Subj : bear siting..
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Jun 05 2025 01:13:00

Hi August

AA>Anyway.. UPDATE.  The bear has been shot, apparently some time
  >in the late evening of June 1.  Female.  Known to have had
  >older cubs tagging along.

Yes, like with most animals, they just cause bigger problems
in time if you can't disourage them early on..

RM> [..] Closest I came was running around a blind curve and
RM> finding myself about 10 feet from a mother bear with a
RM> cub. She reared up on her hind legs which had me worried
RM> for a minute, but I just stopped and held my arms out wide
RM> to try to appear bigger, (Arms Up!.. Ha) and after a
RM> minute she dropped back down and headed off into the woods
RM> with the cub following..

AA>Wow..  10ft is pretty darn close!

Yes, something like that. I almost said 15ft but thinking back
on it that seemed too much..

Another time I was walking down the same road and I tend to keep
my eyes on the ground to avoid rattlesnakes or stepping in
something I don't want to step in.. and I noticed ahead of me
a lot of small broken branches on the road under a wild cherry
tree. Just as I looked up to try to figure out what caused that
a small (250 lbs?) yearling bear, in a bit of a panic over me
being so close, lost his grip and fell out of the tree landing
almost on top of me.

That was exciting but he just jumped up and ran off as fast as
his legs would carry him into the woods so there was never the
worry that it might decide to attack.

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