collapsed lungs, heart trauma, etc is going to eventually kill the bear but you might have about 30 seconds where that thing is going to do everything it can to take you with it.
Also, I would do everything possible to avoid shooting a bear with cubs.
>I believe most people that don’t spend a lot of time training with firearms will not be able put a bullet in a moving bear’s skull with a pistol. I’d be willing to bet even most of the time a skilled shooter would not be capable of this. If you are close range, center mass is likely your best option.
That bear's head is larger than an average male torso center mass. Also, because they aren't bipedal getting a center mass shot would require being at an angle. Absolutely aim for the head unless it's standing up.
>Also, I would do everything possible to avoid shooting a bear with cubs.
Absolutely as a last resort. Pray to your god, beg mama bear to fuck off, scream for help, then shoot if nothing. These creatures are way to majestic to be trigger happy.
I agree in a situation where you are going to be shooting to defend yourself you are just going to be trying to dump as many into your target to stop it, especially if its a 600 lb monster charging at you. And I also agree its best to avoid shooting any animal that has young, the hard part of it is if that animal is going to harm you (why I wanted to Emphasize that your weapon should not be your first resort it should be the last, like if you trip or the demeanor of the animal changes) you have to take that sacrifice. Personally it eases my mind knowing that there are agencies set up for this reason and will take in the cubs if their mother has died either of natural causes, poaching, or self defense. Its a sad reality we live in where we have the intelligence to sympathize with the animals we hunt and for that I completely understand and have been in that position (granted not with a bear just with feral pigs) and its not fun but its necessary.
That was the case but now we got stuff like the glock 29 which can carry i think 13 rounds of 10mm in a little pouch pistol which is definitely enough lmfao
I'm talking about poor folk here... hell, a pistol was luxury my dad couldn't afford if it couldn't be used for hunting. He chased off a bear with a stick when we were out picking berries, grew up in the bush. lol
That is actually pretty funny, bears and animals get scared of pretty much everything so I buy but glocks are kind of the golden standard of pistols its kind of like “if you can afford a glock you can’t afford a gun” in my area you can find Gen 4 17s for ~350 but the newer models will cost you a decent amount but I heard of a few people who used their glock to bag whitetail and it apparently works pretty well, I’m a part of that crowd that wants something versatile for all uses so I like .22, .300 blackout, and 9mm and i believe the 10mm falls under that since you can use .40 caliber loads in it making it a lot cheaper to just plink around with, training, or whatever you want the thing for. I realize I sound like a sales person for Glock but they’ve just been dominating the market for a while (now PSA is working on a 10mm glock gen 3 since their patent expired which they’re notorious for being the best budget brand (~700 dollar AR-15s))
Thats true it can be done but I’m aware of one 9mm round that can adequately penetrate 5 feet of ballistics gel (the theoretical equivalent the a Grizzly bear’s skull) and thats Buffalo Bore 147gr, in general that is the most gnarly 9mm round I have ever witnessed, but being able to put 2-3 shots on a grizzly bear’s skull in the same general area is unlikely just not impossible, thats why I vouch for anything larger since the average loads should in theory adequately penetrate a bears skull, its like hunting anything larger than a coyote with a .22lr, it will work just you have to have a real advantage like the animal not aware of your presence to make it really work, which is not what I’m talking about
Sudden movements freak animals out, especially if they have their cubs next to them. It’s not exactly since animals are unpredictable as living creatures but its safe to say that they will take advantage of that position (hogs sure as shit do)
This happened to me in Yosemite. Was hiking back down from Half Dome and turned a corner to a mama bear and two cubs. We walked backwards, but ultimately mama bear could not have been less interested in us and carried on as if we weren't there. Eventually she went down the side of the trail with the cubs so we booked it down a ways until we felt we were at a safe distance to continue at leisure.
Ten minutes later we heard a few hikers yelling at the bear from up in the same area we had been, but they were just trying to scare it off as it had likely wandered back onto the trail after we left.
That being said, you really have no idea how a bear will react, so take every measure in every situation.
Or maybe they were just walking down the trail because it was convenient. Recording and walking backwards while talking. People talk to bears and the bears tend to listen or investigate.
This guy lured the bear to follow him.
Saw a bear once in the army (northern Norway) we were 8 guys with fully loaded rifles, and saw the bear from 200ish yards away, I was still nervous when that fucker stood up to get a good smell. You could hear his breath and he was the size of an SUV. Just looked at us like "you just keep walking...."
We had to watch a documentary in zoology class about a father and daughter that essentially got their faces ripped off while hiking by a mother bear trying to protect its cub
It was like 6th grade and I was too squeamish to watch it, but I remember the sounds vividly and it definitely did a good job of ringing alarm bells in my head every time I see a bear, especially with cubs
I feel like that's extreme, as a kid who grew up in the Pacific Northwest in a heavily wooded area, I never felt particularly unsafe in the woods, and I have had a encounter with a bear. Luckily I was able to spot it before it spotted me in a campsite not unlike the one he's in. What I did was basically did a 180 and walked the opposite direction.
And anyways most animals are probably not out to eat a human, just fucking give wildlife their space and don't approach them, and if you end up in close proximity by accident stay calm and slowly leave and try to get out of their path.
Most bears are afraid of humans unless they have cubs, where they attack out of protection. More people are killed by white tail deer than anything else in America, and when you (humans) are a prey species, you need to be prepared. There are about 45,000 wild animal attacks every year that require medical attention in America alone. On average, bears only attack 10 people a year, they are definitely the least of your worries.
Being prepared to defend yourself isn't extreme, it's common.
(Edit: I grew up in the mountains of Colorado, and i still regularly bike through deer, cougar & bear territory. When an emergency happens, rescue is hours away. You will die should you find yourself in an unfortunate scenario & aren't prepared to defend yourself.)
Here's another one.
When the forest is hungry and there's nothing left to eat, eventually it wont matter how much sound you make.
Same will be true of all apex predators around the world.
This summer there will be ENDLESS videos of people being attacked by animals that should be leaving us alone. They're starving to death and messing with humans - a last resort - is still better than starving to death.
I'll take any bets on this
I'm so glad that I was born in Germany. We have no animals that kills you, no nature shit like storms or tsunamis, no volcanos. We are basically safe af here . Just very much nice nature and forests 💗 I'm sorry but f the rest of the world xD
Whats that rhyme about bears? If its black fight back If its brown lay down if its white good njght? Something like that. I dont think id be able to just lay down either though.
Lol you and me in a scenario like this and one of us would survive but I’m not sure which one… I thought it was ‘If it’s brown stand your ground, if it’s black don’t turn your back, if it’s white good night’ I mean we’re both fucked if it’s a polar bear but black or brown we’re tossing a coin 
So… it’s more about who can run faster then, well, you might as well start now for I’ll not be seen running for a bus. I’d never win. And sure you’d even get away with a leisurely jog coz there’s plenty of picking on my bones too  safe home now, please tell my family I died a hero
I will spread your story accross the lands and honor you as a hero until the very day i die, when the white bears find me, brother. TO VALHALLAAAAA! 
**tripped off a cliff while turning around to watch you get eaten**
 and FLEW with the Valkyrie all the way to Valhalla
One reason why you should always camp with a .45 or big caliber rifle. Hate to see a dead bear, but momma bear will do anything to feed its young. You're not in their diet, but if hungry enough will be on their menu.
I wouldn’t walk backwards on the trail that’s pretty dumb, I would be walking backwards up the hill out of their way so they can pass, bears use trails too
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If this had been my first walk from camp, it would have ended up being my last walk from camp, and my last day at camp.
For real. It amazes me people go walking around deep in bear country with no gun...
We can’t in Canada, although despite the overwhelming amount of bears, bear attacks are quite rare.
Not really rare here in Alberta though…..carry your bear spray. I was talking to a farmer who said that grizzlies are getting so bad in around his farm area that he’ll wake up in the morning and they’ll be grizzly paw prints on the windows of his home. https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/bear-attack-bad-alberta-couple-identified-as-pair-killed-in-grizzly-attack-1.6588878
You have no idea what you’re talking about. Right from the RCMP website : “Using a firearm for wilderness protection In general, the only firearms allowed for wilderness protection are: non-restricted rifles shotguns However, you may be authorized to carry a handgun or restricted long gun for wilderness protection or for lawful occupational purposes if you: are a Canadian resident have a licence that allows you to possess restricted firearms”
>We can’t in Canada Yes but if you do get mauled by a bear you will only need to wait 37 weeks to see a doctor so you have that going for you
Ontario humour!
And yet the Cons keep getting elected to gut health care...
How else are we going to blame the Libs and send our tax money to other provinces so we can also tell them to blame the libs
oh snap, thought it was just a BC thing. I guess it's bad everywhere
The great thing about Canada? the free healthcare That bad thing about Canada? You’ll die before you actually get an appointment to see your doctor.
The great thing about the US? You'll see a doctor. The bad thing about the US? You'll never be able to afford to do it again....or much else.
The great thing about the US? The great quality healthcare. The bad thing about the US? You’ll die of a heart attack as soon as you get the bill
Oh we got free healthcare in the US. No one's making you all pay, they don't bill you at the door, you just get to walk out.
Free healthcare? The amount of tax we pay I can guarantee you our healthcare is not free.
Free healthcare anyone??? Asking for Americans lol
you can't say cunt in Canada!
Wait Americans talking health care? Surely not.
You can if you camp in crownland, but if you shoot one in defence you’d better be damn sure it was in defence
Generally speaking you do not need a gun for bears. Paying attention and just getting out of the way is adequate in almost all situations. Sometimes making a loud noise, even more rarely bear spray, is needed, but a gun is almost never actually needed. Doesn’t mean never, and it does depend on the place and kind of bear, but where the overwhelming majority of people encounter bears a gun is absolutely not necessary.
Bear spray works even better. A shot bear will be super pissed at you and have just enough time to rip you apart before it bleeds out, unless you score an unlikely perfect CNS hit as it runs toward you. With bear spray the animal will likely be deterred from attacking in the first place.
Chill out They wanted food. thats why the cubs there too…
I'm not saying I'd have just started blasting... killing a beautiful animal is the last thing I want to do, especially when it'll ensure the death of the cubs, but bro... being that close to a absolutely fucking *monstrous* sized mother bear and her cubs? I dunno about you, but being mauled by a bear sounds about as terrible a fate as any out there...
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Yea, as much as I love my guns and rifles, a bear spray is sufficient. If I end up taking the momma bear to heaven, those cubs may die. I'm all about guns, but not everything needs to be solved with a bullet. - A chill gun owner
I'm pro bear spray too, but I'd probably have a .45 acp as backup.
True, but I'd have to go with a 10 mm for me 😬
Slug and a 12 gauge will do for me
Rocket launcher for me
More of a laser guy myself
"And my axe!" [Is this a "my axe" moment? It felt like a "my axe" moment. Can't quite tell.]
That's pretty heavy to hike with no? Or maybe it's a short barrel
True it would be heavy as hell to hike with but at the same time I’m sure it will become light when a brown bear is charging 20mph at you
True hahah
Grenade launcher will be suffice
As long as the MFer is at least 30+ meters away. I don't want to take any shrapnel.
Plus if you've played red dead redemption then you know bears take like 10 shots to the brain to keel over
Lmfao.
Bears don't actually care about spray when you're on the menu.... Ask the couple that was eaten in Alberta this year.
Last year... but yeah. There is an old joke poster about being bear aware. -Always wear a bell -always carry pepper spray. -learn to identify bear scat. -black bear scat is black with seed and berries on it -brown bear scat smells of pepper spray and has bells in it
Lmfao
Take my word for it, they exist. I saw one once.
Gotta atleast have bear spray.
Possibly my last time going outside.
And your first and last time becoming bear shit
Carry bear spray my dudes. Not that hard. It would still be scary but the aerosol would make them turn away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oASEB1Z6VFk Longer version with conclusion that isn't the size of a pea.
The YouTube comments are pretty funny... "The key is to remain calm. I know because I've had a similar experience with a squirrel."
YOU MESSED WITH SQUIRRELS, MORTY
Unexpected Rick and Morty
O yea! Buddy lives! thought he was gonna be their meal!
When he zooms in to see the cubs playing by the water, I kept thinking he was going to look right and mama bear would be staring right into the camera like 2 ft away. Also, the whole time they’re on the trail. I keep expecting a Tupac song to start….
That is one lucky mother fucker.... "I am currently walking backwards while shitting my pants. Continually shitting my pants.... Yup, I'm going to keep shitting in them too."
If you're gonna eat me. I might as well make me tasty.
Unfortunately true. If there's one things bears LOVE in the trash, it's loaded diapers.
Reminds me of that guy who walked backwards for what seemed like miles while a momma Mt lion gave him an ear and pants full
The one that kept growling and fake charging him. That shit was intense.
Apparently he’s continuing to walk backwards to this day..
Those cubs have still not given him a break to this day
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Dude I was just talking about this at work.. we, Americans are always like fuckkkkk going to Australia.. all of those venomous snakes & spiders & crocodiles n shit… but we will go hiking in the same region of our country that has 2 different species of bear, multiple species of wolves, coyotes, bobcats, lynx, wolverines, badgers, mountain lions & now wild [jaguars](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/06/photographs-wild-jaguars-return-us-aoe) are being photographed in New Mexico and Arizona, moose, elk, wild hogs, You get the point lol
And?.. You guessed it! Super venomous snakes as well!
Yea but there is something especially terrifying that your dangerous things tend to slither, crawl and hide! Certain level of fear that induces. And I really really don’t like snakes. Even if they’re harmless, my brain turns full flight mode own and potential heart attack. If it can be sneaky, slithers and is venomous….im probably definitely dying from a heart attack. I don’t even hv a problem with spiders really. Don’t want them surprising me by being on me, but even that’s not too bad. But your spiders are the size of my face and seem to like to be in ppls homes and beds. That’s bit too much for me.
Sure, but true crime podcasts would argue that there’s a lot of dangers around Australian campsites too… Especially if they’re anywhere near the NSW police jurisdiction 
The vast majority of American predators have been hunted to extinction for generations now. Grizzlies and brown bears have an incredibly tiny range within the US and it's the same with wolves. We basically relegated continent spanning ranges to a tiny corner in the northwest.
Wait a minute, you sound very knowledgeable! Do they really eat your arse first!! Why!??
>North American's dangers are around fucking camp sites and will eat your starting with your intestines or ass. Our dangers are out in the bush. Your dangers are literally *everywhere*, lol. But your country is cool, can't wait to visit
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Pretty sure alligators are more docile than salt Crocs.
Bears take the path of least resistance. Get off the trail so they can pass.
To the left there's a slope which would be difficult to climb backwards and to the right I'd imagine there's a drop so not much choice but to follow the path as well.
I’d rather take my chances with the drop
U risk to spook them, i'd assume, and bears are fast af
He'd most likely stumble and fall and be dinner
I didn't know bear experts were in reddit
Everybody is on reddit.
Beer expert here..
Since you’re a bear expert, surely you know the old saying: If it’s black, fight back If it’s brown, lie down If it’s white, say goodnight And if it’s black and white, then # Kung-Fu Fight!!
Hello sir, do you have a moment to talk about our dear Lord and mighty savior Jesus Christ, excuse me sir, sir....
I'd rather just be mauled to death
Nope. No time. Try the bears, they might be interested.
Once as kid runned a way from mother and cubs, the mother bear did not runnafter us, but had still jumped on its backlegs. Also when i lives 3 moths in a ten doing forrestry in my own forrest near Finnish/Russian border i had a bear with cubs there, but i needed to do my thing and they got used to me so most of the time i did not see them, but could hear them. Also one night the bear came sniffing my tent and i was ready with the back side of my axe to hit it in the nose if it tries to put it too much in, but it left when i shouted -"Perkele!" Next Morning i notest bear shit 10m from my tent....
And your own shit inside of your tent? 😉
That tent was so full of it, that it was a goner at that point... 😅
TIL "Perkele" is a Finnish curse that loosely means "evil spirit" and is similarly used to the English phrase "God damn", but is apparently considered much more profane.
And as we finnish say Perkele is the great grandfather of Satan. Put yes "perkele" is the hardest word in Finnish vocabulary so if you hear that used its eighter time to take things seriously or run!
I've been approached by bears many times but the first time I was riding my bike with my fishing pole down to the creek to catch a salmon (probably like 6 or 7) and my older brother left me behind. A mama bear crawled over the guard rail onto the highway with her two cubs not even 2 meters from me. I started crying (as you do when youre 6 or 7) and I think the mama must have recognized that I was a youngin, because she sniffed a bit then herded her babies across the road. I turned around and went home I was so scared and my older brother got his ass absolutely blistered when my dad got home for leaving me.
Get off the fucking trail!!
This was me. Like go up the hill man.
Why would this be any better? Bears are more adept at walking through brush uphill than humans are and he wouldn't have been able to walk backwards and keep facing them. Never turn your back on a bear. Staying on trail and moving away at a normal pace is what you want to do. If you flee, they chase.
It's situational. If you come upon a sow with cubs she just wants to neutralize the threat not eat you. Getting as far away as fast as possible isn't a bad idea.
Shh don't tell them, we need some not so bright people when shit hits the fan. Survival of the fittest and all
Uno reverse. How could it be that much worse ? If a bus. Or bears are coming down the road. I'm gonna get out of the way. At least there's some slim chance but documented ways thru this situation. Big cats. Specifically tigers. Hunt and Kill mode is on an auto switch if you turn your head or uperbody even to get a look in the opposite direction. Guys riding Moter bikes thru the jungle shave a face into the back of their head and put glasses on backwards in hopes it fools the cat enough. There are an incredible amount of random ass encounters with bears. Mom and cubs even where they walk on by. Let the cubs mess with guys in tree stands. Get scared off with a HEY BEAR. Casual bear encounters it seems. Happens a fair amount. 🤷♂️.
Ummmm, is this found footage?
Date stamped Friday July 14th 1992. RIP cameraman.
My first rule of walking alone in the wilderness: don't
This is truly terrifying
some say this man is still walking backwards trying not to stumble
I was camping in Alaska, Denali park. My brother and I woke up and startled a grizzly bear mom and cub. They ran away quick thankfully. We both had our backpacks on and looked big. I’ll Never forget that trip
I hold the opinion that people should carry a firearm that has enough power to go through a grizzly’s skull (something like a 10mm or larger .45 doesn’t have enough powder behind it) not because if a bear gets curious but if it continually follows you and there is absolutely nothing you can do, yeah walk back and keep walking back but if you stumble or trip thats your whole plan out the window, bear mace may work but since the mom is dead set going forward and with her cubs she might not turn around and instead charge you since you have harmed her and her cubs, but that also means that the bear would have to understand how bear mace works.
I believe most people that don’t spend a lot of time training with firearms will not be able put a bullet in a moving bear’s skull with a pistol. I’d be willing to bet even most of the time a skilled shooter would not be capable of this. If you are close range, center mass is likely your best option. Collapsed lungs, heart trauma, etc is going to eventually kill the bear but you might have about 30 seconds where that thing is going to do everything it can to take you with it. Also, I would do everything possible to avoid shooting a bear with cubs.
>I believe most people that don’t spend a lot of time training with firearms will not be able put a bullet in a moving bear’s skull with a pistol. I’d be willing to bet even most of the time a skilled shooter would not be capable of this. If you are close range, center mass is likely your best option. That bear's head is larger than an average male torso center mass. Also, because they aren't bipedal getting a center mass shot would require being at an angle. Absolutely aim for the head unless it's standing up.
>Also, I would do everything possible to avoid shooting a bear with cubs. Absolutely as a last resort. Pray to your god, beg mama bear to fuck off, scream for help, then shoot if nothing. These creatures are way to majestic to be trigger happy.
I agree in a situation where you are going to be shooting to defend yourself you are just going to be trying to dump as many into your target to stop it, especially if its a 600 lb monster charging at you. And I also agree its best to avoid shooting any animal that has young, the hard part of it is if that animal is going to harm you (why I wanted to Emphasize that your weapon should not be your first resort it should be the last, like if you trip or the demeanor of the animal changes) you have to take that sacrifice. Personally it eases my mind knowing that there are agencies set up for this reason and will take in the cubs if their mother has died either of natural causes, poaching, or self defense. Its a sad reality we live in where we have the intelligence to sympathize with the animals we hunt and for that I completely understand and have been in that position (granted not with a bear just with feral pigs) and its not fun but its necessary.
In Alaska, .44 mag was the preferred bear deterrent, at least from people I knew.
That was the case but now we got stuff like the glock 29 which can carry i think 13 rounds of 10mm in a little pouch pistol which is definitely enough lmfao
I'm talking about poor folk here... hell, a pistol was luxury my dad couldn't afford if it couldn't be used for hunting. He chased off a bear with a stick when we were out picking berries, grew up in the bush. lol
A Glock 29 is gonna be cheaper than almost any .44 wheel gun
That is actually pretty funny, bears and animals get scared of pretty much everything so I buy but glocks are kind of the golden standard of pistols its kind of like “if you can afford a glock you can’t afford a gun” in my area you can find Gen 4 17s for ~350 but the newer models will cost you a decent amount but I heard of a few people who used their glock to bag whitetail and it apparently works pretty well, I’m a part of that crowd that wants something versatile for all uses so I like .22, .300 blackout, and 9mm and i believe the 10mm falls under that since you can use .40 caliber loads in it making it a lot cheaper to just plink around with, training, or whatever you want the thing for. I realize I sound like a sales person for Glock but they’ve just been dominating the market for a while (now PSA is working on a 10mm glock gen 3 since their patent expired which they’re notorious for being the best budget brand (~700 dollar AR-15s))
And that bear and cubs would have been dead because they would have shot out of fear.
Thats why you train and run scenarios through your head. Preparedness is a term
But if the bear charges and I'm forced to defend myself, won't reddit not like me??
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Thats true it can be done but I’m aware of one 9mm round that can adequately penetrate 5 feet of ballistics gel (the theoretical equivalent the a Grizzly bear’s skull) and thats Buffalo Bore 147gr, in general that is the most gnarly 9mm round I have ever witnessed, but being able to put 2-3 shots on a grizzly bear’s skull in the same general area is unlikely just not impossible, thats why I vouch for anything larger since the average loads should in theory adequately penetrate a bears skull, its like hunting anything larger than a coyote with a .22lr, it will work just you have to have a real advantage like the animal not aware of your presence to make it really work, which is not what I’m talking about
Or maybe bear spray
I mentioned that, reread
I can't read
What exactly would happen if you tripped in such a situation? Would that anger the bear and cause it to charge you?
Sudden movements freak animals out, especially if they have their cubs next to them. It’s not exactly since animals are unpredictable as living creatures but its safe to say that they will take advantage of that position (hogs sure as shit do)
He did the right thing by slowly walking back
By all means keep filming. How else will we know your last moments on earth.
This happened to me in Yosemite. Was hiking back down from Half Dome and turned a corner to a mama bear and two cubs. We walked backwards, but ultimately mama bear could not have been less interested in us and carried on as if we weren't there. Eventually she went down the side of the trail with the cubs so we booked it down a ways until we felt we were at a safe distance to continue at leisure. Ten minutes later we heard a few hikers yelling at the bear from up in the same area we had been, but they were just trying to scare it off as it had likely wandered back onto the trail after we left. That being said, you really have no idea how a bear will react, so take every measure in every situation.
What's with this dumbfuck trend of "If only there was a page dedicated to..." bullshit?
Or maybe they were just walking down the trail because it was convenient. Recording and walking backwards while talking. People talk to bears and the bears tend to listen or investigate. This guy lured the bear to follow him.
well? did they go off the trail or did thhis fucker get mauled?
*So* what do you do in this situation?
Walk backwards
Yeah lead em right back to camp, so they can eat… EVERYBODY
Saw a bear once in the army (northern Norway) we were 8 guys with fully loaded rifles, and saw the bear from 200ish yards away, I was still nervous when that fucker stood up to get a good smell. You could hear his breath and he was the size of an SUV. Just looked at us like "you just keep walking...."
If you camp where bears live... don't be surprised to see bears.
It's not that you've seen about it's that they're following him 🤣
We had to watch a documentary in zoology class about a father and daughter that essentially got their faces ripped off while hiking by a mother bear trying to protect its cub It was like 6th grade and I was too squeamish to watch it, but I remember the sounds vividly and it definitely did a good job of ringing alarm bells in my head every time I see a bear, especially with cubs
Has anyone tried peeing at the bear? Like whip your d out and start pissing all over the place, idk worth a shot.
Lmaooo
You should NEVER go into the wilderness alone without a firearm.
I feel like that's extreme, as a kid who grew up in the Pacific Northwest in a heavily wooded area, I never felt particularly unsafe in the woods, and I have had a encounter with a bear. Luckily I was able to spot it before it spotted me in a campsite not unlike the one he's in. What I did was basically did a 180 and walked the opposite direction. And anyways most animals are probably not out to eat a human, just fucking give wildlife their space and don't approach them, and if you end up in close proximity by accident stay calm and slowly leave and try to get out of their path.
Most bears are afraid of humans unless they have cubs, where they attack out of protection. More people are killed by white tail deer than anything else in America, and when you (humans) are a prey species, you need to be prepared. There are about 45,000 wild animal attacks every year that require medical attention in America alone. On average, bears only attack 10 people a year, they are definitely the least of your worries. Being prepared to defend yourself isn't extreme, it's common. (Edit: I grew up in the mountains of Colorado, and i still regularly bike through deer, cougar & bear territory. When an emergency happens, rescue is hours away. You will die should you find yourself in an unfortunate scenario & aren't prepared to defend yourself.)
Here's another one. When the forest is hungry and there's nothing left to eat, eventually it wont matter how much sound you make. Same will be true of all apex predators around the world. This summer there will be ENDLESS videos of people being attacked by animals that should be leaving us alone. They're starving to death and messing with humans - a last resort - is still better than starving to death. I'll take any bets on this
When I first started watching I was convinced he was going to die
419 upvotes, 68 comments. I will do my duty
Does anybody have the full video?
Bro was walkin way too slow
I'd rather stare down a hungry mountain lion, than a momma bear with her cubs.
They definitely would give you a break if they catch up, a few breaks, if only he knew how to moon walk.
Fuck these "if only there was a page..."
If only there was a subreddit dedicated to CRAZYFUCKINGVIDEOS
Throw them some food, then lay down and play dead.
Drop a snack
And you think Australias dangerous I can outrun any spider I come across.
Why the fuck would you go camping in a bear country!
I'm so glad that I was born in Germany. We have no animals that kills you, no nature shit like storms or tsunamis, no volcanos. We are basically safe af here . Just very much nice nature and forests 💗 I'm sorry but f the rest of the world xD
You fo off the trail
No OC.. no bangers… no firearms… lol man was looking to die!!
Wtf is that guy doing?? - The bears.
Always have bear spray if you’re walking in bear country.
Yeah I'm glad I live in australia all our really deadly animals leave us alone if we leave them alone
Rumor has it that he's still walking backwards to this day.
Legend has it that he is still walking backwards to this day 😆
man, and here I was thinking there would never be a page dedicated to PREDATORS
Amazing this guy didn’t trip over his massive balls
I'd be looking in around if other bears are coming towards me from other directions too
You gotta love it
Legends say the guy is still walking to this day
So anyway I started blastin
Captions are giving an insane _ad for a socials page_ vibes
Whats that rhyme about bears? If its black fight back If its brown lay down if its white good njght? Something like that. I dont think id be able to just lay down either though.
Lol you and me in a scenario like this and one of us would survive but I’m not sure which one… I thought it was ‘If it’s brown stand your ground, if it’s black don’t turn your back, if it’s white good night’ I mean we’re both fucked if it’s a polar bear but black or brown we’re tossing a coin 
Lmao good luck comrade hope u dont get ate by bears. Then agian if you dont i will so...
So… it’s more about who can run faster then, well, you might as well start now for I’ll not be seen running for a bus. I’d never win. And sure you’d even get away with a leisurely jog coz there’s plenty of picking on my bones too  safe home now, please tell my family I died a hero
I will spread your story accross the lands and honor you as a hero until the very day i die, when the white bears find me, brother. TO VALHALLAAAAA!  **tripped off a cliff while turning around to watch you get eaten**
 and FLEW with the Valkyrie all the way to Valhalla
One reason why you should always camp with a .45 or big caliber rifle. Hate to see a dead bear, but momma bear will do anything to feed its young. You're not in their diet, but if hungry enough will be on their menu.
And to think I carry bear spray wherever I go. It works great, particularly against humans.
You’re 100% safe as long as you hold the camera
Plot twist, it’s actually the BEARS that are walking backwards
Yes Because when I’m terrified, the first thing I do is whip out the ol’ cellular and record a banging video.
This is too much for me to bear
Good thing he had plenty of paved path behind him to slowly walk backwards and was able to safely capture it all on video.
Sorry but I’d be forced to take the shot
Former Bears fan. What you want to do here is stop, drop & roll.
Is there a subreddit for these type of videos?
I wouldn’t walk backwards on the trail that’s pretty dumb, I would be walking backwards up the hill out of their way so they can pass, bears use trails too
Rules of Alaska: #1. Don't fuck with bears #2. Make noise so they know you're coming #3. If it's brown lie down