Jim, I am setting up the camp that you and Dan hunted in last spring and I will be hunting there. I will make sure to watch when passing by dens.

Sounds like he was lucky to just escape with minor wounds.

The Fairbanks News-Miner had a better story on this today.

News Miner

Phil, I lost a $20 bill on the spotting knob so keep your eyes open.

I was setting out the camp today and looked for it but think a bear must have eaten it

I was rooting for the bear.. too bad they dont have "stand your ground" ideals for the obviously disadvantaged on Kodiak Island.

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Originally posted by Hokkaido:
I was rooting for the bear.. too bad they dont have "stand your ground" ideals for the obviously disadvantaged on Kodiak Island.

I'm guessing thats some kind of snide jab and okay, whatever,

I think the events are very rare and at the same time understandable. While on foot in brown bear denning country its common to be off balance on your bad foot, eyes stinging from being brush whipped in the face,hat pushed over one ear, rifle stuck in alder limbs. Your coat half untied from around waist and at the same time fully tied around different alder than eye whipping, rifle sticking, hat pushing alders. Water running down ass crack, boot untied, and camera on ground rolling down hill.

At the very moment your wiping eyes and reaching for camera, (to hell with the rifle,) I can imagine a brown bear bursting from nowhere. Its Murphy's Law.

I'd just not imagine two brown bears denning in close proximity. I don't know why not but I just wouldn't have thought so.

Successfully hunting Kodiak in the spring and having a bonus adventure to boot! Mebbe I don' wanna have exactly the same set of events but it sure makes a great story for someone else to experience and regale the crowds with!

Scott, like you I was/am skeptical about the circumstances of two bears around the same den but it is not all that unusual for bears to have dens within half a mile of each other.

Number two for the year:

http://www.adn.com/2012/05/14/...l.html#storylink=rss

I'm sorry, he lives out in the bush in Alaska for 25 years and carry's a stick he bangs on trees for protection? ...

Eagle River is a suburb of Anchorage.

Not that it matters since there are plenty of bears in Anchorage and there have been wolf close encounters recently. The Anchorage area is very civilized but there are still salmon in the streams, moose in the ponds, sheep on the mountains and bears where ever.

Anchorage has both brown and black bears, IMHO a treat Dillingham is not blessed with.

Yup, quite a few grizzlies and black bears in the Eagle River valley. A few years back a grizzly took a moose calf a couple streets away from our house. We may be in the subburbs, but still have a fair population of moose, bears, bald eagles and salmon that spawn in the river.

Check out this link:

collared bears around Anchorage

Great link thanks!

Was talking with a lady at the hospital on Friday and she mentioned a guy got beat up earlier this week by a bear near glenallen. Anybody know anything about this?

I guess it was call between jumping in the river or take his chances with the bear.

I had the choice on the South Fork of the Flathead in the Bob Marshal with a grizzly bear and chose the river lol ...

Glad it worked out for you. As for this supposed case near glenallen, I'd probably choose the bear depending on location. If it was on the gulkana or the copper, I'd have to think real hard on jumping in.

Not an easy choice lol ... better to have your gun with you.

Chuck, since you seem interested in life here in AK. Just another day.

http://www.adn.com/2012/06/07/...ge-neighborhood.html

A couple of other incidents as well. Been a busy spring. I'm frankly more worried about getting stomped by a moose when I go to get the paper in the morning. We had a cow with a brand new calf walk through the yard yesterday.

http://www.adn.com/2012/06/03/...cks-kills-llama.html

http://www.adn.com/2012/05/23/...nagain-arm-bear.html

http://www.adn.com/2012/05/25/...-prompt-closure.html

http://www.adn.com/2012/05/28/...-moose-in-eagle.html

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Originally posted by Abob:
Chuck, since you seem interested in life here in AK. Just another day.

http://www.adn.com/2012/06/07/...ge-neighborhood.html

Thanks! I miss Montana in the 70s and Alaska is still wilder than Montana was then. I'll be back up soon.

Yep plenty of bears in Anchorage.
This one got into a trash barrel I left out last fall in my back yard.


Another bear got shot yesterday in south Anchorage. Here's the story.

http://www.adn.com/2012/06/07/...ge-neighborhood.html

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Originally posted by Abob:
Check out this link:

collared bears around Anchorage

Holy cow, that's lot of data. It reminds me of our earthquake tracking stats here in Japan (most are quite minor.)