oregon man confronting bear accidentally kills brother fatally shoots himself

[ilikegunspdx]

This momma protecting cubs in Leavenworth had a thread on it a while back.

Black bear lethally removed, cubs sent to rehabilitation after Leavenworth woman attacked

The woman let her dog out when she was charged by an adult female black bear and received non-life-threatening injuries, according to WDFW.

www.king5.com

 

[Tlock]

I've heard/read about three exceptions. Black bears that have become familiar with people, such as being fed by them or eating human garbage, which allows bears to associate human scent with food, or eating dog or cat food from dishes on people's porches. Second is getting between mother bear and her cubs. Third is if you surprise a bear from inside its attack distance.

Is this right @Tlock ?

Any idea of what a black bear's attack distance is? (When I'm in woods I'm very quiet, since seeing and hearing wildlife is part of the point.)

100% correct....once I had a sow in a snare that was in heat and the boar was there trying to breed her. I was caught off gaurd but came out the winner. Second time was at a disabled kids camp and the bear had been raiding the garbage cans and ate all the trout out of there little pond. I missed him in my set and was rebait when he charged, I slipped and fell and couldn't draw. He stopped at my feet and realized what I was and turned around and went up a tree. My encounters have all been within 50 feet I'd say

 

[OldBroad44]

I've had only two black bear encounters. First was when hiking with my dog, a Chow/Spitz cross, in the Siuslaw Forest. Was walking along a dirt road when I heard a huge thrashing in the blackberry patch I was passing. I drew my 6" Security 6 .357 mag and backed off to the edge of the small clearing. Dog quietly took up a position between me and noise. Suddenly the bear emerged from brambles and froze. The dog was only about 12' from bear. I was only about 22' from bear. Bear, dog, and I all stood there motionless and silent for what seemed like forever, but was probably about 30". Then bear ran, again making a huge thrashing noise in blackberry thicket. Dog chased bear barking excitedly, but returned immediately when I yelled "Out!" My instincts said dog and I were within bear attack distance, and he would have attacked if we had moved or made any noise during that period when he was deciding whether to attack or run. We had a steady crosswind, incidently. Bear and dog had been unable to smell each other.

The other bear showed up in my back yard heading toward my ducks night pen. I was aroused by duck alarm calls. I spotlighted and yelled at the bear through second floor living room window. Bear kept coming. I put a .357 mag bullet into ground next to bear. He turned and ran. My home is in a residential area but its much wooded and close to MacDonald forest. I suspect that bear had been eating pet food left on people's porches, and was used to people spotlighting and yelling at him. But not shooting at him.

 

[OldBroad44]

100% correct....once I had a sow in a snare that was in heat and the boar was there trying to breed her. I was caught off gaurd but came out the winner. Second time was at a disabled kids camp and the bear had been raiding the garbage cans and ate all the trout out of there little pond. I missed him in my set and was rebait when he charged, I slipped and fell and couldn't draw. He stopped at my feet and realized what I was and turned around and went up a tree. My encounters have all been within 50 feet I'd say

YIPE!
Too close for comfort.

 

[Tlock]

I've had only two black bear encounters. First was when hiking with my dog, a Chow/Spitz cross, in the Siuslaw Forest. Was walking along a dirt road when I heard a huge thrashing in the blackberry patch I was passing. I drew my 6" Security 6 .357 mag and backed off to the edge of the small clearing. Dog quietly took up a position between me and noise. Suddenly the bear emerged from brambles and froze. The dog was only about 12' from bear. I was only about 22' from bear. Bear, dog, and I all stood there motionless and silent for what seemed like forever, but was probably about 30". Then bear ran, again making a huge thrashing noise in blackberry thicket. Dog chased bear barking excitedly, but returned immediately when I yelled "Out!" My instincts said dog and I were within bear attack distance, and he would have attacked if we had moved or made any noise during that period when he was deciding whether to attack or run. We had a steady crosswind, incidently. Bear and dog had been unable to smell each other.

The other bear showed up in my back yard heading toward my ducks night pen. I was aroused by duck alarm calls. I spotlighted and yelled at the bear through second floor living room window. Bear kept coming. I put a .357 mag bullet into ground next to bear. He turned and ran. My home is in a residential area but its much wooded and close to MacDonald forest. I suspect that bear had been eating pet food left on people's porches, and was used to people spotlighting and yelling at him. But not shooting at him.

I've been trapping bears so long I'm surprised I haven't had more close calls. I've pulled a couple stupid moves and got within the trap circle. My favorite was letting a couger go out of a bear foot snare with just a catchpole.....

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Colorado wildlife officials had to euthanize a 400-pound black bear because its intestines were blocked with human garbage

Wildlife officials said a Colorado black bear died in a "horrific" way after its intestines began to decay from human garbage.

www.insider.com

 

[po18guy]

Colorado wildlife officials had to euthanize a 400-pound black bear because its intestines were blocked with human garbage

Wildlife officials said a Colorado black bear died in a "horrific" way after its intestines began to decay from human garbage.

www.insider.com

What??? Was the bear used to clean homeless camps up?

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Bears raid donut truck

Bears raid Krispy Kreme doughnut van making deliveries on Alaska military base

The bears chomped on doughnut holes and other pastries, ignoring the banging on the side of the van that was aimed at shooing them away.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[ShootsNScores]

I've been trapping bears so long I'm surprised I haven't had more close calls. I've pulled a couple stupid moves and got within the trap circle. My favorite was letting a couger go out of a bear foot snare with just a catchpole.....

That sounds like. Story and a half.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Mmmm tacos yi enchiladas, muy bueno!

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Griz kills couple and their dog in Canada.

Grizzly bear kills couple and their dog in Canada - BBC News

Experts say more people outdoors is leading to more human-bear encounters.

www.bbc.com

 

[Tlock]

I think they had the wrong "bear protocol" and being "cautious" didn't work out well. When in bear country pack a bear gun!

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I think they had the wrong "bear protocol" and being "cautious" didn't work out well. When in bear country pack a bear gun!

It's Canada. Trudeau wants poeple to call the gov authorities to save them rather than own any guns and be able to defend themselves.

 

[DunRanull]

It's Canada. Trudeau wants poeple to call the gov authorities to save them rather than own any guns and be able to defend themselves.

Trudeau is a fascist control freak. Surely The Great White North can come up with better???

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Trudeau is a fascist control freak. Surely The Great White North can come up with better???

Bob and Doug McKenzie come to mind...
Andy

 

[str8t shootr]

Wow. Darwin awards honorable mention.....?

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Bear in aspen colo hotel kitchen goes all marshawn lynch on security guard.

 

[Flopsweat]

Bear in aspen colo hotel kitchen goes all marshawn lynch on security guard.

Looks like he startled it. Or more likely, they startled each other. Or more precisely, the bear was startled, and the human went Code Brown.

 

[Mikej]

Looks like he startled it. Or more likely, they startled each other. Or more precisely, the bear was startled, and the human went Code Brown.

)Nervous Laugh(

 

[Tlock]

Been there....that's definitely a code brown!