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Posted by kutenay on February 19, 2008 at 7:28:32 am EST
In reply to Bears, Bears, Bears posted by Timeportalmatrix on August 5, 2007 at 12:57:20 pm EDT

Dr. Smith, Dr. Herrero and a number of other such academics have a "no shoot" attitude toward bears, especially Grizzlies and most of them have VERY little actual field experience as I have seen in more than four decades of dealing with this issue. Other persons concerned have far too strong a "shoot" attitude, IMHO, and Gary Shelton is among these, I have alluded to this in previous posts.

The article concerned is an example of this, Smith often lauds pepper spray over guns as he is against shooting bears and he certainly presents "data" in a skewed fashion to bolster his ideological biases. I don't think much of Smith, after reading material he has written over the years.

What gets ...lost...in this and other discussions here when someone, usually the same inexperienced tourist, introduces his opinion about the supposedly lack of danger in wilderness recreational pursuits, is the useful info. that some DO present that could assist novices with their excursions and that is really sad.

One example is the reference to ...brown bear...habitat... in Canada, of which there is a great deal; the animal in question is simply a "race" of the Grizzly and we have both oodles of these bears here and lots of habitat for them. They ARE very dangerous animals and it is wise to learn some basic methods of dealing with this before hiking/camping here just as one checks with The Canadian Avalanche Service before going into the mountains.

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