This Was Close

Neat catch............:D

 

Wait...isn't it like the whole gun control debate...better to not have a weapon to defend yourself...simply call the cops or request they stop? The bear surely wouldn't harm you if you act like you're dead and do nothing....I'm so confused

 

Seriously, after I soiled my jeans I think it would be very hard not to be fighting with some critter pawing and biting on me. Could anyone really sit there and play dead at that point? I understand they have a pretty tender nose. I'll go down swinging myself.

 

Typically humans are not out to eat other humans unless there is a zombie apocalypse. This is why I stock up on Hornady Zombie Max ammunition. confused:

 

Very cool Tom!! Scary if it was showing some teeth.

 

Time to start packing.

 

either spotted ya or heard you comin

 

Wait until you walk into a bait and see one there. One time I walked in and there was a bear on the bait. When he saw me, he grabbed the bait bucket that he was eating out of and took off running with it. I was losing quite a few buckets at this bait, even though they were tied up, so I took off running after him yelling "give me back my bucket you little bastard!" He dropped it and kept running.

I don't know why people think black bears are some ferocious animal.

 

You sir just made me laugh incredibly hard!!!! Fail for not capturing this on tape...or a series of trail cam photos going as follows:

-Bear enters
-Bear begins eating
-Bear clutching bait bucket
-Bear sprinting off with bucket
-Dan enters shot fist raised at a dead sprint
-Dan re-enters with said bucket.

 

-Dan flexing muscles after beating bear over head with said bucket.

This was back in like 2003 before I started using trail cams much. Heck, Digital cams were just coming available I believe.

 

That's a whole lot closer than what I would want to be to one. Cool pic though!

 

Thats sweet

 

That's pretty cool! Might want to get some bear spray or something

 

Very cool!

 

Dang you should've went 6 minunties early so you could've seen him or her

 

I'm honestly not too concerned with being attacked by a black bear. They are pretty timid creatures and will run away from a human almost 10 out of 10 times even with cubs. Grizzly on the other hand is a whole other story. They actually say bear spray is more effective than a hand gun btw.

 

Never seen a bear but he looks like you could just give him a great big hug a rub his belly....

 

You might be the only guy left in Vermont, besides cops and criminals with a hand gun.

 

I had a strange experience with bear spray at the Fort McMurray airport in Canada. While waiting for my bag, two young kids working at the car rental counter thought it would be cool to squeeze a bit of spray that someone left behind. At first I wondered why everybody started coughing; then it hit me and man was it bad. The whole airport cleared out and we had to prop open the doors in sub zero temps, before we could go back inside.

Bear spray is serious business.

 

Nice bear. We need you on the team, so time it better next time.