Andy was walking down our old driveway at the start of his daily walk Tuesday when a young bear dashed out of the bushes. It ran down the road a bit, then into the bushes on the left. It had been aware of him before he saw it, and it was moving fairly fast, but Andy could see it was young, maybe only around 150 pounds. Needless to say, Andy was glad it was afraid of humans and was cautious. We like our adventures to be safe.
August 20, 2020
I imagine they’re foraging for food for the coming winter season.
I’m glad all ended well for them both!
and rather appropriate since the Bear Festival is on! xo
Yes. 🙂
We are also glad too for Andy’s sake that the bear ran away quickly.
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
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I’m glad it was afraid of humans too. I would hate to hear that Andy had a close encounter with a bear
He doesn’t worry about bears up there, they are still afraid of humans.
Small bears are often accompanied by big bears. Glad Andy is safe!
He thinks this one was old enough to be on his own.
oh MY, oh MY – I was just commenting over at Tierney’s blog about taking a holiday around some of your country’s beauty spots as long as it doesn’t involve bears!
No bears roaming freely in New Zealand, not even in the back country, possibly known as the boonies in your world…
does Andy have his bear spray – at hand, and easy to remove and use…I saw a uTube clip on how it should be “at hand” not in your back pack!
btw the picture shows the bear against my “random tree trunk which does have a shadow in front of it, me”
No, he doesn’t carry spray. There’s not much chance he would ever need it, so wearing the Garmin tracker with an SOS button is much more important. That’s heavy enough.
Glad the bear was respectful of Andy. Maybe something to ward off any future encounters could be wise to have on hand. Our city distributed whistles to carry when coyotes were being observed much too frequently.
He’s not worried about bears. We have taken precautions if he hurts himself and needs help.
One of my former classmates recently spotted a young bear having his/her way with their trash can. Hope everyone keeps their little pets safe!
Now that is dangerous. Once a bear gets used to eating human food and the smell of humans both humans and the bear are in trouble. The attack on the couple on our ski hill was by a bear who was used to eating human garbage.
It would probably have made me about jump out of my skin….used to I was hardly ever startled. Now, I don’t know what it is, other than I must be concentrating or thinking of something else, but just the least little thing will make me jump.
Andy thought it was neat.
Watch for a Mama next time. Yikes! Most younguns are still walking around with Mama, for the most part, this time of year around here but we don’t have any bears. I’m not sure what their “timetable” is in your area. Do you folks carry bear spray when you go walking? It probably wouldn’t be a bad idea. You live in a beautiful spot, Jean. Love, Andrea xoxo
It wasn’t a cub…it was young but big enough to be on its own.
Yikes! Good thing it was so young, and not an older aggressive bear!
Most bears aren’t aggressive unless they’re mothers with cubs or else have learned to equate humans with food.
Ohmygoodness, that would be something I would not want to encounter….they’re so unpredictable. But awesome photo tho!!
Yes, the person that took that photo did a great job. 🙂
Only 150 pounds? I would have ran for the hills lol! I’m a city girl and would probably have a heart attack. Have a great day 🙂
It outweighed Andy. 😀
Old driveway?
Oh mercy, I would not want to have the chance of seeing a bear, on a walk.
Thinking about it, I’d rather see *our* mouse. ~grin~
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Yes, stick with mice. 😀
Oh no, I did it again.
Those questions marks, are ‘cats.’ ~grin~
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I’m glad that bears–especially–black bears are so predictable in that they normally avoid humans. Bear sightings ARE up, but many of them are likely due to people encroaching into their habitat. We’ve seen quite a few over the years, but none here in Arkansas. We know that they are here. A record-sized bear was taken near here quite a few years back. Our trash was gotten into a few years back. We don’t know if it was a bear or a raccoon, but we keep the top stapped down and haven’t had another incident.
One trip out west a few years back, we saw 6 black bears in Glacier National Park and 6 grizzlies in Yellowstone.
I’m guessing it was a raccoon. It takes special efforts to made trash cans bear-proof.
I’m sure I’d be very alarmed if I encountered a bear. It may look young, but knowing what some bears are capable of, I’d want to get well away from it.
They’re fine as long as they want to run away. Mostly you don’t want to surprise them or make a mother feel her cub is threatened.