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<blockquote data-quote="cowboy" data-source="post: 411700" data-attributes="member: 8833"><p>I have a cabin just out of Cooke City, Montana that is just 3 miles from the camp ground where the bear attack happened this week. They have captured a sow grizzly with 3 cubs that came back to the tent where the mauling death occurred. Two cubs were caught with mom and one is still loose. There are many cabins in the valley from the camp ground clear to the Yellowstone Park NE entrance which is about 7-8 miles away. Most of these places are only used seasonally but there are a few year around residences. We have been up there over 20 years and there is not a year that goes by that there is not a bear sighting-capture & relocate or very rarely a human encounter. Just a month ago there was a mauling death just out of Cody, Wy. which is not very far by the way the crow flies. Some of these bears have been drugged so many times for "scientific data" that I think their brains are scrambled. We have had grizzlies walk right through our back country camp sites with horses and mules on the high line going nuts and these bear act like nothing is to be feared. The grizzlies in our neck of the woods have lost the fear of man or domestic beast. I have seen a number of these bears on the trail while leading a pack string. You can not imagine how fast they can move. When it comes to bear protection - forget about a frying pan, bear spray, hand guns or any of that - you will just not have any time to react. I like to sleep with a shotgun tucked under my sleeping bag. I figure your only going to get one shot so give me the best at close range. What we need is a grizzly bear season and in a couple of years these bears will then revert to being wild and wary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowboy, post: 411700, member: 8833"] I have a cabin just out of Cooke City, Montana that is just 3 miles from the camp ground where the bear attack happened this week. They have captured a sow grizzly with 3 cubs that came back to the tent where the mauling death occurred. Two cubs were caught with mom and one is still loose. There are many cabins in the valley from the camp ground clear to the Yellowstone Park NE entrance which is about 7-8 miles away. Most of these places are only used seasonally but there are a few year around residences. We have been up there over 20 years and there is not a year that goes by that there is not a bear sighting-capture & relocate or very rarely a human encounter. Just a month ago there was a mauling death just out of Cody, Wy. which is not very far by the way the crow flies. Some of these bears have been drugged so many times for "scientific data" that I think their brains are scrambled. We have had grizzlies walk right through our back country camp sites with horses and mules on the high line going nuts and these bear act like nothing is to be feared. The grizzlies in our neck of the woods have lost the fear of man or domestic beast. I have seen a number of these bears on the trail while leading a pack string. You can not imagine how fast they can move. When it comes to bear protection - forget about a frying pan, bear spray, hand guns or any of that - you will just not have any time to react. I like to sleep with a shotgun tucked under my sleeping bag. I figure your only going to get one shot so give me the best at close range. What we need is a grizzly bear season and in a couple of years these bears will then revert to being wild and wary. [/QUOTE]
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