bear attack in Alaska

"Rock Wolf" wrote in message
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Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
Alaskan
Browns have this funny habit of burying their kills for a few days to
ferment the meat and then circling around their territory and coming
back
3-4 days later after it's cooked to taste. ( See Bear Spray recipe.) I
have
run across numerous mounds over the years with moose calves and smaller
adult moose in them.

But that is *only* after they eat as much as they can to begin
with, and when the bear wants to come back and eat more.
Commonly they do that with moose, and commonly they *don't* do
that with humans. (Note that the remains of Timothy Treadwell
and his companion were not buried either, if I remember right.)

In the summer of '98 there were two grizzly attacks near Pincher Creek
when I fished the Crowsnest area of Alberta, one accidental when a
hiker blundered between sow and cub, and the other predatory on a fly
fisherman: the bear killed and buried him, it was not released whether
or not it snacked first.

Nobody in North America has *ever* found a human that was eaten
by wolves, so it is pretty difficult to know what one would look
like.

There have been disturbing attacks, which the Saskachewan Government
will not verify, by junkyard dog type wolves that have lost their fear
of humans. They may have had a snack but the RCMP has not verified it
as far as I know; FS wrote an article that implied they did.

http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/p...168298,00.html

I figure that once anyone figures they are an expert on wolves, bears,
etc., the odds rise that they will get their ass in trouble.


I am no expert by any means. But I have learned enough over the years to
support my original premise. Take all the precautions you can. And always
carry a large caliber weapon.
--
Ric Hamel
A misplaced Alaskan lost in ConUS