Camper Survives Bear Mauling

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Grunt03
DAMM i HAVE A FELLOW WORKER WHO IS OUT HUNTING BEAR'S RIGHT NOW.......

Yeah, I frequently go bear hunting with a knife. I usually have a helicopter drop me off in the Alaskan wilderness armed only with a knife and a bottle of water, at which point I hunt for Kodiac bears. If the bear is a smaller grizzly, I'll even give the knife to the bear and I'll take it on by hand.

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[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: whattaguy
Bears are not very agile. Run away in big zig-zags.

couldn't they just run in a straight line and catch you?

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: whattaguy
Bears are not very agile. Run away in big zig-zags.

couldn't they just run in a straight line and catch you?

Bears can run like 30mph I believe, humans run what 8mph? Yeah, I think the bear would make short work of you if you tried that.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: rh71
educate me - bears come looking for food... how likely are they to attack humans, just because ? Only when they're threatened ?

Black bears tend to be very non-aggressive (although there are certainly exceptions to that general rule).

 

[PingSpike]

I know one thing, bear meat tastes pretty good.

 

[astrosfan90]

Originally posted by: GOSHARKS

Originally posted by: Eli
Brown bears, yes.

Grizzly and black bears, no.

If you play dead for a grizzly that is looking at you as prey, he will say "Thanks for the easy lunch.".

DO NOT play dead during a black bear attack.

uh grizzlies are brown bears...

For the sake of clarification, Grizzlies are a subspecies of Brown Bears: http://www.bear.org/Grizzly/Grizzly_Brown_Bear_Facts.html

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rh71
educate me - bears come looking for food... how likely are they to attack humans, just because ? Only when they're threatened ?

When they are threatened, or to show dominance.

Or if you soaked your underwear in hamburger...

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Aren't you supposed to run down hills not up if you are chased by a bear?

Yes. Bears have claws which helps them run uphill better.

 

[kage69]

DO NOT play dead during a black bear attack.

Worked for my dad, but that was after he tried to scare it off with shouting and a punch to the snout. It messed him up good. He walked into the house covered in blood and peanut butter (bear had a mouthfull of peanut butter from the bear bait my dad was tending to). My mom and I were freaking out, while he was chuckling and smoking a cigarette. :shocked:

 

[whattaguy]

Survival Link

Basically, do not run downhill.
Do not run in zig-zags.
If it comes down to it, use pepper spray or you gotta duel it out.

 

[OffTopic1]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rh71
educate me - bears come looking for food... how likely are they to attack humans, just because ? Only when they're threatened ?

When they are threatened, or to show dominance.

Attacking human is very rare, however it could be that the bear is use to human (too many dumb campers leaving food around camping ground).

Play dead is not the way to do it. They should back way from the bear, or make loud noise & be as large as possible (tree branches, sticks, etc...). And, be on one side in the bear view & leave an easy exit for it to go away.

<-- Have been in dozens of bears encounters in 5 years of working in the woods. And, only have 2 encounters with a black bear that worried me. The worst black bear encounter involved a lost 3-4 month cub in among us treeplanters with mom lurking at the tree line. The other was that I was too busy brushing (thinning trees) and found my self in the middle of a bear family they ran a way from me to ward the tree line (there were 6 of them, very odd to see that many in a group, other than garbage dump).

2 encounters with silver back grizzly and they both scared me shitless. Was too busy planting to notice a silver back picking wild blackcurrent (I backed away at normal speed while partner ran away at high speed. It is common to plant with a partner in bear country).
The other counter was that a silver back got use to the campsite because rookies aholes from big cities were throwing empty beer cans all over the (we found over 6 cases of freshly empty cans during the clean up). It chased me for about 10 yard, after destroyed 9 tents over night (over 100 tree planter tents) during my watch while everyone is in town for the day off. It was in our food tent trying to break open the freezers, and only left when I drove a Ford F-350 4X4 crew cab at it. It was taken down by the forest warden 3 days later while he was visiting our camp.

It is the ignorant and arrogant humans that cause these attacks.

 

[Lobstar]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Grunt03
DAMM i HAVE A FELLOW WORKER WHO IS OUT HUNTING BEAR'S RIGHT NOW.......

Be vewwy vewwy quiet...

FIXED

 

[OffTopic1]

Originally posted by: whattaguy
Survival Link

Basically, do not run downhill.
Do not run in zig-zags.
If it comes down to it, use pepper spray or you gotta duel it out.

You can't out run them, because black bears can run up to 30 miles/hour and grizzly can run up to 35 miles/hour in the bush.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: whattaguy
Bears are not very agile. Run away in big zig-zags.

couldn't they just run in a straight line and catch you?

Bears can run like 30mph I believe, humans run what 8mph? Yeah, I think the bear would make short work of you if you tried that.

If you are only capable of running at 8 mph, you really need to think about getting in shape, because that's bad. I top out at about 20, sprinting, couldn't keep it up for more than 30 seconds or so. I'm also willing to bet I could accelerate faster than an 800 pound bear.

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: whattaguy
Bears are not very agile. Run away in big zig-zags.

couldn't they just run in a straight line and catch you?

Bears can run like 30mph I believe, humans run what 8mph? Yeah, I think the bear would make short work of you if you tried that.

If you are only capable of running at 8 mph, you really need to think about getting in shape, because that's bad. I top out at about 20, sprinting, couldn't keep it up for more than 30 seconds or so. I'm also willing to bet I could accelerate faster than an 800 pound bear.

Dude you'd scream and turn around so fast you'd sprain your ankle and the bear would be on you in seconds, clawing and biting and stomping.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Malladine

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: whattaguy
Bears are not very agile. Run away in big zig-zags.

couldn't they just run in a straight line and catch you?

Bears can run like 30mph I believe, humans run what 8mph? Yeah, I think the bear would make short work of you if you tried that.

If you are only capable of running at 8 mph, you really need to think about getting in shape, because that's bad. I top out at about 20, sprinting, couldn't keep it up for more than 30 seconds or so. I'm also willing to bet I could accelerate faster than an 800 pound bear.

Dude you'd scream and turn around so fast you'd sprain your ankle and the bear would be on you in seconds, clawing and biting and stomping.

Unlikely.

 

[polloloco81]

If ever a bear attacks me and I survive, I'm going to wreck vengeance upon that bear.

 

[OffTopic1]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: Malladine

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: whattaguy
Bears are not very agile. Run away in big zig-zags.

couldn't they just run in a straight line and catch you?

Bears can run like 30mph I believe, humans run what 8mph? Yeah, I think the bear would make short work of you if you tried that.

If you are only capable of running at 8 mph, you really need to think about getting in shape, because that's bad. I top out at about 20, sprinting, couldn't keep it up for more than 30 seconds or so. I'm also willing to bet I could accelerate faster than an 800 pound bear.

Dude you'd scream and turn around so fast you'd sprain your ankle and the bear would be on you in seconds, clawing and biting and stomping.

Unlikely.

20 on even ground, but not anywhere near that in rugged forest.

 

[aidanjm]

I don't get how bears can run so fast, they seem like such clumsy animals..?

 

[Rudee]

No bear could ever catch me cause it would too busy slipping in my poop.

 

[OffTopic1]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
I don't get how bears can run so fast, they seem like such clumsy animals..?

Even more surprising, is that Australian crocodile can run up to up to 10 miles/hour, lizard can run up to 15 miles/hour, and crab can run up to 10 miles/hour.

 

[91TTZ]

From a bear page:

"They can run at least 50 km/hr (30 m.p.h.) for short bursts. This converts to a brisk 13.5 metres/second (44 feet/second). A runner capable of a 10 second 100 m dash is only running 10 metres/second or (33 feet/second). If the fastest runners in the world can't outrun a grizzly, you won't have any more luck. Don't try to run away. "

 

[91TTZ]

Here's a grizzly:
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Just imagine how easily it would be able to crush you. It is just too big and too fast.