Hiking where Grizzlies roam...

[Goon Dog]

every time I hear you tell that story I'm hoping your going to say, "I literaly shit my pants" at the end.

As scary as it looked, and it was fucking terrifying, the sound is what I can’t get out of my mind. It was like a combination of huffing, grunting, and growling as that big fucker got closer and closer. It isn’t like he got right up on me, because he did not, but Jesus fucking Christ…

 

[HappyCamper]

You'll know when it's a grizzly. Black bears are kind of scrawny looking grizzlies have a very distinctive hump over their shoulders. They're also much much bigger.

 

[Jack Stevonovich]

As scary as it looked, and it was fucking terrifying, the sound is what I can’t get out of my mind. It was like a combination of huffing, grunting, and growling as that big fucker got closer and closer. It isn’t like he got right up on me, because he did not, but Jesus fucking Christ…

I'm not going to lie I kind of want to go camping and stuff where they exist.. I mean not deep into their specific territory but areas they exist in like British Colombia. There's a part of me that wants to know exactly how to be prepared like the glock 20 with hallowed points and just kind of have the thrill of that encounter hovering over me. What a fucking high man!

 

[SCTwins]

I used to come across them on occasion at my parents' cabin. Typically they hardly even acknowledge you.

 

[Goon Dog]

I'm not going to lie I kind of want to go camping and stuff where they exist.. I mean not deep into their specific territory but areas they exist in like British Colombia. There's a part of me that wants to know exactly how to be prepared like the glock 20 with hallowed points and just kind of have the thrill of that encounter hovering over me. What a fucking high man!

When Drunk Goon Dog tells the story, it's thrilling. It's a high. The feeling of being below the top of the food chain. But Sober Goon Dog admits he nearly cried like a fucking little girl once the danger passed, lol. I'm literally alive because he didn't think I was worth the trouble. Insignificant. On the other hand, they do live in gorgeous country. My family member has a house in Sitka and the whole area is like hiking through a post card photo. Every two years he does a trip down the Yukon and roughs it and I have an open invitation. I'd love to take my boys but it's over a three week trip and I can't take that much vacation together at work. You should go, but pay a professional guide if you plan to get deep in the sticks.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Good thing you had the machete. The bear could have used it to pick your gristle out of his teeth. You realize you're talking about an 800lb wrecking ball that can run 35mph, right? My brother in law has a place in Alaska and I saw one there. You wouldn't believe how quickly they can cover ground. It charged, but never came close to getting us. Still, that's the closest I've ever come to shitting my pants.

Hence why we turned around...I ain't stupid. Needless to say, it's better to have something as opposed to nothing and you'd be surprised how many people do those hikes with nothing.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Literally none of this happened.

Why, cause we all just sit around home and play video games like you?

Where I live, we are constantly outdoors and these kind of occurrences happen on the regular. Just so happened it was the first time after years of hiking I remotely spotted one.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Sounds like you bearly made it out alive!

I live in major grizzly country and see them relatively frequently. They're a hell of a creature.
I always bring a couple of my dogs hiking with me, and most often I'll pack a gun too.

Taking dogs is probably one of the worst things you could do, especially in grizzly territory. Dogs usually provoke them to attack.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I'm not going to lie I kind of want to go camping and stuff where they exist.. I mean not deep into their specific territory but areas they exist in like British Colombia. There's a part of me that wants to know exactly how to be prepared like the glock 20 with hallowed points and just kind of have the thrill of that encounter hovering over me. What a fucking high man!

I'm in BC. The area where I was hiking is a place in Squamish which is roughly an hour or so north of downtown Vancouver. They never used to come this far down, but now they are.



That video is from the same area not too long ago...

I woulda shit my pants!

 

[Jack Stevonovich]

I'm in BC. The area where I was hiking is a place in Squamish which is roughly an hour or so north of downtown Vancouver. They never used to come this far down, but now they are.



That video is from the same area not too long ago...

I woulda shit my pants!

we can all shit our pants together in solidarity

 

[Blayt7hh]

And might I suggest a Glock 20 for your hiking adventures, friend

I dunno, I think I would want a larger caliber to stop a grizzly.

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

I dunno, I think I would want a larger caliber to stop a grizzly.

Hell I’d carry a damn .45-70 rifle anytime I walked out of my house in Alaska but I understand that can be cumbersome

 

[Jack Stevonovich]

how effective is that bear spray stuff?

 

[Fedorgasm]

I’ve been camping in grizzly territory and it was scary. They say nothing is really effective at fighting them off except for big guns and bear spray.

i had bear spray with me but it’s still scary to think that your life literally depends on that little can working properly.

not to mention the fact that if he gets you while you’re asleep you may never have the chance to use it.

but of course all the experienced backpackers laugh at you because bear attacks are so rare

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

how effective is that bear spray stuff?

I mean, it can either deter a bear outright, especially if it wasn't intending on eating you and just scaring you off, or it can just piss it off even more and put it in rampage mode. Some people have said it'll definitely back them up, but bears are opportunistic as fuck, and will come back or lay waiting quietly in the bushes like the sneaky fucks they are.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I’ve been camping in grizzly territory and it was scary. They say nothing is really effective at fighting them off except for big guns and bear spray.

i had bear spray with me but it’s still scary to think that your life literally depends on that little can working properly.

not to mention the fact that if he gets you while you’re asleep you may never have the chance to use it.

but of course all the experienced backpackers laugh at you because bear attacks are so rare

I've only camped where we were aware grizzlies may be one time, and even knowing we had a gun with us was not enough to put us completely at ease once it got dark and tiredness struck. I'd never wanna be grizzly food as they eat you while youre still alive. Horrific. At least big cats go for the kill first....such polite creatures they are.

 

[Jack Stevonovich]

how man people die by bear then if they are so sneaky and unstoppable and you need like certain level of guns to stop them?

 

[Fedorgasm]

how man people die by bear then if they are so sneaky and unstoppable and you need like certain level of guns to stop them?

Because for the most part they aren't interested in killing humans.

 

[Fedorgasm]

how man people die by bear then if they are so sneaky and unstoppable and you need like certain level of guns to stop them?

40 attacks per year worldwide and 11 per year in North America. 14 percent are fatal

 

[Dulfus]

Taking dogs is probably one of the worst things you could do, especially in grizzly territory. Dogs usually provoke them to attack.

You're not wrong, that's often the case.

I have full trust in these dogs though. In the few grizzly encounters I've had on trails with them, I just kept the dogs close and waited it out or backtracked.

I've only ever run into one aggressive bear while hiking though, and it was a black bear. The dogs certainly deterred it. They've warned me of a couple cougars I hadn't picked up on too.

I like having them with me as early detection system, and I know that if I were to be charged, my dogs would do everything they could to protect me (guardian breeds).

That said, a lot of people just let their pups roam around through the trees while they hike, potentially scaring a bear, then running back to you with a charging bear in persuit. Not good.