A Bear climbed your Treestand, How would you React?

Cal Sportsman ^ | 3/24/2016 | T Hansen

[bert]

I have had several encounters with bears on hikes in the Smokies.

perhaps the most notable was at an NPS shelter on the Appalachian trail. We put all our food in one pack and hung it up on the Front of the shelter roof. The bear came and was huffing about, unwilling to approach the open front of the shelter in which we were sleeping. So, rather than a frontal assault, the bear went around back and climbed on the roof over our heads. We banged on the roof and he left...... for a while. We thought the best course was to move the food away from the shelter and with a rope, suspended it in a tree.

The bear came back and took a swipe at the pack, tearing off one pocket and releasing a tin of crackers and a bottle of syrup (1956 before freeze dried stuff). He bit through the cracker tin and broke the syrup bottle.

many years later, I made the stupidest move ever. We were hiking up the Twenty mile trail to the Gresham’s bald and heard squealing. My friend and I went off trail to investigate and saw two cubs peering out of a hollow tree perhaps 15 feet off the ground. When they saw us they retreated back down in the tree. Well, that was going to be a fantastic photo so while my buddy focused on the tree top, i went over and beat on the trunk to encourage them to peek out. they never came out. Later that evening another in our party surmised we were fortunate to be there because had the mother come we would be toast

[reg45]

Drop your jar of HUNNY on his head.

[Hot Tabasco]

Drop my picnic basket.....

[driftless2]

I would tell the bear that he is invading my safe space and if he does not retreat

I believe in this case, a real TRIGGER!!! warning would be sufficient for the bear to take off.

[SJackson]

If a bear started climbing up a stand, then let the bear know you’re there. Most of the time it will run away

This one looked to dash off when he got a whif of human. Of course he was several steps up the ladder before smelling him. Noise early on would have been a better idea, but then he wouldn't have had the video.

[Organic Panic]

There were bears all over where I grew up. Mostly you just make a hell of a racket and they run off.

[Daffynition]

*Honey, do you hear a noise under the deck?

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Change of pants, please.

Good video. The bear looked so “guilty” when he got busted. He was like, “OOPS, I didn’t see you there.”

[Georgia Girl 2]

I’ve seen this before. Amusing but if the guy had made his presence known the bear would have skedaddled.

[5th MEB]

“hey; what you doin there”?
The guy that filmed this had a set of STAINLESS STEEL BALLS.
I would have screamed bloody murder and emptied my magazine into the critter.