[drivingpairs] about bears
- From: Peter & Rachel Eldred <preldred@xxxxxxx>
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:59:06 -0700
Hi Folks
As I'm not set up to post to CD-L, I'll ask this question here: What is the
accepted protocol when one encounters a bear while you're driving on the
trail? This is assuming that the bear is not instantly aggressive, in which
case Get the Heck Out of There is probably the only obvious choice. This
never worried me much in my riding days because I always felt I could get
away, but of course when driving we can't always turn around on the trail.
And now that I'm driving a pair and a four-wheeled vehicle, turning around
is even less of an option. The one time I actually met our local bear on the
trail, I was driving my VSE and my friend was driving her Hackney pony
behind me. We had just started our drive and I was not about to head home
already. She was a fair distance away, so I just started yelling at her like
I was angry, and my brave little horse marched on (with some encouragement).
She (the bear) sauntered on down the trail quite a ways and then just took
off into the bush. Of course we came home a different way, once our hearts
started beating again. But our local bear is notoriously shy. On the other
hand, she has two cubs this year, so I'd prefer not to run into any of them.
On our local news today a horse was spooked by a bear on the trail and
dumped his rider. The bear came over to investigate the woman and bit her on
the leg, but the woman was able to scare it off. A bear trap has been set
up, but still, that's my worst nightmare. Should this woman have done
anything different? Maybe she did everything right, which is why she's still
alive.
Just wondering what I should do if it happens to me.
Rachel
In BC
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