New Jersey and a lot in Canada, including Grizzlies.
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Saw a nice sized bear 4 days ago on my way to Hurricane Gap to work on my section. 1/2m from the trail, North Carolina side. Lots of hikers see'um 'round here.
I saw a mother black bear with her three cubs (3 weeks ago). She was eating right beside a dirt road heading up to Flattop Mtn (which backs up to SNP between Pinefield and Hightop huts). We drove right up to them real slow in my jeep - we just sat there and watched her. It was awesome. After a few minutes, she just looked up at us and walked into the woods with cubs in tow. The bear population in and around the SNP has exploded over the past 5 years. There's on avg. more than 1 per square mile in this area.
I saw a grizz on my birthday while out picking blueberries here in AK near Denali...the ole grizz was picking blueberries too!
"I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Not because I love snakes or hate men. It is a question, rather, of proportion." Edward Abbey
bears, oh my!
Virginia, outside of the Smokies - 2, at the same time, they were hiking the A.T. also, until they saw me and ran off!
New York - 1 in the Adirondacks, eating a hapless group's food supply
New York is actually considering a regulation that makes it mandatory to use bear resistant canisters when backpacking in the High Peaks region. The bears are very skilled raiders.
Long-distance aspirations with short-distance feet.... :jump
On another thread it looks like there is one less bear in MD, now. I nice fat one too.
Not sure why L Wolf said there were too many in that state, based on the number of Whiteblazers who have seen one there.
oh come on rickyOriginally Posted by rickb
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/huntersgu...Management.asp
The low number of sightings could have something to do with the fact that most people on Whiteblaze are AT hikers, and may not have hiked elsewhere in Maryland. There are only about 40 miles of AT in Maryland!
AT in VA- 500 miles
AT in MD-40 miles
Maybe thats why more bears were spotted in VA.
Seeing bears has little to do with how many exist in an area, but whether the area is hunted. Hunted bears are rarely seen. Protected bears wander in sight of humans because they have learned that humans are both harmless and a good source of food.
The forested and mountain areas of Maine have some of the highest concentrations of bears in the east. But hikers see them only rarely, except in Baxter Park where hunting is prohibited.
Weary
I have never seen a bear up here, not even in BSP. They definately keep to themselves here in Maine. However, I have 4 wild turkeys in my backyard as I am typing this.
Turkeys are dumber than bears.I have never seen a bear up here, not even in BSP. They definately keep to themselves here in Maine. However, I have 4 wild turkeys in my backyard as I am typing this.
Wild Turkey makes one dumber than a bear.
I thought turkeys were clever?
And they taste good!!
OMG...I do not think I could ever remember how many bear we saw. The 1st one was a fews days into the 100 Mile Wilderness and one of the largest black bears I have ever seen. By the time we reached GA I lost count....esp in SNP.
I saw 3 while sectioning SNP in 2001. In 2008, I did about a dozen day hikes in SNP and saw a bear EVERY TIME.
Alaska
Wyoming
Alberta, Ca
I have seen bears in all states that I have hiked
I think LNT is at times a selfish philosophy. It worries more about the immediate senses of people in the woods, rather than what might be better for the wilderness in the long haul. To say "LNT means don't shoot bears" is just too simplistic. Animals leave traces whereever they go; they just leave extremely temporary traces. People should do the same. Leaving footprints and even ashes is OK in my book; just don't leave plastic or tinfoil, etc.
Trees drop thier leaves too. But lets not cut them down to make them stop.
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