Okay but what happens if your particular black bear hasn't gotten the message? While not as big as a grizzly nor as heavily armed, a black bear is perfectly capable of inflicting enough damage on you to keep a team of emergency-room surgeons busy patching you up. Fatalities in black bear attacks are not unknown.
Personally, I would treat ANY bear with a lot of respect.
“Personally, I would treat ANY bear with a lot of respect. “....
We just got back from Yellowstone a few weeks ago invading the bears space. I can’t tell you how many stupid tourists were actually running thru the fields with thier camera’s to get a better shot.
We saw at least 9 or 10 different bear and on 3 occasions we saw chasers.
I’m mister paranoid and my kids and wife stayed close to me so that I had a chance since I can outrun all 3. :)
4 mean pitbulls. That’s a good antidote to a stubborn black bear that won’t get the message.
‘course then someday you’ll need an antidote to the 4 pits...well maybe 3 pits. It’s likely not all 4 will survive. ;)