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Originally Posted by sesame
Ila, you lucky bull! You've seen the Grizzly bears in the wild! Tell me more please. I've never seen large bears in their natural habitat. Though there are bears in Amarkantak, where my last trip was. As you already know, I have seen a leopard from 15 feet in the jungle. It was amazingly fast.
Now, lets focus on bears. Is it in one of your fishing trips?
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There's not really much to tell, Sesame. I was climbing a mountain (more like walking, as ropes and climbing gear was not needed) in the Yukon Territory with a group. We stopped for a rest part way up the mountain. As we were sitting down a couple of grizzly bears loped across the slope about a thousand feet below us. We were able to watch them for several minutes before they disappeared into the trees. As it was early summer and there were two I assume it was a mother bear and a cub. Given the choice of getting close to a grizzly or keeping my distance, I will stay as far away from a grizzly as possible.
I've also seen black bears in the wild. I've been around too many black bears to be comfortable around them.
When fishing it's always a good idea to make sure there are no bears around. They do like fish and not much will stop a bear from going after fish that an angler has caught.
I've seen wolves and coyotes in the wild too. Some people consider them dangerous, but give them respect and there's very little if any danger from them.