When you watch those video's of people in the far Northern communities, everyone walking around has a rifle always. I read some article not long ago that polar bears wondering into the communities had become an issue - lack of prey or something?
More often there's not enough sea ice for them to hunt off of now, so they are on land more.
No, not really. Not the same thing at all. The bull was intimidating you, trying to run you off his territory. He was protecting his herd, and didn’t need to kill you to do it, though he might enter you in the process either with his horns or by stepping on you. His intent is to chase you off.
The only thing a pistol is good for is shooting yourself if a polar bear gets hold of you.
A black bear killed a man and was starting to eat him when it was killed by a neighbor near here this past summer. It was unprovoked and a bear autopsy showed the bear was healthy.
Brown bears have been known to prey on humans. Even black bears have instances of predation, though rare. There was an instance in Arizona a few years ago where a large male black bear attacked and ate a guy.
The somewhat brown coloured bears you sometimes see in Canada are actually black bears. For the most part black bears leave humans alone except if you threaten their cubs in some way (like getting between a sow and her cubs). But they sometimes exhibit predatory behaviour, stalking a walker or a camp site for example.
Or did it just punt you?
Looks like you run pretty good for an old guy Cujet!
Garbage dumps.
I once heard that polar bears are always laying-in fat, ergo, they'll always attack you.
