(01-07-2019, 06:57 PM)Smilodon-Rex Wrote:

(01-07-2019, 06:19 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(01-07-2019, 03:52 PM)Smilodon-Rex Wrote:

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  Grizzly bear's range from history to nowadays
 

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  Where the bear species covering modern North America

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I just have to put here one video, where are real encounters with bears from Russia. Even though situations are funny looking, it is good to remember, that there you see wild bears and people. Many times these animals are presented in very dramatic way. For sure they need to be respected, but same time people really should remember too, that they are dangerous to humans only in exceptional situations, when usually someone really manages to surprise them, going too close to carcass etc. or in between mother bear and cubs. Of course kill people sometimes, but that is rare and many times happens, because people have no idea about their behavior. 5:08 starts one of my favorites, what comes to bear encounters :)

Here then again you can see real situation with bear expert and mother bear. From 0:44 to 1:06 you can see how bear makes false/warning attacks and how calmly that man backs off.

 Bears would kill dozens of people every year in Russia.....have you known the latest news that a Russian brown bear has killed his owner who took care him for many years since the young, Brown bear is easily to out of control because it's a smart and powerful carnivore, the similar example like elephant, they all own high intelligence which means they can easy to be kind with human being but also easy to be mad psychologically and choose to attack human being
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(01-23-2019, 11:23 AM)brotherbear Wrote: www.goodreads.com/book/show/250095.Grizzly_Years?from_search=true 

Five Stars. 

Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
by Doug Peacock (Goodreads Author)
4.18 · Rating details · 1,234 Ratings · 69 Reviews
For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion between man and beast in the wild.
  
www.grizzlycountryfilm.com/?fbclid=IwAR3WIuqIycWXUo-xLWuT40TpqFhXA4Uk4tzM8f0PiCLbemjv37SYr86-AFQ

(01-23-2019, 11:23 AM)brotherbear Wrote: www.goodreads.com/book/show/250095.Grizzly_Years?from_search=true 

Five Stars. 

Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
by Doug Peacock (Goodreads Author)
4.18 · Rating details · 1,234 Ratings · 69 Reviews
For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion between man and beast in the wild.
  
www.grizzlycountryfilm.com/?fbclid=IwAR3WIuqIycWXUo-xLWuT40TpqFhXA4Uk4tzM8f0PiCLbemjv37SYr86-AFQ

(01-23-2019, 12:53 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Yes, Doug Peacock was a Vietnam vet. This was at a time when grizzlies were portrayed as living monsters. Doug lived out in the wildness following and studying inland grizzlies, getting to know them on an almost personal level; giving them names. Doug pioneered in grizzly behavior, learning about their person space and all the dos and don'ts for future grizzly biologists and naturalists. In later years, he spent time in the Russian taiga. "Grizzly Years" is indeed a must-read book for anyone interested in grizzlies or the American wilderness.

(01-23-2019, 04:07 PM)Spalea Wrote:

(01-23-2019, 12:53 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Yes, Doug Peacock was a Vietnam vet. This was at a time when grizzlies were portrayed as living monsters. Doug lived out in the wildness following and studying inland grizzlies, getting to know them on an almost personal level; giving them names. Doug pioneered in grizzly behavior, learning about their person space and all the dos and don'ts for future grizzly biologists and naturalists. In later years, he spent time in the Russian taiga. "Grizzly Years" is indeed a must-read book for anyone interested in grizzlies or the American wilderness.

"This was at a time when grizzlies were portrayed as living monsters."

Yes, exactly. He insisted how much this unexpected encounter with a big grizzly changed his life. The bear could kill him during a second fraction and instead went on its way.

(01-23-2019, 08:00 PM)brotherbear Wrote: However, neither are they puppies. Inland grizzlies are more aggressive than the coastal brown bears. Doug told of one particular grizzly which had set-up for an ambush just up the trail from him. Good thing for Doug he had plenty of outdoors experience. He also tells of a grizzly's "personal space" ( I can't remember the footage ) but if you were to blunder into his space, he is then dangerous. I also found it interesting that a grizzly will often make a bluff-charge ( like a gorilla ). 
Casey Anderson stated that had Timothy Treadwell tried living among inland grizzlies in the same manner as he did the coastal brownies, his career with bears would have ended sooner.

(01-23-2019, 08:41 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(01-23-2019, 08:00 PM)brotherbear Wrote: However, neither are they puppies. Inland grizzlies are more aggressive than the coastal brown bears. Doug told of one particular grizzly which had set-up for an ambush just up the trail from him. Good thing for Doug he had plenty of outdoors experience. He also tells of a grizzly's "personal space" ( I can't remember the footage ) but if you were to blunder into his space, he is then dangerous. I also found it interesting that a grizzly will often make a bluff-charge ( like a gorilla ). 
Casey Anderson stated that had Timothy Treadwell tried living among inland grizzlies in the same manner as he did the coastal brownies, his career with bears would have ended sooner.

I live in a country, where inland brown bears can be found everywhere, of course more in eastern part of country, but there is no bear free zone in Finland outside cities. Of course bear is no puppy, it is important to know how they behave naturally when wondering in the woods. If sneaking as silent as you can against the wind, it is possible to meet a bear and make it surprised. Those situations are dangerous, because no-one knows how bear behaves in that situation, it is 50/50 if it flee or charge and if surprised badly, it can be a real attack.

Bluff charges are typical when bear isn´t surprised, but just feeling inconvenient, like mother bear with cubs or a bear near carcass, which it guards. In both cases you should stay calm and back off walking and facing that bear, not shouting like madman or running away.

What comes to bear ambushing a man, I am not quite sure if that is the case or not... could be if some bear is acting abnormal way. Maybe in same way as it would set up a moose or something if noticing it. I don´t think, that it has had anything personal against Peacock :) I have mentioned before, that in Finland in last century only one person has died in bear attack. I think, if I remember right, that in USA that number is also very low? Humans just aren´t in their "prey list".