Althouse: How to scare a bear.

May 21, 2015

How to scare a bear.

Demonstrated.

But how about not aggravating the bear in the first place. Look how he's out of the car to get photographs and how he keeps photographing.

17 comments:

traditionalguy said...: Waning: This does not work on deaf bears.; 5/21/15, 7:52 AM
James Pawlak said...: The alternative method is to wear a Hillary Clinton mask.; 5/21/15, 8:15 AM
RAH said...: According to the article he was walking in the woods with his wife and dog. The wife took the video. Where did you get he was in a a car?; 5/21/15, 8:16 AM
PB said...: The bear was going to veer off anyway - it's called a bluff charge. They do it first before any physical attack.; 5/21/15, 8:26 AM
Mel said...: I am going hiking tomorrow. Alone. In bear territory (everything is now though - there have been 4 sited in residential neighborhoods in my area this spring). I had intended to go out to the family homestead, but have decided to stay on the side of the mountain with the mountain biking teas instead. More people is less trouble. I have no wish to meet a bear up close.; 5/21/15, 8:29 AM
Mel said...: Teas? I meant to type trails. I hate auto correct.; 5/21/15, 8:31 AM
chickelit said...: Littered campgrounds, folding chairs
Feed Doritos to the bears
Honey, quick, the Polaroid

There's always room for Jello!; 5/21/15, 8:43 AM
Anonymous said...: Experts recommend using the same tactics to avoid encounters with both species: make yourself big, speak loudly and never run away. (Be warned though: If you run into a grizzly bear in the U.S., this approach might not work.)

Sorry Brown bears in North American are called Grizzly Bears.

What I have been told is that if you see a grizzly at a distance, slink away. They don't like to be challenged.

Black bears on the other hand have been known to hunt humans, so appearing big and if pushed threatening is the way toi go with blacks

see a polar? kiss your ass goodbye unless you are holding a high powered rifle with 10 rounds and 100 feet of separation...; 5/21/15, 9:17 AM
Amexpat said...: Sometimes you get the Bear, sometimes the Bear get you.; 5/21/15, 9:36 AM
Anonymous said...: I commend to you this UN-PC, 1983 study:

http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr152.pdf

Safety in bear country: protective
measures and bullet performance at
short range

Favorite quote:
The most important shot is the first
one. If not properly placed, it may also be the last shot fired. If a bear goes down on the first shot, continue to shoot. Do not stop to observe the
effects of the shots but continue to aim at vital areas and shoot until the bear stays down and is still. When the bear has stopped moving, reload, work your way around behind the animal, staying as far away as practical and possible, and shoot again into the brain or spine.

Make sure the bear is dead. If the bear
is still active and the rifle is empty, try to avoid the bear, reload, and continue to try to kill it.; 5/21/15, 9:45 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I inferred the car from the tracks in the road and from the lack of movement from the videographer.; 5/21/15, 9:58 AM
robother said...: And the gun in the guy's hand played no role whatsoever in his willingness to use primal scream arm waving technique. The guy had a backup plan.; 5/21/15, 10:09 AM
Anonymous said...: what gun? The camera?

If there is a very small pistol in a hand that I can't see, a range of 6 feet is way late to go to plan B :); 5/21/15, 11:00 AM
mccullough said...: Wear an Aaron Rodgers jersey; 5/21/15, 11:31 AM
kzookitty said...: The old ways are best:

1) Always travel in pairs.

2) Make certain you are faster than your traveling partner.

3) Never travel with a close personal friend or relative.

kzookitty; 5/21/15, 6:14 PM
Bob Boyd said...: Pepper spray is illegal in Sweden.; 5/21/15, 6:52 PM
Rusty said...: That could have very easily gone south.
Quit annoying the wildlife. That bear was one missed meal away from making him one. A meal.

Bob Boyd said...
Pepper spray is illegal in Sweden.

All that does is annoy them even more and give them some seasoning for when they dine on you; 5/22/15, 7:29 AM