Axe Catcher said:
Ahh
I remembered that for the Mountain Lions, but I thought bear was different. As omnivores I thought the ranger had said that bears won't attack human-sized for food, they mostly attack for defence and if you show yourself as non-threatening they won't continue. He did say that with Grizzlies your chances of actually fighting off a bear in full attack-destroy mode were quite slim (unless it was just because we were girls) and that protection and submission were the best hope with the odd good shot at the nose.
Thanks for the info
AC
Absolutely true on all counts; they don't prefer people (but they will take a deer and the like if they can catch it; they're more likely to appropriate a wolf kill though) and a
defensive bear probably won't maul you to death if you turtle. A
predatory bear is, by definition, hunting you for its next meal and you need to drive it off the best you can and get out of there. Your chance of winning in hand to hand combat with any bear (grizzly or black) is slim to none (boys included), but you have to try if it is actually trying to eat you, not just show you it's boss.
