Let's see , had more than one bear steal a salmon off my line . Buddy 10' in front of me stood on a black bear as we jumped over a dead fall. Had a grizz charge to 30' (chasing our dog ) on a hike into robison lake above kitimat. Spent countless days fishing beside both black bears and the very rare grizzly from the nass to the kemano river and any trip to the kitimat dump often came with a close encounter with a bear. Had bears to with in 30' so many times when I lived in the kootanies even the Jack russle got bored of chasing them . I respect bears to the fullest as a top predator , however ive never carried a fire arm out side of hunting . Be bear aware , be smarter than the bear and leave when in doubt . I leave them alone and they for the most part do like wise.
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