A talk with a professional bear guide: How to safely photograph a bear

7:51 Who is Jon: introduction and his experience on bear guiding
13:17 How did Jon and I meet and why we decided to have this webinar
17:16 Jon talks about coastal brown bear and inland bears (including back bears) and how to prepare yourself, we also talks about some recent attack and a bit about the Grizzly Man
32:50 Black bear and grizzly bear attack. We double-checked after the webinar and we apologize for the mistake regarding the number of attack. Corrections and amendment details below.
33:47 Jon describes a scenario about situational awareness and why it is important
46:00 Jon describes how he would use the bear spray and what are the precaution. How about bells? How to approach a bear. Advice on hiking. Some of the bear behavior to pay attention to.
1:03:47 Another scenario Jon describes about a bear encounter and what to do
1:13:00 Tin Man talks about some tips and challenges for bear photography
1:20:00 Jon's encounter in Kodiak and his photo in Remembering Bears
1:27:51 Remembering Bears
1:32:33 Q&A session begins from here, Why Kodiak bear is the largest brown bear?
1:36:00 How far can a bear smell you?
1:37:00 Is it a bad idea to bring the dog to hike in bear country
1:39:30 More on bear spray usage
1:47:00 What to pay attention to when hiking
1:59:00 how about polar bear
2:00:55 how to get a picture of a bear without them coming at you?
2:07:00 How to photograph cubs. More on hibernation, cubs, adult male and female, 399 and her 4 cubs
2:17:00 Why Jon became a bear guide and what we can learn from observing bears
2:20:40 Lydia, Jon's partner, shares her experience
2:21:40 How to do metering on black bear or bears in snow and avoid highlight overblown
2:24:00 Should I bring my dog when hiking in bear country
2:26:51 More about cubs
2:31:02 Can we bring bear spray on ferry or flight
2:36:15 Summary, a contact form for us to share with you more updates and info, our upcoming trips etc
Ammendment:
We are sorry that by mistake the numbers on attacks and deaths caused by black bears mentioned in the video was incorrect. This however doesn't change being prepared and overall bear safety. You should always prepare for an encounter. The numbers since 2000 are below: There were 6 fatal bear attacks in Alaska from 2008-2018. The data reveals that three of these deaths have happened over just two years. However, during the period between 2000-2017, there were 10 fatalities from eight unique bear attacks. In addition to this, brown bears caused seven of these fatalities, while black bears caused three. Furthermore, the data on recent animal attacks on humans shows that one of these incidents included a bear with cubs. In 50% of the cases, the victims were alone. In the other 50% of attacks, the victims were in groups of two, with one survivor in half of those cases. (Source Alaska DHSS)
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