Not
= pleasant! Anyone else have that happen and what would you do say if the
= bear was down wind and came out close to you. Obviously stay on your
= horse but would they give chase? I know they can run fast esp. down
= hill. I've worried about it allot so when Rene spooks now in the woods I
= listen cause it might be a bear instead of a deer or turkey....Sharon
= Hinshaw
I had some good
friends who were out riding in a national park one summer and they were chased
down by a sow grizzly , didn't provoke it , no cubs they could see , it just
came at them from out of nowhere . Chased them quite aways until the daughter
fell off her horse as the horses were running out of control . The father
then jumped off his horse and ran back at the sow which was standing over his
daughter and started yelling like crazy and waving his arms , the sow dropped to
all fours and ran into the woods . Lucky people ! A black bear will charge
people way less often than a grizzly but when a black bear charges
it usually means business .
