“I guess that guide would be out of luck if he were attacked by a herd of bears.”
Not trying to be picking nits with you, just informational...
A ‘group’ of bears is called a ‘sleuth.’
A pod of whales, a murder of crows, a insanity of reporters and a sleuth of bears...
Don’t forget a CONGRESS of baboons. [Yes, I know, that’s an email myth, but I like it...]