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Originally Posted by Zeus
I'll bet you taint the odds just a bit when your walking through the wood's carrying fish  |
That's a fact! I have some great fish/bear stories; last one was down by Sweetheart Creek, south of Juneau. It's a subsistence fishery for red salmon; you can dip net/cast net and get alot of fish. And the bears know about it too! There were a group of four of us and we'd managed to get all the fish we could carry, so we headed back to the boat. The trail is narrow and winds through the woods along the creek. My friend Matt was in the lead, both hands carrying bags of fish and he stopped with a brown bear on the trail, literally 30 feet in front of him. I was right behind him (with a .375 on my back) also with both hands full of fish. He whispered, "Mike, there's a bear right in front of me, what should I do?" I whispered back, "...don't give him the fish." Then I started laughing and he just stared at the bear as it wandered off in the woods. Made for an interesting afternoon and another memorable great day in Alaska! There's been almost zero documented cases where bear have attacked when people are in groups....not saying it can't happen, but if you want to play the odds, take a buddy or two!