Comments on: Black Bears Now Out and About http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2009/04/30/black-bears-now-out-and-about Glimpses From Bert & Jane Gildart's Travel Adventures Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:12:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bert Gildart http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2009/04/30/black-bears-now-out-and-about/comment-page-1#comment-36956 Bert Gildart Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:21:51 +0000 http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/?p=2790#comment-36956 Old bears may be smart bears, but from my experiences working in GNP as a ranger, food-conditioned bears have to learn somehow, and that's generally because someone has feed them. If there's no reward, bears generally avoid people. AT hikers may not have been feeding Brutus, but I'll bet someone was. Old bears may be smart bears, but from my experiences working in GNP as a ranger, food-conditioned bears have to learn somehow, and that’s generally because someone has feed them. If there’s no reward, bears generally avoid people. AT hikers may not have been feeding Brutus, but I’ll bet someone was.

]]> By: Tony A http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2009/04/30/black-bears-now-out-and-about/comment-page-1#comment-36949 Tony A Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:11:19 +0000 http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/?p=2790#comment-36949 Rich, That's not quite what happened. Brutus was an old bear. Old bears are smart bears and he had figured out how to raid bear bags and bluff charge hikers into dropping their packs. Hikers were not feeding him. Rich, That’s not quite what happened. Brutus was an old bear. Old bears are smart bears and he had figured out how to raid bear bags and bluff charge hikers into dropping their packs. Hikers were not feeding him.

]]> By: Rich Charpentier http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2009/04/30/black-bears-now-out-and-about/comment-page-1#comment-33030 Rich Charpentier Thu, 07 May 2009 13:29:03 +0000 http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/?p=2790#comment-33030 Bears are always an interesting topic among hikers as well. Always hung my food in bear bags far from my camp site. Still, some people don't get it. During the 90's there was a regular bear at Desolation Shelter in the Pemi (White Mountains) that was fed by the dumb hikers staying at the shelter. The bear was too comfortable with hikers which led to several bad incidents. Total shame. Not the bear's fault. Bears are always an interesting topic among hikers as well. Always hung my food in bear bags far from my camp site.

Still, some people don’t get it. During the 90’s there was a regular bear at Desolation Shelter in the Pemi (White Mountains) that was fed by the dumb hikers staying at the shelter. The bear was too comfortable with hikers which led to several bad incidents. Total shame. Not the bear’s fault.

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