Camping on the backside of Half Dome 40 years ago me and two others had our bear bag hanging 25’ off the ground with the line thrown over a large Ponderosa Pine and tied off to the trunk.
Around dark two cubs ran right through the camp to the tree which mama bear was already climbing. She walked out on the large limb and pawed at the line.
We tossed a very large pile of dried brush on the fire to get it raging then bombarded mama with firewood. Bear up, cubs down and a rainfall of wood. She scampered down and reared up on hind legs and gave a nice roar while we pelted her some more.
She and cubs left and we moved the bag to a set of cables we didn’t know were in the campground.
wow- that’s pretty close encounter for sure- most bears will back off- even mother bears with cubs ‘sometimes’ if they feel they aren’t gonna be attacked if the do back off- but i still would be wary with cubs around-
They say hanging food doesn’t deter the bears too much if it’s hung from tree limbs- but i don’t camp i nbear country so ill never know lol
We used ot have bears come through our property underneath our deck, heading towards apple trees- I woudl sit still, and the bear woudl get right under the deck, then I’d let out a whoop call- and they’d take off like a rocket- it’s scary how fast they can run- there stones flying everywhere as it kicked them up running for the woods-