DOITLOOKIT Posted November 24, 2007 Posted November 24, 2007 Lilley, have this picture in my favorites. Each time I see it, brings a good laugh!!
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted November 24, 2007 Root Admin Posted November 24, 2007 Talk to the bear in a calm voice. Don't go eye-to-eye with him; keep your head tilted down. Looking him in the eye is a challenge. Give him room. But whatever you do... DON'T RUN!! Easy to say... hard to do. Now you know how we felt about a dozen times fishing the Brooks River and have one of these step out behind us... say 20-30 feet away. Never seen one yell like this one is though. To be honest, this is an unusual episode. If this bear had a history of harassing humans, he'd be hunted and killed immediately... especially around a golf course. Makes me think this photo is doctored. The bear looks awfully big.
Terry Beeson Posted November 24, 2007 Posted November 24, 2007 Stay calm... Take a deep breath... Keep your head down... Be the ball... Nice even stroke... If you miss, take it out on the bear... I think it's doctored, too, Phil... Real golfers would have finished the hole first... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Members pmriverguide Posted November 24, 2007 Members Posted November 24, 2007 I have had that same feeling often enough. You guys are right - it is easy to SAY don't run, but Ican speak from experience that it isn't always easy advice to take. I had a bear show up about 2 feet behind me while I was sitting on a log tying on a fly, and even I took a couple of very fast steps before I could stop myself. As for whether the pic is possible? Absolutely. I'm not saying it is real, but it certainly could be for 2 reasons. 1)I have had almost the exact same thing happen to me in Estes Park, Colorado, except that it was a chip shot and a bull elk in the rut. I decided to let him keep the ball and take a drop (ok, I took a drop in the fairway) and 2) Male bears can have a very large territory. Our bears don't usually move too far in the summer, since we have salmon everywhere, but other parts of Alaska have less food and the bears range much farther. It would be very feasable for a bear to wander into a golf course that hadn't been in that area very often or even at all. I do agree that the bear looks a little large in relation to the people and the distance, but then, I have seen some very large bears! Jim Johnson
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