Bear in Bentonville!

[Johnsfolly]

17 hours ago, Quillback said:

As much as I am outdoors I'm sure there have been some close by that I did not see.  One of the ones I saw on Table Rock was on a steep rocky bank.  The cat's coloration blended in well with the rocks.  I was fishing the bank, pretty close to the cat and it moved and that caught my eye.  If it had stayed still I would never have seen it.  It just walked away slowly.  

The last one that I saw in MO was during a fishing trip along the Current river. I caught movement high up on one of the bluffs above the river. I watched it slink along for a few mins before it slipped out of sight.

On one hunting trip I saw one cross the road above my stand. It headed down the deer trail I was hunting. As it got into a bit of cover I drew my bow expecting it to come to a small opening. I never saw it again. Must have seen me move and either just stopped or snuck away unseen.

[Johnsfolly]

15 hours ago, ness said:

Ok, back to bears. Here's a video a friend of mine shared. He was with a group in Glacier NP back in June. 
 

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That's a big bear.

[WestCentralFisher]

1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said:

That's a big bear.

The only grizzlies I've ever seen were in NW Montana near the border with Idaho. It was a momma and at least one cub. My dad claims he thought he saw a second, but we're not sure.

In any case, they were in the valley many hundreds of yards below the mountain we were on. Definitely the best case scenario for seeing a momma and cub grizzly. We had a good pair of binoculars, so we just sat there watching for a half hour or so until they finally rambled off down into a wooded area where we couldn't see them. Definitely one of my foremost outdoor memories. 

Before this, we had been thinking of hiking into that valley to see if the little creek that flowed through it had any cutthroat trout. We quickly decided that the Clark Fork had been fishing ok, and we didn't need to check that one out. 

[Quillback]

Seattle Kraken doing some sort of promotional video, local brown bear apparently not a fan.

 

[ness]

1 hour ago, Quillback said:

Seattle Kraken doing some sort of promotional video, local brown bear apparently not a fan.

 

Dang! 

[snagged in outlet 3]

17 hours ago, Quillback said:

 

Seattle Kraken doing some sort of promotional video, local brown bear apparently not a fan.

 

How embarrassing would that be if you got attacked wearing that outfit on camera 😆

[Quillback]

50 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

How embarrassing would that be if you got attacked wearing that outfit on camera 😆

I'm guessing that bear saw a creature with a huge head and large staring eyes in his fishing hole and decided he was going to run it off.