NYT article on black bears -- worry about dad, less about mom

[John B]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11bears.html?hpw

[Spider]

Interesting article. Thanks for posting this.

[WingedMonkey]

Last week, a judge awarded the family $1.95 million, saying the federal Forest Service should have warned them about a dangerous bear.

Time to post signs all over the damn trail?

[Buffalo Skipper]

Time to post signs all over the damn trail?

You mean signs like this? :eek:

[Pedaling Fool]

That's a good article, but not really informative if you've read up on bear facts.

[Leanthree]

I like the subtle paragraph at the bottom. Great picture.

[WingedMonkey]

You mean signs like this? :eek:Fell off my chair when I got to the last line, good sneak.

:p

[JAK]

Some bear sign is more obvious than others...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/favehikes/2855886837/

[JAK]

Some bear sign is more obvious than others...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/favehikes/2855886837/


Thanks for the article. Here because of hunting practices the large black bears tend to be older females, and they also tend to have most of the cubs, and generally teach them to be shy of humans. From what I understand however, when the young black bears come of age the males tend to at least roam more agressively over larger distances, still generally shy but more likely to go after larger game like young moose and young deer and potentially humans. Still there have been no recorded human fatalities here in New Brunswick yet, but one or two in Maine and Gaspe. I like to carry a large stick when I hike with kids. Forgot to last hike. Good reminder. When camping with kids I like to keep everyone in the same tent with the smaller kids in the middle, and hang food. I sleep better with a hatchet. Not sure what good it would do me, but I think if nothing else a large stick and a hatchet might improve your posture when hiking with small children, and then might be enough to get a little more respect, at least from the bears.