Montana FWP has released a statement regarding the increase in Grizzly Bear activity in Southwest Montana. Randy shares the statement and provides some commentary and tips on how to stay safe while out in bear country.
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Grizz are near the park, but living in Idaho, there are Grizz over 100 miles from the park. Don’t give false information that Grizz bears are only near park. They are every where.
I'm no expert by any means.. but I do know that bears are not lurking around behind every tree just waiting to pounce on us humans!
An encounter with a bear is rare.. they will avoid people at all cost! They'll smell you.. see you.. hear you 99% of the time before you even know that they are around!
Also.. 99% of the bears want nothing to do with us!
All that being said.. I would be on high alert in bear country! I certainly would not hunt alone.. and expect not to stumble across one!
Great video Randy.. appreciate you putting this together ❤
Randy, you don't carry a hand gun do you ? I know it's not always the best choice but it's always nice to have it at a last resort I always carry no matter what if I'm not legally able to carry I'm not going there !
Thanks for the tips. Informative. Useful.
Shot a black bear (~250lb) coming at a full sprint this season. We were walking/cow calling along a river at last light. He got about 20ft behind my partner before I started shooting and luckily I had decided to not hunt with my bow that night.
Stay prepared out there and have a way to call for help.
This was northern British Columbia
I was hunting elk 2 weeks ago idaho unit 14 , next to Florence , just 5 or 6 miles south east of Florence , 400 yards from our spot there was a big grizzly bear ,, they are getting closer and closer in Idaho.
It’s always an adventure hunting in Grizzly country!
Not just Grizzly…Black bears or cougars as well. Last week we were hunting elk in the morning in an area where we usually over look a canyon that has elk in it. Hadn't seen elk at the time but seen a black bear. We had never seen a bear in our canyon all the years we hunted there. We watched him from 400 yards away for awhile till he disappeared into the pines to the left. 15 minutes later an elk came out in the open on a small ridge a hundred yards away from the direction the bear was headed. I debated knowing the bear was in the area but took the shot anyways. Elk down!…we waited a bit & headed over to the game. We made as much noise as possible, talking and yelling loudly to let the bear know we were headed around its way. We went to work on the elk, gutting & quartering it. Hiked off with half the load & left the other meat far from the gut pile… but had to come back for the second load. We did exactly the same thing talking, hiking loudly not being quite at all. Took the high ground, looked with binoculars to see if anything was by our kill. Nothing…thank God! We retrieved the rest of the meat making lots of noise on the way out to our trucks. So yes make as much noise as possible when retrieving game. That's my true story for the camp fire talks for years to come. Happy & safe hunting!
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My friend called in 3 black bears during archery season 2 years ago. The third one was a super pretty blonde bear and he decided to take it.
Thank you for relaying this info and kudos to the state agency for putting it out there. People may not hunt down the info on their site but if they consume your content they will get it. Thank you!
I noticed a grizzly high up that tree on this video page before I hit play, um, that a red flag for me because neither brown bear or grizzly bear clime trees , they will push down small trees but never climb them I'm 52 and hunted black, brown and grizzlies all my life and never ever ever have I ever seen a grizzly up a tree especially that high this video gives inaccurate and unsafe depiction of grizzly behavior and can get you hurt or dead
I was hunting on the east side of Yellowstone last fall…. I ran into a bear inside of 300 yard one morning…. after sh!tting my pants right full…. he was no longer interested…. please take that as a "Pro Tip"
A couple of weeks ago a man and a woman and their dog were killed up here in Alberta. When authorities got there 5.5 hours later, bear was still there. It was an old skinny sow with worn down teeth.
Good info, I wonder if the experts on grizzly bears has ever tried using one of those small air horns on scaring bear maybe incorporate with the spray.
Two hikers and their dog were killed by a grizzly a couple weeks ago in Banff, Canada. Bear spray was used apparently
If I’m ever on a jury to decide whether a grizzly killing was justified, that person is walking away on hung jury no matter the evidence against them Unless the shot was over 400 yards away. You gotta draw the line somewhere
Was out towards Jardine opening morning. Nothing like being out in the pitch dark and seeing bear scat.