“Warning shots appear to be effective much of the time.”
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There was a grizzly bear hunting season in the area mentioned until 1991. The grizzlies I contacted were still afraid of gun shots and had not yet learned to associate gun shots with gut piles or big game carcasses which happened later there.
“The grizzlies I contacted were still afraid of gun shots and had not yet learned to associate gun shots with gut piles or big game carcasses which happened later there.”
The same thing happened on Kodiak Island, I was there in the 70s and it was a issue then. I heard it got worse. Kodiak’s (bears) would also just come up to fishing spots and grab the fish if you had them laid out. Even if there were numerous people out on the gravel bars fishing they didn’t care, and nobody shot at one.
I spent a year on Adak did lots of fishing the nice thing was there were no bears on Adak.