Huge black bear...

[L.Leon]

I was plinking out to 102 yards this evening. Took a break just sitting when I noticed a huge bear at my 50 yard targets. My Jack Russell Riley scared it away before I could get a proper photo. I seen dozens of bears since living here. This one was huge at least 300 pounds. The black blob in the image is the bear ambling away.

 

[Ranchibi]

Hoo jeez Luis! Be careful and keep a good eye on Riley! 

 

[L.Leon]

Randall, I wish I was faster with camera app on my phone. That bear just materialized and I was dumbfounded luckily Riley saved me. When we walk in the back either I or my wife are armed for critters. Bears like the back of our property as we leave it wild back there.

 

[Bander124]

And here I get excited when I see a rabbit... 

sweet encounter!

 

[uhfradarwill]

As Crocodile Dundee said, That's not a bear, this is a bear lol...

 

[L.Leon]

@uhfradarwill, heck my bear was at least 6X the size of yours! So huge I could only get that retreating blob. I wish I had gotten as clear a photo as yours. My pup Riley thought it was a huge squirrel and spooked it... 

 

[uhfradarwill]

@uhfradarwill, heck my bear was at least 6X the size of yours! So huge I could only get that retreating blob. I wish I had gotten as clear a photo as yours. My pup Riley thought it was a huge squirrel and spooked it...

Lol, they are all big!!

 

[harrymoreland]

Shows the different mind set between (your average) bear and human, 300lb bear choses to walk away from a 15lb? dog having a go, I recon (your average) person would swat the fly.

 

[L.Leon]

Like Yogi Bear would say... “smarter than the average bear”, eh Booboo?

 

[Peashooter]

Dont shoot him ! That will only make him angry

 

[Mr.H]

Dont shoot him ! That will only make him angry

That's why they tell ya in Alaska to file the front sight off your .44

I've had black bear on my property, too. Last year one bent a galvanized pole I had stuck in the ground for a bird feeder. Sunflower seeds are like crack to a bear. I learned my lesson. No feeding the birds till hibernation.

 

[crowski]

My garbage box gets attacked 2-3 times a year. The top was in very good condition. I’ve had bears drag it 50 yds. in the woods and make a mess. I made this box super strong with deck screws and a 5/8 dowel for hinge, lasted 10 years till last week. They tore it apart, you can see teeth marks in top. Unbelievable power. Now that plastic is like steel. Don’t want to piss them off. 

 Bought new box (steel) $800. Crow Just got e-mail to ship garbage box, another $225.

 

[RANGER94]

This 550lb bear was killed this week (struck by a car) in Pike County, PA near my family’s cabin on Lake Wallenpaupack. Game wardens had to finish him. 

 

[uhfradarwill]

Dont shoot him ! That will only make him angry

That's why they tell ya in Alaska to file the front sight off your .44

I've had black bear on my property, too. Last year one bent a galvanized pole I had stuck in the ground for a bird feeder. Sunflower seeds are like crack to a bear. I learned my lesson. No feeding the birds till hibernation.

I don't get the front sight reference. Is it to make it less painful for you when the bear takes it away from you?

 

[nyjailbird]

Very rare sight here in the central part of the state .

My family that lives near Saranac N.Y. have frequent sightings .

 

[Flintsack]

Not positive, but I think you file the front site off so you can pull it out of your holster quicker. 

there’s something about a bear  that stirs the imagination. Even though black bears are really very mild animals, I sure wouldn’t want to be attacked by one.

I once came around thicket, and found myself 25-30 feet from a black bear with babies… I was carrying a single shot 20 gage…Man did I feel outgunned. I am mediately decided if she attacked I had to wait till she was less than 10 feet away, and go right for the forehead. Thank God I didn’t have to test my theory. It wasn’t one of those little girls, this was a 300 pounder easy.

Very cool post.

mike

 

[L.Leon]

My wife and I put many miles in on a tandem bicycle on our local roads, one year we spotted eight black bears while riding. One particular bear we encountered as we were cresting a hill and quite winded. It was crossing the road in front of us and appeared very unconcerned with us. It did hang around longer than I was comfortable with and I yelled and it ambled away. This area is blessed with lots of critters.

 

[triggertreat]

As Crocodile Dundee said, That's not a bear, this is a bear lol...

Dang that's a mean looker there...And it's on the wrong side of the fence it looks like. Glad I don't have to deal with those critters here in TN. Well, middle TN anyways. I have watched a number of trail cam videos that record for a year's worth. Lots of bears up north on those captures. Couldn't believe how big those moose were too. Southern raised is why.

 

[crowski]

You should hear a moose going through the woods! Run away Crow 

 

[Guest]

Awesome bear! Haven't run into that many bears in a while. Dad and I walked up on a bear that looked like about a thousand pounds while fishing a trout stream in WVa when I was a boy. Seriously though it was a big blackie and wasn't at all impressed with a couple of humans with soiled britches.