Wilderness Bear Safety Part 1 of 2
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- This video is made up of many different Brown Bear videos that I have personally taken in the wilderness of Alaska over the last 2 years. Placed over the top of the bear videos is audio of tips and advice on wilderness bear safety that I have learned over the many years I have wandered Alaska's back country. Also included is advice gained from conversations with other Alaskan outdoorsmen.
I’ve heard of people playing dead around bears, but I’ve never heard of a bear playing dead around hunters. That’s amazing.
The most informative bear safety video on youtube.
Canadian Prepper Agreed
''When you are out here in the real world''
Very well said !
Thank you for the video!
"There's the occasional (bear) with a bad attitude, and that's the one you gotta watch out for."
A lesson that Timothy Treadwell learned the hard way :(
@Nunya Business lay off he loved bears.
@@marilynwillett804 HE WAS CRAZY. HE THOUGHT THEY WERE HIS FRIENDS WHEN BEARS ARE REALLY WILD DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
Please stop with the "Timothy treadwell". There are hundreds of bear experts that spent their lives working with bears that never got hurt by them and Hollywood chooses to make a movie on a mentally deranged out of work actor who got killed attacking a group of starving grizzlies.
Bear guide from S.E.Alaska...Brown Lay Down...Black fight back...
make noise in bear Country...they will hear you...and have smelled you LONG ago before you see them
LOL. That's good. Needed the laugh.
My understanding is that bears that are attacking in self defense will almost always leave when somebody plays dead. However, if the bear is raiding your camp or actively hunting you, it seems that playing dead will generally be interpreted by the bear as offering yourself as a meal, and you will simply be eaten alive. So your best option is to try to scare the bear away with noise or maybe a flare or fight back, if not with a rifle or pepper spray than probably the poll of an axe. This is coming from Stephen Herrero's book on bear attacks.
That footage is very cool, by the way.
Never ever play dead with grizzly's, period. They are far too aggressive. With a black bear it's not a great idea to start with, since it's prey instincts will often kick in. You only want to play dead if you've been knocked over.
Arshad Smith with all due respect. I've been taught for black bears to never play dead. Always fight. They will start eating you while you're alive.
Fair enough, that sounds pretty reasonable too. I believe I remember reading that if you're knocked over and already hurt, to just cover your neck and back of year head and plant your stomach into the ground to protect most important organs and areas with most vascularity. And then if they continue to attack, then you just have to use whatever you have.
Arshad Smith it's hard to capture everything in single comment. Agree with protecting yourself if necessary. Good thoughts.
The best defense is avoidance. I usually spot bears from high ground and from that point will make a lot of noise to scare them off if necessary. The times I have come within close range, I used good bear spray has always worked. I occasionally do carry a rifle and bangers but have never had to use the rifle against wildlife and the bangers only a handful of times. Never play dead, always use intelligence as the primary weapon. At least that's what I do.
I appreciate very much all the good info and advices about bear safety. Few people talk about and I think is very important to create awareness about this topic. Great video !
when you turned the camera around at the beginning my jaw just dropped. What beautiful country. green fields, blue skies, huge mountains. amazing.
Best Bear Safety video I've seen by far. Most are so clueless. "Puff up big, but be non threatening. Back away but don't." You are spot on. Gauge the situation and diagonal out.
Thanks for taking the time it takes to make your videos. Always good to hear a refresher on how to act in an encounter .
A good way to know if a dog will protect you is to find the puppy in a litter that will growl at you. You also want a dog that walks by your side naturally. Intelligent dogs are reserved and observant. I've had a dozen dogs in my life and loved even the dummies, but an intelligent dog is unbelievable.
Amen to that!
Right on ken thomas you're right. But I would never put my dog up against wildlife to protect me, I would be the one protecting them as always. Love all dogs
Thank you Ken.
So glad that I found this. Thanks for sharing a few bits of your gathered wisdom.
My dad used to say that animals are just like people. They have distinct personalities, some are very wise and some have shit for brains.
I really enjoy watching and learning from your videos.
Very informative and a good refresher. I learned things here that haven't been written in books, thanks Lonnie.
Sir you are very interesting with a lot of experience. I enjoy listening and learning from you. Thank you and keep it up.
Edwin Acevedo Thank you. I'm glad you are enjoying what I'm sharing
Awesome video and very imformative. This kind of information can save a life. Thanks again Lonny! We all missed hearing from you lately, but appeciate any videos you post from time to time. Thanks again!
That's about as good of advice as I've ever heard. Good job man!
Beautiful scenes from Alaska and great footage of the bears, Lonnie. The soothing voice and backing away is helping against many types of animals. They relax and seem to understand that you are no threat to them. On the other hand, if I were to meet a grizzly, I am pretty sure my voice would sound nothing like calm and soothing, lol. Well, you never know what you are capable of before you find yourself in a life threatening situation. Stay safe in bear country, everyone. Thank you for the advice, Lonnie.
Am back for a refresher after watching your "How To Make And Use Char Cloth" video. Am here as comments got to talking about bear safety:)
Every spring your video would be great to review, but as usual forgot.... We have grizzly and black bear in our back yard so it's good to keep up to date on bear info. Have had a few encounters, three with grizzlies and one with black bear, all positive outcomes I'm happy to say. A neighbour wasn't as fortunate but am happy to say he lived to tell his story.
Thanks and all the best to you and Connie.
You should have this video sent to the DNR. Unbelievably informative. Going to watch Vol. 2 tomorrow. Thanks Lonnie.
Great video with many useful tips, thank you for sharing. I had a very close encounter with a brown bear in the northern parts of Sweden. I was deep in the forest fishing for brook trout. Sneaking to avoid scaring the fish I accidentaly walks right up (maybe 10-20 meters away) to a large bear eating on a moose carcass. I stop dead in my tracks, not quite believing what I'm seeing, the bear stops eating and just stares at me. I turn away for a second to tell my fishing buddy that we should back off and when I look back the bear is gone. I look around and suddenly I see the bear charging towards me through the bushes. I ran... I ran like I have never run before, and even though the terrain was full of holes where the brook flowed under the ground, fallen trees and stuff everywhere, it was like I was running on an asfalt parking lot with no hinders at all. All my life I've heard that I should never ever run from a bear and that "they (the bears) are more afraid of you than you are of them". But at that moment my instinct to run kicked in and I wasn't even thinking about what I was doing. Hopefully I can keep calm next time it happens and follow your advise.
I almostwalked smack into a bear while walking along a creek one time. My fight or flight instincts kicked in and I ran before I could even think about what to do, and before the bear saw me. Luckily it didn't come after me. That "run" instinct is really powerful.
Don't be like me!
NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omg you were so lucky it didn’t chase you, they are so fast 🤦🏾♀️
lol, even if I did know it already, I would still drop by to hear you tell it Lonnie. I know some of it, but learning more means listening for the new stuff in between the old stories. Off to find part 2, all the best.
Very useful. I have no back country experience but I like to hike and find this very helpful with the focus on avoiding the encounter and surviving if an encounter happens.
Thank you for the great information on bears. It is greatly appreciated.
Great video Lonnie! Many good reminders that "bear" repeating! Excellent footage - thanks for sharing!
Excellent footage to go along with your coverage, thank you.
Good tips concerning the tin can with rocks, great tips in general thank you
Larry Kaniut (pronounced CAN-ute) is my Uncle! I couldn't believe my ears when you mentioned his name! I've never met him, I'm from Michigan
Those mountain shots are breathtaking. Thanks for information.
I got recommended one of your shelter building videos and I thought to myself I'd like to spend time in the wilderness but I've always been afraid of bears. I was going to suggest a video on bear safety until I found you already have not one but two! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the info. Nice hearing from someone who has been around them for awhile.
Thanks for the insightful information! Beautiful landscape you got there, wow
I did enjoy it and I appreciate what you share..and the obvious knowledge you have..had helped me thank you so much...
Alaska wilderness looks so beautiful, living there must be very rewarding... thank you for sharing
I've had a few incounters with Black Bears in my 57 years of living on our planet , I was 9 years old when my first meeting with a Black Bear took place in Sudbury Ontario Canada. I know now that you do not run , but as a 9 year old I didn't know that running was not the correct thing to do . I think the bear didn't catch me because I was so scared that I pooped my pants and he slipped in my poop and fell , thus giving me time to escape . Lol. Love your videos , thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge. As soon as I finish this comment I'm subscribing to your wonderful channel. Thanks again Lonnie. Best regards from Lloyd .
You sir are an expert on bear safety that is information that everyone should no and your video was very well put togeather with the bear scenes very appealing im looking forward to watching part 2
James Fiddler Thank you James. I'm glad you liked the video. Hope you found the second installment in the series equally helpful. Thank you for watching.
Don't play dead if it is a black bear!
Grouse Ridge Photography yep they will eat you
Grizz will maul and walk away
But they are crazy and you are DEFINITELY Lower in the food chain ....
Stay away, don't run, and if it comes for you...best fight as hard as you can
Grizz worst case cover and pray and be SILENT
@@colleenpritchett6914 have a noise maker, bear spray, and 12ga.
Newton Washinton hey it was years ago and when he is literally 2 steps away....I'm in the house lol
I don't smoke anymore so I'm good that way
Cautious always...
I'm in Canada
In the middle of nowhere but I can't shoot a weapon off in the town
Google Kitimat Bc Canada
There are places you can be on your own property and no one will know you have a weapon, but I'm not in one
@@NewtonWashinton If a bear is close enough to use bear spray it's to late to engage a shot gun.
@@lnash2569 that could very well be true, depends on the circumstances, if the bear is under a full kill you charge than skip the spray and grab the 12ga., its better to have a 12ga. and not need it than to need one and not have it.
Thank you-I enjoyed listening to you and about your encounters. Just started part 2. My late Dad was a well known hunter in our area. I learned alot from my dad-best advice was be prepared. Gonna listen to part 2 now-thanks. f 68 n.h.
Your Video's are VERY VERY INFORMATIVE.. Please post more! all the best Lonnie.
thank you for the useful tips and knowledge of bears
Great video. I've never had an encounter with a bear of any kind but your video gave me good info just in case. Thanks for sharing. atb
Opal Preston Shirley You are very welcome and thank you.
Thank you that's very important information. It's good to get a refresher course very once in a while.
Thanks for all the good information on bears in the wild, Very Beautiful there.
Thanks Lonnie been waiting for this one! "Bears are just like humans" sound advice!
Great, thoughtful vid. Much appreciated.
Thanks for the great information .Again very useful.
Body language from distance turn head to side so you're ear and side of neck toward bear. It's a submission move.
Great channel , really enjoying your content , all the best , Scott
VERY helpful. VERY informative....thanx again bro Lonnie, i have thankfully had a few encounters without incident....try to avoid
Excellent advice. On to part 2.
Every bear has a different personality. I had a close encounter in Glacier national Park back in 83. My voice and calm tone kept him from getting riled up and we parted ways.
Really incredible footage !! Great incredible video!!
Thank you for all that you do
Very informative Lonnie, thanks.
I love the outdoors and have seen a bear here and there, at a distance. But as I watch and hear so many scary bear stories, I am not inclined to go out since I now have a slight fear. Anyway, I really enjoy listening to your video's, you have such a calm and reassuring voice and good content. I still love the great outdoors, but will only go if fully protected! :))
I also do not advocate going into bear country without adequate protection.
I asked for more scenery and got it , great footage.
Thanks!
15:44 good save. You almost revealed that you have a bear.
Bears are similar to canines and as a guy who has had Rottweilers for 26 years, they are smarter than you think, and have distinct personalities. And yes I did learn somethings as I do in almost all of your videos, many thanks!
Wonderful information. And beautiful footage.
Excellent video my friend. Very informative. Beautiful beasts that need a lot of respect.
Lonnie this was a excellent video nicely done allot of great info
Good Advice. So far all my encounters have been peaceful. Will heed some of this info.
Hi Lonnie.
Micsnutty Wow, sounds like some interesting experiences for sure. The more I am around my fellow man the more disgusted I get with them. Little boys who throw rocks at an injured creature grow up to be "men" that throw rocks at injured creatures as well but they are more sophisticated and subtle about the way they go about it. I'm convinced there are more "rock throwers" out there than otherwise. There is not much to be proud of as a member of the human race. Okay I'm back down from my soap box now. Bears are a very intelligent creatures that deserves respect for not only their power and size but many other reasons as well.
Beautiful! Thanks for the tips!
Great video Lonnie!(Spelling) I live in black bear and grizz country aswell and you cant be to careful. You got some awesome footage of bears and some great info. Thanks for posting!
This is good Lonnie, I am being fed all of your now, older videos. Good stuff, that I haven't seen.
My only encounter with a black bear, was on an early morning solo walk, at a vacant off season ski resort in Franconia area/Lincoln NH. It was actually a "safe sighting".
The bear came strolling out of the woods onto the open ski slope and stayed out there awhile, as I observed it from a very safe distance below. None the less, the bears make a regular practice of coming down to the condos, and all the dumpsters are made as bear proof as possible. Of course there is the very famous NH Clarks trading post, which features a black bear circus show, which my family use to go to on summer vacations leaving massachusetts 1960's, to go north for our vacations. My last trip to Clark's was
In the early 2000's. They had this Russian girl contortionist performing, and I found her performance more interesting than the bears!
I laughed Lonnie, when you said bears are like humans, some have bad attitudes! That would be me, in this year 2020, when all of humanity is being cornered, trapped, and being forced to develop a bad attitude, with the new world order orchestrated pre planned sham scamdemic! In an interesting flip flop, it would be right to say that the wild's of Alaska, are more tame, than the human habitat locations of the "lower 48"! I will predict bad attitudes will be the new norm from here on out, among the humans!
Avoid the HUMANS!
Lonnie, I have heard that those stadium Co2 air horns are effective to drive off bears? Do not know, don't really want to find out! Your beard has transformed over 7 years!
Mine came off in late spring. Though I grow it back most years as autumn rolls around. Almost totally snowy white now. Errr! "Howdy" to you both and best regards from Southern NH.
Thanks for telling it straight! I have had several close encounters when way out on my own on extended canoe trips: black bear in the boreal, and griz out on the arctic barrens (tundra). In each case my human voice and authoritative stance turned the bears. One time I had to use bangers to turn a griz that was swimming across a river on a beeline to my camp. Had the shotgun, but did not use it. It’s a fine line between being dominant and loud, or using the calm quite voice and backing away.
excellent information, very informative. Thanks much!
Thank you for the very informative video
Great footage and information. Thank you
Great lecture and video. Thanks!
great vid, thanx for sharing your experience and knowledge!
Answered all my questions. Thanks
Love your videos.
Cool Video Brother! I appreciate your advice and Be Safe Out thar!
excellent video, great presenter/storyteller with good video. good outdoorsman.
A really good informative & great viewing video...Thank you.
Thank you for sharing, very interesting video, very informative.
One thing I'd like to ,make abundantly clear, is the notion of getting between a sow and her cubs. That is crystal clear. But what isn't clear, is that you do not have to get between them. All you have to do to be in danger, is to be in proximity to the cubs, especially if a cub squalls. If that happens, that will trigger Mom to switch to defender mode. Pay close attention to everything when you're in the woods!
We have occasional black bear sightings here in Atlantic Canada. I travel without a gun, but I did learn a few things from this video. Thank you very much Lonnie.
Enjoyed it very much. And wow, incredible scenery. You live in a post card.
NewHampshire Bound Glad you enjoyed the vide. Thank you.
Sounds like good advice. Thanks for sharing
that's alright. As I continued watching you answered my question
I've had my share of closeup bear encounters. Always black bears and they were as scared as I was and made tracks for the horizon. A couple of Grizzly sightings but I was in my vehicle. Had a Husky/Malamute cross that slept under my 4 by 4 when I was out in the bush. He'd happily put the run on them if I said the word. Another one of those dogs that seemed to know exactly what he was doing. I watched him corner a black bear in a concrete sewer pipe at the Nelson City park one time. Scared me to death, but he eventually got tired of it and came running back to me. That was over 40 years ago. I was younger and dumber back then. Once again, my thanks for sharing your experiences. I'm pretty certain that we could likely match story for story over a campfire until sunup. Take care and regards to you and yours.
awesome video learned tons! good stories
8:15 Wow those bears are really chowing down on that cow parsnip and that kneeling angelica!
My Dad used to get a fish/game magazine that had a bear attack story in every issue.
Gave me a healthy fear of bears! :)
Beautiful video thanks Lonnie. Very informative I hunt and camp in black bear country. It's my understanding that more people have been killed by black bears than grizzly and their cousin's. Most likely because not as many people are walking and camping and hunting in there area's and they're more feared and respected. I have just as much respect for a 300 to five hundred plus pound black bear as I do a grizzly.
Beautiful video.. Thanks for the information.
"throw the dog...hrmmm....lay the dog gently...." lol
that place is just beautiful
like all nature, admire them from a distance, leave them alone, and enjoy what nature has to offer without destroying it.
Black bear are coming back into Texas a bit . I hunt by Toledo Bend and we’ve seen scat and heard them tearing rotten logs open . Oldest brother watched one trying to push fish into a pocket . He lives in Michigan and is more familiar with them than I am . Cousin has multiple pics of a couple on his game cams in central/ west Texas this year. Always been honey / sugar bear around the Trinity River . Need to set some cameras out with doughnuts and get some pics. No interest in hunting them but would be some great pictures. Thanks for the information.
I saw a video of s Black Bear that had climbed a tree to escape a brown colored sow. Both appeared to run up. The sow decended and ran-up-again several times.
In that video the brown bear (a sow), basically ran up the tree 4 or 5 times to continually harass the black bear. It was an amazing video, quite scary actually. by the time the sow went away, most of the branches on that pine tree had been stripped away. Really showed the power of a brown bear.
another great video....cheers buddy.........nice weather in AK today!
Heading out to black bear woods next week...helpful info
Thank you Lonny!George FlynnKent, CT.
Awesome vid. Keep them coming :)