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After I posted this, I went outside to shoo a deer out of the yard. 6 other deer popped up out of the briar hedge to the left of where the bear is in the photo above. I expect they had been there the whole time. The bear could probably smell them. I should have given him 10 more minutes before moving him along with the air horn.
Jorn- I am the only person here to not have a clue and who would have this question. But, I am not embarrassed to ask it as we have been getting bears wandering up at the lake house that have come down from the National Park in town. So, I have been trying to learn just in case. I know that the thought is a black bear you fight back and a brown you play dead. Now, aside from the fact that I would probably shit my shorts and not be able to think in a real world situation I figure I should at least have some idea in case I am ever in a real situation.
I had read that a brown bear has a pronounced hump on its shoulders and that a black bear has a rump that is higher.
However, when I am looking at that picture in the calm of my living room I can not for the life of me figure out if it has a hump or a higher rump. So, in the real world I would be in trouble big time.
But, what kind of bear is it in your expert bear identification knowledge so I can better prepare myself. If I was riding in your hood, what would I do to make it safely to Goldilock’s house?
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Black bear. That's all we gots in upstate NY.
Tom is correct of course. We don't have brown bears in the east. The closest grizzly bears, a sub-species of the North American brown bear, are in Yellowstone and the Rockies in Montana. Black bears can be brown though, so you may see a brown bear that is actually a black bear, not a grizzly.
My basic principle is to make a lot of noise and remove myself from the situation. Each bear I've run into this year has reacted correctly to loud noises - they've all run away. I think you are in trouble if you get a bad bear. This bear seems to like to visit houses and wander around in yards, so he has the potential to become a less good bear. I do have an air horn with me whenever I am outside. It is really loud. I don't take trash or compost out at night. I always have a flashlight when I step out onto the porch at night. Black bears are really hard to see at night. Like their fur just absorbs light.
Jorn…I see a rug in your future.
rw saunders
hey, how lucky can one man get.
So I said: “Hey, you guys are two weeks early!”
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rw saunders
hey, how lucky can one man get.
Very cool experience this evening. My artist wife put on a horsehair pottery workshop. Pottery is fired with a special glaze, and while hot, horse hair or feathers are burned on the pot's side, leaving patterns. Some people brought hair from deceased pets or horses to create a memorial. The Navajo and Hopi create pottery in this style, and we have a nice collection from some friends that live in the Nation.
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