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had a bear eat a dog down the road a bit. they weren't sure if it was grizzly or not. wildfires continue to fill the air with smoke...

not a good pic but...

 
best of luck with that hug. :) Just check-loaded 5 slugs in my 12 guage for a trip back to our cabin. now that's a whole different gamut... :)

this is just a freeze frame from a video. 'bout 30 feet away.

 
That's a pretty amazing photo.
I hope you were using a 1200 mm lens with a tele extender.

maljo
 
Of course it's a real concern. I wasn't being facetious when I said I loaded up my 12 guage to go back to our cabin. I've never been touched by a bear but I've had bears charge me and come within touching distance and it's very frightening. A very famous Japanese photographer who did some of the most amazing grizzly photos (and moose and more) was killed a few years ago. Creeping around in bear country quietly with a rifle is scary enough. Doing it unarmed with a camera...it's downright looney .... but it's also quite fun and exciting. I'd rather be in that kind of danger than in Iraq where my son in law is, thats for sure. Pepper spray is the weapon of choice for me when I can't bother taking a shotgun.

A week or two ago a grizzly killed a moose calf in the driveway of a family in a nice neighborhood outside Anchorage Alaska. Darned bears never behave like you think they should. :)

Truth be told, moose are probably more dangerous than bears but I don't know the statastics.
David Gore said:
santa said:
best of luck with that hug. :) Just check-loaded 5 slugs in my 12
guage for a trip back to our cabin. now that's a whole different
gamut... :)

this is just a freeze frame from a video. 'bout 30 feet away.

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Jon,
Is it a real concern in Alberta to be wandering about for shots
with these bears???

http://www.pbase.com/dsg2/daves_pictures
http://www.pbase.com/image/22632338/original.small jpg
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Canon OneDeeMarque2,TenDee, 70-2hundred 2.8IS, 16-thirty5, 1hundred
-300 5.6EL, 28-70 f3.5- something, 50m f1point4, 1.4X convrtr, tc80EN3
 
yeah it is to some extent as these can be very dangerous animals, especially when there are cubs around.

However, most people here don't worry too much about them and simply follow a few simple rules.

1. Never feed them

2. Don't scare them (a startled bear is not something I want to be around) - this means walking in groups, making lots of noise and trying to do everything to make sure you don't just suddenly come across them. They'll hear you and leave before you even get there normally.

3. If you see one bear - always, always look for the 'other' - although solitary you've got to be sure it isn't a mother/cub pair which can be deadly

Anyhow, I tend to look for these critters from a car as in early spring they come out to the roadside (morning/evening) to get fresh greens. When the forest greens up a bit more in the summer they disappear. I suspect you won't see any while you're up here :-)
David Gore said:
santa said:
best of luck with that hug. :) Just check-loaded 5 slugs in my 12
guage for a trip back to our cabin. now that's a whole different
gamut... :)

this is just a freeze frame from a video. 'bout 30 feet away.

Click to expand...
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Jon,
Is it a real concern in Alberta to be wandering about for shots
with these bears???

http://www.pbase.com/dsg2/daves_pictures
http://www.pbase.com/image/22632338/original.small jpg
Click to expand...
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http://www.pbase.com/meddings
 
Funny you should say that. When I was in Banff Alberta Canada, and hiked inthe mountains, I carried an air horn on my hip. I fugured I might miss with the pepper spray and I wasn't going to carry a gun...so what else could I do?

Funny thing is...we saw lots of bears...both grizzlies and black bears...no problem...even mom with cubs....we didn't sneak up on them and they weren't threatened in any way.

However.....while hiking on a trail along Lake Minnewanka, out of nowhere and large buck jumped in front of me ( about 15 feet ahead) and stood sideways and blocked the path! Snortin away....I stopped and in a matter of seconds he moved off the path into the woods. I never reached for the horn....

Mark
GagBagger said:
Jon Meddings said:
2. Don't scare them (a startled bear is not something I want to be
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I've always wondered why people don't carry something like an air
horn around to make an incredibly loud, painful noise to scare them
away.

Brendan
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Things that make you go, hmmmm...
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I have never used one but I know that Dept. of Fish and Game folks here in Alaska have used them with great effect. Pepper spray can blow back in your face (I know, I almost choked to death once when I had to fire a blast of it and the wind blew it back in my face and I though i was going to flipping die right then and there) but an air horn is really startling. I'm heading down a wilderness river in three days that's choked with Salmon and very well may have issues with bears .... I might just go get a horn to add to the spray...thanks for the reminder and thought !
GagBagger said:
Jon Meddings said:
2. Don't scare them (a startled bear is not something I want to be
Click to expand...
I've always wondered why people don't carry something like an air
horn around to make an incredibly loud, painful noise to scare them
away.

Brendan
--
Things that make you go, hmmmm...
Click to expand...
--
Canon OneDeeMarque2,TenDee, 70-2hundred 2.8IS, 16-thirty5, 1hundred
-300 5.6EL, 28-70 f3.5- something, 50m f1point4, 1.4X convrtr, tc80EN3
 
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