I’ve walked that trail many many many times I always worried more about the wild hogs than bears.
See #3. Good for hogs too.
Pork chops anyone??
Please,,, don’t anyone post about illegal aliens!!
The wife and I have many trails in the Smokies. The tourists you see some times are the most stupid people alive. I seen a group of people heading downhill off the trail after a mother bear and two cubs. the mother bear sent the cubs up a tree and charged up the hill. The wife and I got the hell out of Dodge.