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While I do not believe that the grizzly was ever the monster portrayed by many early American pioneers, I do believe that they have been somewhat tamed by the modern breech-load rifle. When I read from such sources as Lewis and Clark, I notice that the trouble was always started by the men. Nevertheless, in those days perhaps the grizzly was more prone to charge than he is today. The grizzly comes from a background of competing with mega-predators in Pleistocene N. America. When you make a count of them, there is no small wonder for the grizzly's inherited attitude. Also, as stated by Doug Peacock, over the past decades, the most predatory grizzlies have been systematically culled from the population. Those being the most aggressive. Also, in reading a number of books about the historical grizzly, they all agree on grizzlies of the prairie and in the Sierra Nevada Mountains being larger and more aggressive than those of the Rocky Mountains. Reply