I worked at the local Cabela's a few years ago. Had a lady call me asking how much bear spray she needed to use on her kids to keep them safe running through the woods. Took me 5 minutes to explain to her it's used for bears.
Yeah it was definitely quite limp wristed and weak! You're supposed to be big, loud, and aggressive! He was almost encouraging the bear with the way he was going about it!
@@BPRescue I can see some humor in the remark. Dodging about left to right seemed at first an uncertainty working in the bears mind, like thinking it over or weighing the situation should I chance this strange something alone in the woods. Nonchalantly climbing the trees made an outward appearance of the bear being initially unimpressed. It was just the look of it at first resembling an act of disinterest, in like oh ..nothing to see here. We, the audience can say that in a humorous sort of way safe in our chair watching the woodland stalker out do himself.
@@EarleTKGI am the attorney representing Mr. Bear. We are intent on holding this BARBARIC man accountable for his actions to the fullest extent of the law.
@@kaydenspressurewashingAnd I’ll be representing our beloved firefighter in question. There’s enough evidence in this video that your client’s testimony will likely be thrown. We’ll see you in court.
Having dealt with my share of black bears, this guy was way too quiet. The bear seemed curious more than anything and was not acting aggressively. Being loud and getting big would likely have it turning tail and running. Second, if that didnt work and the bear keeps advancing after that, dont let it get as close as this guy did. From the video it looked like it got ten feet from him a couple of times. If the bear is voluntarily following you after youve made attempts to scare it and backed away while facing it, its getting sprayed as soon as its in range of the spray.
@WhiteRabbitDreams that's an escape path for them. If you scare a bear enough and move in on it quick, they'll often run up a tree to get away from you. Again, this one seemed curious so it was probably trying to go tree to tree to have an escape route if it wanted one.
@simonthoben189 his tone was probably more of a problem. He is talking to it in a calm, soothing tone. He should be yelling and shouting at it and waving his arms
He waited way to long to spray. Even just putting out a plume the bear would have had to walk through would make the bear second guess what's it's doing.
That's how you tell the difference between a black bear and a grizzly bear... The black bear will climb the tree to get ya, the grizzly will just knock the tree down to get ya. LOL 😅
I had to shoot a Grizzly in the head with 00 Buckshot in Alaska at 10 feet, I gave him every chance possible to change his mind. I had to change it for him...
Videos like this make me appreciate that the closest experience I have to a wild animal attack was a squirrel using my head as a shortcut between trees.
I’ve heard you’re also supposed to wave your arms around to make yourself seem bigger and scarier. But I guess that’s hard to do if you’re filming, which is obviously more important.
@@rsvpevents6780 He didn’t say anything about running away. The problem was he was being far to calm and gentle. If you encounter a black bear you want to get as big as you can and take a loud aggressive tone to scare it off.
He did the right thing, if it didn’t back off then that’s just the bears fault and would have to taste the bear spray. You should really only attempt to scare it away if you aren’t armed.
Had an encounter with a black bear just like this last spring. It was only about 150lbs an from the moment it seen me an decides to start following I knew I had to do something. I didn't have bear spray or a gun, and it was backing me into a thicket of thorn bushes. I went from talking to it just like this guy to realizing that wasn't working. So In a split second decision I decided im done backing down. I put my arms up an out an screamed at it as loud as I could while stomping my feet towards it. That bear immediately said F this an went straight up the closest tree.
All my encounters with bears are always pleasant...and they are more than I can count ...by the way it is spelt BEER ...Bud , Heineken etc etc ...jeez u people ...
You can usually tell the species of bear from the droppings; Black bear droppings have berries and small bits of fur, Grizzly bear droppings have smartphones and smell like pepperspray.
Clearly bears need to get together and ban all assault sprays. They could also put up signs entering any forest that say "Bear spray free zone"...that would help.
I live in black bear country. That bear was an adolescent, just being curious. You don't have to jump around and act crazy but if you would have raised your voice and yelled at it, it would have scattered fairly quickly. Also you could have sprayed the grass in front of you. As soon as it got a snort it would have backed right off.
Excellent idea, that should be standard. It did look like a juvenile to me. I disagree with the commenter that said the bear was in predatory mode. Don't think so, but that's why you have the pepper spray. 💕
I disagree. Because if you cause it pain without touching it you can be sure that bear will most likely never attack a human ever in its life. It will associate humans with intense pain.
Never take a chance. Young bear or not, there's always instinct and that first time. He's big enough to be deadly. Facing the bear, walking backward is the safe thing to do. He may have been attacked if he turned his back. Talking to the bear was a way of trying to keep him at a distance. Better to hit the bear so he got a snoot full of spray. Make him regret following a human. He'll never forget it. Glad he's ok.
@@dukecannon2161 that’s the feeling i get too. I have no bear experience, but I feel like if the bear could think in English it would be like “Well, that guy looked pretty squishy and maybe the next one won’t have bear spray.”
Very patient man. That bear was definitely more in curiosity mode than hunt mode, but it is sooo important to show them that people are always worth running from. Bear spray gives them that lesson, and allows them to live another day.
I remember jogging through the woods in Northern California many years ago and coming face to face with a black bear on the trail. I can still remember the way that bear’s screams were almost as loud as mine😂
Imagine, by mistake he carried his body spray thinking he is holding a bear spray... That unattended body spray's tagline..: "Scent your way to unforgettable"! 😂
People saying the bear is being "playful" are ridiculous. I promise you that bear does not want to play with this guy! It is curious about a potential food source and testing boundaries. Very glad that he had spray with him.
@@plorks445 exactly, every time the bear gets closer without the man getting loud/aggressive, it gets more confident that he is not a threat and therefore easy prey.
@@jamescostello6529 sorry but you are completely wrong on that one. In fact a black bear attack is more likely to be predatory than a grizzly or brown bear.
@@gooddogbern573 I'm not disagreeing at all, just responding to the comment that said they don't eat people. I do believe that the bear in the video was displaying predatory behaviour and that lines up with black bears having that tendency.
I believe that the most humane thing you can do for a bear that is so interested in you to follow you, is to discourage that behaviour IMMEDIATELY. If yelling loudly and waving your arms (while holding your bear spray) doesn’t work, you must use the spray. This way in the future, the bear will keep its distance from humans and all will stay safe…both the bear and the humans. This is just my opinion though.
I always found one shot in the air gets them running fast....especially if being stalked by a cougar.....yes they do stalk people...happened to me several times. all in Colorado
Judging by these comments i think everybody should go out in the woods more often. We would have a lot less ignorant people that think bears are just curious and playful big dogs. Bears dont "play" with humans. That bear was sizing him up and the dude was giving every indication he was prey. If he didn't have bear spray and kept doing what he was doing he would have 100% gotten mauled. That bear was getting closer and more confident every second. He was just waiting for the right opportunity.
Yeah, way too close for comfort as if the ease with which it climbed trees _then_ closed the gap (still too long to deploy by then, imo) wasn't indication enough. No thank you!
Next time try saying “Hey Bear” but scream it like you’re about to get eaten by a bear. You sound like you’re trying to get a scared dog to eat a treat out of your hand.
It's great to see a quick spurt made the bear turn away. I may have done that a little sooner. Walking backwards in the woods while trying to concentrate on the animals movement has got be very stressful as well as extremely concerning.
@@anythingpipes3722you don’t yell at a bear if it’s right in front of you. They’ll take it as a threat and most likely attack. Sure if you’re walking in the woods and haven’t encountered one yeah make noise to keep them away. This isn’t that situation.
My advice is to not talk to the bear like it’s a 3 year old child but to talk and yell like you’re much meaner than the bear! I’m glad the bear spray worked.. but really I think the bear was thinking you were gonna pet him and give him a treat!
Doesn't that depend in the kind of bear? Black bears yell aggressively towards them but grizzly bears have calm communication with them?? I've luckily never encountered either but I hike in grizzly country so I definitely carry the hot sauce.
Probably following hoping he would drop some food. Kid did ok though, the little blast was just enough to give him a mouth full of something he didn't want. Hopefully that will hinder his curiosity. Didn't seem to be overly aggressive but better to be safe than sorry. 👍 both went home, that's a happy ending.
Better to have a curious bear approaching you slowly because you are talking to it like a three year old than a bear running at you at full speed because it sees you as a threat.
Every time the bear was going to leave him alone, he talked to the bear. He did the same thing, maybe 4 times. That's is one of the dumbest people I've ever seen.
He had his arms down and he was backing away on top of that. Almost everything about what he was doing said "prey" This shows how forgiving bears can be in an encounter, and how dangerous they aren't.
I live in bear country and have encountered a number of them in different situations but I’ve never had one follow like that. It was just a curious youngster but could have been trouble if it tried to practice attacking. I would have sprayed it too.
Yep, making soft sounds like that he makes himself sound like a small animal/injured animal peeking further curiosity from the Bear. Proper method is to be loud, deep, and shout, make yourself big as you back up slowly to make space
@@jackmeowmeowmeow2177 - yeah, alpha male sounds work better. The beta male sound called in the bear so he could use the beta spray. It's almost like he was looking to film a commercial for bear spray.
@@G53X0Y0Z0okay but this applies to men. In addition some men don't have those deep voices, their vocal cords are not big enough. In addition not every man has a loud voice to scream like that. Of course opera singers would do just fine in this situation however not anyone can produce a voice like opera singers do
Seriously what an idiot!! …he was like teasing it with that soft voice he sounded totally injured or playful…you have to be loud , bark, and even take a strong stomp forward…he just keeps backing up consistently, you can take a strong stomp forward and be loud it may stop and think if it feels you have weight and strength , then you stop backing up too…it’s just like us and if hesitates you maybe didn’t even need to spray it..
@Joseph Ryan Cannibals? 😁 you mean "scavengers." And it is entirely possible to back into another bear...particularly a momma bear and her group of cubs which is a really bad scenario.
@Terry Ogletree Yeah, I know. But that's not a normal, all the time thing. Using the term "cannibal" just seems kind of exclusive. Splitting hairs I guess.
He waited too long , if the bear is in range the 1st time spray . No need for a 3 minute chase plus there might be more than 1 get rid of them quickly.
The bear crearly wanted to take him from a high ground, that's why he's always eager to climb the closest tree, omnivorous hunters are very opportunistic and won't act unless they're sure they have advantage.
My understanding (from watching another video) is that bear spray should be deployed well beyond the close range this bear gets. The other video made mention of how quickly a charging bear can cover ground and the idea of bear spray is to lay out clouds along the bear's intended path, ahead of the bear so that it has to go through the stuff to reach you. Apparently, this large bear spray canisters has some decent range. And, as noted in this video, as soon as the individual deployed the spray, the bear was off and running, so I think I'd opt for the quick deployment of any bear heading my way.
I have one that sprays 40 feet. The thing about this situation is, if the guy would've been loud and aggressive rather than his soft, friendly, "hey, bear", he probably would've scared the bear off without even needing the spray. Black bears are way more skittish than most people realize. But outside of that, he definitely waits wayyyyy too long and lets the bear get way too close before he FINALLY sprays. And it only took a quick tap of the trigger.
I would never trust my life against a bear on spray. I'm always strapped when I enter Bear country, even a puny black bear. Any bear that wants to attack me will taste some 10mm rounds from my Glock
As soon as that bear started hopping onto the trees, I could tell it was becoming excited and the hunting instinct was kicking in. I’m glad you had your camera, but more glad you had bear spray!
@@Korovkin_Pavel It was a young bear. It was being playful. But a playful bear can mean a dead human. This guy had way more patience than me. The second that bear started running my direction, bear spray would have been all up in his face.
The best way to keep a bear away is to start being as loud as you can. Other options include opening up your jacket, like wings, and try to appear as large as possible. If you're with multiple people, group together. The main thing is to show the bear that you aren't worth the energy to take down. Generally, bears have poor eyesight so doing the things I mentioned are likely to succeed.
Black bears are practically harmless, I enjoy my encounters and they tend to wanna show off when they get excited, especially since how lonely they are.
That bear seemed more curious and playful more than anything. The bear sprayer was talking to the bear rather calmly...it's best to yell and be more dominant when try to talk that wild beast away.
@@SpOoNmAn365 right, that's funny, if you ask the wild bear calmly and nicely enough it just might go away...but don't be loud, be gentle and kind because you don't want to hurt the wild animals feelings!
Are you nuts, its a hunting technique. You chase him up the tree, he pounces on you. He was also using the trees to try and get the guy to run, then he can attack from behind. They like to bite the nuts. If your alive and screaming and he's chowing down on your now severed leg, he won't look up until he's ready for your other leg. They don't have feelings for you.
I would've probably sprayed long before he did lol,it's incredible how surprisingly agile these animals are,so light and fast that I don't think he should've allowed it to get as close as it did
That's what I was just thinking. Idk how far that spray can go, but I was just reading a guide that said to start spraying when they're coming towards you and within about 30 feet away.
LOL, sounded like he was inviting him to supper. Speaking in such a mild mannered tone only encouraged the bears curiosity to size him up and flex on him while he continued to yield ground. Luckily he did not trip walking backwards for so long, may have triggered the bears instincts to capitalize on the situation, even just run and swat. Glad the spray seemed to put an end to the curiosity, hopefully it was enough to put a little fear in the bear for the next person.
This is pretty textbook as for what to do when running into a bear. Be calm, don’t run, and slowly back away. The other other thing, like a few comments mentioned, is to put your arms up or make yourself look as large as possible, and maybe make a loud noise while doing so. Still, sometimes none of this works, and that’s why a can of bear spray is an important thing to have while in the woods.
@@Sniperboy5551 nobody said they are pack animals, but this guy been walking backwards for long distance so it could happen that he accidentally enters another bear territory and he gets attacked from behind so.
That young bear was getting bolder and bolder, it was thinking of attacking you from the moment it saw you but was intimidated; none of his prey stand upright like that, the closest reference on how to take that animal down for food would be charging the trees like he’s doing (could also be an instinctual response to test your intimidation) but in short he was out foraging and when he saw you was thinking of making a human sandwich.
From what I've gathered I don't think there are many animals that would actually eat humans as we quite literally taste horrible to them but hunger is always the dominant side when close to starvation so you can never be careful.
I think an indispensable skill in woods-craft is to be able to "read" animals' behavior...to be able to discern what they are thinking when a human/animal encounter occurs. My interpretation of this encounter is that the man did well to back up slowly in order to show the bear he himself had no aggressive intentions. However, after 50 feet of that approach, it became evident he had convinced the bear he had no evil intentions, that the bear was not in the least intimidated by him, and that now the bear was going to see how much he could impose himself on the man. When an animal develops that mindset, further retreat only reinforces further imposition by the animal. Now the animal begins to interpret further retreat as increasing fear in the man, which results in escalating aggression by the animal. I would have taken a stand at about the 50--75 foot mark and shown the bear that I am not helpless...that I have defensive weapons that can make him regret his aggression. This is, in fact, how it turned out anyway. But...had the guy waited too long, and the bear done a full out charge, it might have been too late. After all, how far can you walk backwards through woods without tripping...and triggering a charge?
Bear encounters are extremely common in my province. I've seen a black bear nearly every single day this summer. Just yelling loudly and aggressively will get them to back off. Also stand as tall as you can and lift your arms to appear bigger.
@@mmmmmmm3246 LOL! I live in British Columbia, Canada! We also get grizzlies, wolves, lynxes, and cougars. Trust me, Black Bears are the least problematic of all these.
The way the bear jumps on the tree is amazing considering how big they are. If you are unarmed there really isn’t much you can do. They climb trees , can outrun you, and can swim also
He was not jumping on the tree, he was fighting his instinct to flee by starting to climb the tree and was nervous. The hiker made mistakes, but hey could have been worse so this worked out. What he should have done was stop, held his ground and did everything he could to waive his arms, yell, or even throw rocks/sticks and this bear would have either climbed the tree or ran away. In the rare event a black bear attacks you, you never play dead, but instead fight back attacking his eyes and sensitive snout with anything you can, even if just your hands. It is well documented that fighting a black bear is often successful and unlike a grizzly that is attacking you for defensive reasons, a black bear has different intent, so don't make it easier for the bear to begin his dining experience...
Telling a bear it’s okay and they are not even doing anything but following you because you basically calling them over and then spraying them for a video is just …wrong
Everyone has an opinion and every situation is different. I think this was handled well. My impression is that the bear is young and more curious than anything. I probably would have sprayed him much earlier. All that backing up was risky. Hopefully yogi will now have strong enough negative experience with humans that he will keep his distance. Thanks for posting this, it is very educational.
They guy literally said he was baiting the bear on Facebook. He was doing a tutorial which bear sprays work best and said always try them out on younger bears first like he did in that video. It was very informative at least now I know which bear spray to mess with the neighbors dogs and cats in my neighborhood lol
@@SoulShadowXYwell I am not impressed to hear this. If he truly was baiting them and subjecting any to the misery of the spray just for his ‘tests’ then I am quite disgusted by it. If this was in my area and I had more info I would probably have passed it on to the local CO.
@@stevehamilton3181At first I felt the same way but then again they have to test it somehow and this experience will likely condition the bear into being more fearful of humans and less likely to get into close proximity with people, which could potentially be dangerous for both people and the bear itself.
I've had many run-ins with black bears, this was the wrong approach.. You move away scared and talking in a calm voice, the bear is going to feel safe and do what it wants. This guy probably had food in his pack or on him that the bear was interested in. You have to get loud, get aggressive, and be the one making the bear move backwards. Won't work with grizzly or other bears, that will get you eaten, but black bears and easily scared away.
100%. A black bear becomes more confident and more aggressive with every step you move back and he moves forward. These are predatory animals, not people who you can reason with.
I'm glad that the spray worked for him, but as someone who has lived his whole life in Grizzly country, I can promise that bear was just curious. Had it been set on really attacking the spray usually does not stop the attack. None of us around here would ever trust our lives to that stuff. When it comes to protecting yourself from a potential bear attack, a gun is always going to be your best defense.
I agree with you that bear looked young and curious. He was using the trees to run up if he had to. And a yell and a bluff attack on him would’ve sent him running. But I don’t agree that bear spray wouldn’t work on other bears. I’ve seen other videos on attacking bears and it does work. I hate people that guns are first option. We know you’re scared so maybe stay out of their home? And this bear will always stay away from people so next scaredy-cat with a gun hopefully won’t shoot him.
@@HayleysComet3 i feel like you say that but once you’re actually out there, you will NOT feel safe because essentially you are just prey. And what if a bear comes to your home? Then what? We are mammals too and thats my territory, wherever i choose to walk is my domain (as is with every animal in their head) and the bear will quickly learn or perish. A gun has saved my life on 2 occasions out in west texas wild and i wouldnt go out without one, it’s like going to a warzone with a knife.
@@wodwarrior8463 I understand your fear, bears definitely are scary but I would trust the bear spray over a firearm any day. Bullets don’t always stop bears especially if you miss. But spray is easy to get to the target and from what I’ve seen it works great.
Most experts say you have less than 2 seconds before an attacking bear is on top of you ripping your face off. If you're extremely well trained with a sidearm (like navy seal status) then a handgun is a useful tool against an actual attack. Otherwise, bear spray is more effective
@@Mister.Bone_Saw I agree. I carry my 44 magnum revolver, ready at the hip, whenever I am out in nature... fishing, camping, hunting, or even just going for a short hike.
I had a similar problem on Eglin AFB in 1990. Was walking backward just the same as this guy. Just didn’t have bear spray; only a 12 ga. shotgun. After walking like that for about 1/4 mile, I was beginning to get worried about dark setting in. I still had about 1.5 miles to go to get to my truck to drive out. I decided to stand my ground and try to yell and warn it off. It never left and got closer… I shot the rabbit three times before I felt safe. Never underestimate the danger presented by those cute ears and tail.
Last rabbit I saw @ hunting season. I called out to my cousin because there's no way a rabbit is worth cleaning to eat! The whole family joined in pointing it out and got my cousin his 1st rabbit. Also his last, smart man!
@dammitdan, you would be correct, but this was the swamp rabbit that attacked Jimmy Carter. Not the one you mention. Everyone knows the swamp rabbit isn’t as tough.
I don't know much but it seems like if you have a deterrent that you should use it sooner and not keep backing up for so long. If you're walking backwards you're more likely to fall and then you'd be dead. Just remember when in bear country the best deterrent is to take a slow Uncle with you.
When the bear started jumping onto trees, he was just practicing for what he was planning to do to the person. Notice how he started doing that as he got closer and closer to the person. The next time he jumped, it was going to be on the person.
Spraying a perpendicular "fence " in front of the bear with the spray would have stopped the pursuit in the beginning. This is an example of how to get eaten.
Believe it or not some people refuse to carry spray...cell phone..or weapon when hiking alone in the woods. And sometimes we hear about them on the news
The way he had many chances where he could’ve very easily made one wrong move walking backwards and tripping on one of the many logs on the ground😭 I was so worried he would fall on his back and the bear would come storming
Ehh, he was walking very slowly. And likely looking backwards more often than you can tell with the camera. Not very easy to trip when you are being calm and slow like this dude was.
Sabre pepper spray works man. I have had to use it on attacking dogs as a delivery driver. I once tried to trust a 3M brand spray and after being left with the scars to prove it's absolute uselessness, I switched to Sabre. That stuff is on a whole other level, in every way. Not only does it carry the multiple sprays it advertised but it hurts SO MUCH MORE. I got blowback from both brands I used, and I mostly ignored the 3M effects. Sabre though, the blowback was so bad on ME I actually pitied the dog that attacked and had to be sprayed directly. If you NEED pepper spray, use Sabre
Did the owner of the dog that attacked you when you were delivering ever interact with you after the incident and what did it do to you? Just intense runny nose tearing eyes short of breath sort of thing or skin blistering you can't believe how bad this stuff is? I have three daughters who will be receiving some sort of self-defense device from their dad this year, and this one looks promising
@@GreenCanvasInteriorscape with the Sabre brand, just from the light contact I got by some blowing back on me, it literally felt like my flesh was on fire and about to melt off of the bone. The dog immediately disengaged and began to howl in pain and tried scrubbing it off on the ground. I cannot express through words how effective this stuff is. I have 2 daughters of my own in middle school, so from one father to another trust me when I say you can give your daughters Sabre pepper spray and COUNT on it doing the job
@@Marthanoir39 Glad you were able to get that dog to stop attacking! Pepper gel was recommended in a Taser training class that I took, The teacher’s talked about blowback that the spray can cause and gave a few examples. I didn’t even know the made a pepper gel. I’d always had the spray in the past. I purchased the gel after that class. I carry it with me when I walk our dogs.
@@Marthanoir39 Thank you for the endorsement/feedback on the sabre spray, one of my daughters is in Israel and I'm trying to figure out how to get it shipped there to her, much appreciated
Scary man. That little guy followed him for like 150yrd. Dude handled himself quite well and didn't over do it when it came time to deploy the mace. Just enough to get the job done. Great video.
@@Frille512 I agree. If you believe that black bears are harmless, you have never been very close to one. The claws those guys have on them could rip your guts out whether they are full grown or not.
I'll hand it to you. Way to stay calm and focused until the bear really forced the issue. I'm afraid nerves would've made me let a blast of that off at that carnivore way earlier. Being hunted is terrifying.
@@bh2o Not in most cases, brown and black bears are omnivores in all cases. That means they eat meat and plants both, that is what omnivore means. They will basically eat any food that humans eat if they have an opportunity. Polar bears are carnivores and they are just interested in meat, although if one was starving and he saw something to eat that wasn't meat he might eat it. Black bears and brown bears are not carnivores or herbivores, they are omnivores.
Pretty solid restraint shown by the hiker. Kept backing away, putting obstacles between him and the bear. Really great execution of principals. Didn't listen but watched so I can't speak to any of that. Definitely juvenile and curious. Cool vid. Thank you for sharing.
Continually backing up could have resulted in a trip and fall and 100% chance of attack. And when the bear treed itself was the time to yell and charge at it a bit, scare it and make it go higher. I would have been yelling a lot louder and used the spray a lot sooner.
The thing to keep in mind here (watch again), every time this guy put a tree or bush between him and the bear, it advanced on him. It kept distance all other times.
@@ARINOXMUSICself defense. Just like women are taught. For larger and stronger opponents the first thing is to go for its testicles. If the opponent attacks in this case if a bear charges then kick and punch its testicles and it should give you enough time to escape
@@berndtherrenvolk1951 well in that case it's difficult. In women self defense it's usually taught to do this against big male attackers. A big bodybuilder female, well that's tough. Same for bears, if it looks like a male then should go for the testicles right away if it happens to be a female bear I'm not sure, I've heard some people suggesting going for the eyes and perhaps other places. Perhaps can hit the female genitalia as well, I've heard that it too may turn out to be effective against female attackers
Actually, in this instance, the bear spray likely would not have been needed. He should have simply stopped as soon as he realized the bear was following him, waived his arms, began yelling and doing whatever he could to scare the bear away. It would have quickly retreated or climbed the tree. Like a firearm, bear spray is always the last resort as it is literally your last line of defense and only available when the bear is too close. Deterrence is always better at a distance and while this hiker attempted to slowly walk away, it clearly did not work, so the next strategy per the behavior of the bear was to scare it.
Pretty sure the bear followed him because he kept saying "hey bear". Bear was all like "yeah what's up"?
Right, like why is he talking?
Yeah I dont think you’re supposed to say hey bear in a soothing manner. Less Bob Ross and more Rick Ross.
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I'm sure that was an English speaking bear .
He was baiting the bear, i don't think the bear was in attack mode at all. It was simply a way to make a video and sell a product
I worked at the local Cabela's a few years ago. Had a lady call me asking how much bear spray she needed to use on her kids to keep them safe running through the woods.
Took me 5 minutes to explain to her it's used for bears.
... But how do you apply it to the bears?
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@@rogerbritus9378 gently 🤣
So which bear spray did you recommend for her to use on her kids? I hope they're all safe 😊♥️
@boomstick762 🤦🏻♂️ PRICELESS! 😂
I've had a similar encounter with a squirrel before. The key is to keep calm and not panic.
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За мной так долго бежала крыса, когда я бросил ей кусок пирожка.
@@alexbuts7915 Now you know not to throw pies at rats
The guy was using his sweet non offending easy target voice. He couldn’t have scared a rabbit with that voice.
Almost like a “white dudes for kamela” voice - beta cukc
You left out “high-pitched”
Yeah it was definitely quite limp wristed and weak! You're supposed to be big, loud, and aggressive! He was almost encouraging the bear with the way he was going about it!
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Telling the bear it's okay 47 times and then spraying him in the face was the biggest form of betrayal I've ever seen.
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😂🤣 Just advertising Sabre Bear Spray 😂😂🤣🤣
Yeah this guy rolled in fish samich juice before filming this to market the bear spray
You think the bear understands him, he's just making noise to keep distance
Bro I'm saying
I love it when bears act like they not following you but they really are
There was no act here. The bear was following him and he was making no attempt to mask his intentions.
@@BPRescue I can see some humor in the remark. Dodging about left to right seemed at first an uncertainty working in the bears mind, like thinking it over or weighing the situation should I chance this strange something alone in the woods. Nonchalantly climbing the trees made an outward appearance of the bear being initially unimpressed. It was just the look of it at first resembling an act of disinterest, in like oh ..nothing to see here.
We, the audience can say that in a humorous sort of way safe in our chair watching the woodland stalker out do himself.
They do this before they eat you
Ha ha ha ha
@@_nuancebluff charge
Having the camera out to make the bear accountable was definitely the wise thing to do.
The bear’s legal team already advised against getting caught on camera in another one of its stunts.
@@EarleTKGI am the attorney representing Mr. Bear. We are intent on holding this BARBARIC man accountable for his actions to the fullest extent of the law.
@@kaydenspressurewashingAnd I’ll be representing our beloved firefighter in question. There’s enough evidence in this video that your client’s testimony will likely be thrown. We’ll see you in court.
Name 'em and shame 'em!
That bear is cancelled now. He has issued an apology video and has ceased all his bear related activities
Having dealt with my share of black bears, this guy was way too quiet. The bear seemed curious more than anything and was not acting aggressively. Being loud and getting big would likely have it turning tail and running. Second, if that didnt work and the bear keeps advancing after that, dont let it get as close as this guy did. From the video it looked like it got ten feet from him a couple of times. If the bear is voluntarily following you after youve made attempts to scare it and backed away while facing it, its getting sprayed as soon as its in range of the spray.
Why did the bear keep climbing trees while following him?
@WhiteRabbitDreams that's an escape path for them. If you scare a bear enough and move in on it quick, they'll often run up a tree to get away from you. Again, this one seemed curious so it was probably trying to go tree to tree to have an escape route if it wanted one.
“Hey bear” is to avoid startling a bear. But when a bear sees you and is following you, you’re waaaayyyyy beyond hey bear.
Bears don't understand English or any other language. Doesn't matter what you say to him, might as well just speak gibberish
@simonthoben189 his tone was probably more of a problem. He is talking to it in a calm, soothing tone. He should be yelling and shouting at it and waving his arms
@@jsts22 yep. Way too friendly. He was inadvertently encouraging the bear to follow him, rather than make the bear sense danger and flee.
@@freshfalcon3996 you are missing the big elephant in the room, he was saying it in that tone to calm himself.
He waited way to long to spray. Even just putting out a plume the bear would have had to walk through would make the bear second guess what's it's doing.
The way the bear can run up a tree like a squirrel is scary.
So really no chance of escape if you're unarmed.
They can also swim up to 6 mph, we can't.
@@patrickg420
Amazing for a big anamal.
That's how you tell the difference between a black bear and a grizzly bear... The black bear will climb the tree to get ya, the grizzly will just knock the tree down to get ya. LOL 😅
He was unarmed
I had to shoot a Grizzly in the head with 00 Buckshot in Alaska at 10 feet, I gave him every chance possible to change his mind. I had to change it for him...
Videos like this make me appreciate that the closest experience I have to a wild animal attack was a squirrel using my head as a shortcut between trees.
Cute, the floor is lava amirite
Haha, thank you for sharing that experience. Brought a smile to my face imagining that.
was probably grabbing a spider or bug on your head.
Haha that would have been hilarious to see!
nah, this makes me wanna be there tbh
You're not supposed to calmly say "hey bear"... you're supposed TO YELL IT!!...AND SCARE THEM!!!
Best comment so far; can’t believe I’m the first like.
Yeah but only on black bears, grizzle need chill
I’ve heard you’re also supposed to wave your arms around to make yourself seem bigger and scarier. But I guess that’s hard to do if you’re filming, which is obviously more important.
Wrong. Stay indoors.
@@navyblue4214 Wrong... You yell and appear as big and scary as possible
Based on my own experiences with black bears, this guy's biggest mistake is not being loud for aggressive enough from the GetGo, and backing away
You do want to back away slowly. DO NOT RUN!!!!!
@@rsvpevents6780
He didn’t say anything about running away. The problem was he was being far to calm and gentle. If you encounter a black bear you want to get as big as you can and take a loud aggressive tone to scare it off.
Make yourself look big and raise your arms and be very aggressive and loud
could have sprayed in the air long ago to send the message
He did the right thing, if it didn’t back off then that’s just the bears fault and would have to taste the bear spray. You should really only attempt to scare it away if you aren’t armed.
Had an encounter with a black bear just like this last spring. It was only about 150lbs an from the moment it seen me an decides to start following I knew I had to do something. I didn't have bear spray or a gun, and it was backing me into a thicket of thorn bushes. I went from talking to it just like this guy to realizing that wasn't working. So In a split second decision I decided im done backing down. I put my arms up an out an screamed at it as loud as I could while stomping my feet towards it. That bear immediately said F this an went straight up the closest tree.
Thanks for the tip.
That's how it's done with black bears. With grizzlies you stay calm and stand your ground if charged.
How did it happen this spring when it’s still winter?
All my encounters with bears are always pleasant...and they are more than I can count ...by the way it is spelt BEER ...Bud , Heineken etc etc ...jeez u people ...
@@mikeznel6048 he wrote “this last spring,” meaning Spring 2022, obviously.
Walks backwards into another bear 😂😂😂
Lol, Was thinking the same thing!
Me too, I was expecting an actual black bear from behind 😂
@@dimitristripakis7364 This is an actual black bear. I also get the joke, but bears don't hunt like this and this would be a behavior by wolves.
😅😅😅@@kelliott7864
Lol he's behind me isn't he...
The best advertisement for bear spray I've ever seen
You can usually tell the species of bear from the droppings; Black bear droppings have berries and small bits of fur, Grizzly bear droppings have smartphones and smell like pepperspray.
Underrated
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You made my night man! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
All comments were sooooo funny and then you killed me! 🤣
Clearly bears need to get together and ban all assault sprays. They could also put up signs entering any forest that say "Bear spray free zone"...that would help.
I’m also wondering if he was calling the bear the right pronoun??🤣
@@byronbilly1969 😂
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The bear triggered and wanted you in a "safe place" his stomach!
Bears are more civilized than most people.
I live in black bear country. That bear was an adolescent, just being curious. You don't have to jump around and act crazy but if you would have raised your voice and yelled at it, it would have scattered fairly quickly. Also you could have sprayed the grass in front of you. As soon as it got a snort it would have backed right off.
Excellent idea, that should be standard. It did look like a juvenile to me. I disagree with the commenter that said the bear was in predatory mode. Don't think so, but that's why you have the pepper spray. 💕
I disagree. Because if you cause it pain without touching it you can be sure that bear will most likely never attack a human ever in its life. It will associate humans with intense pain.
@@rivken95 you clearly don't live in bear country. please stop talking because you're going to get someone killed.
@@rivken95 Animals should rightly fear man.
Or the first time he got in a tree, spray beneath him. He'd of stayed treed about an hour.
He was climbing the trees to show him that there’s no escaping because he can climb too 😂
Never take a chance. Young bear or not, there's always instinct and that first time. He's big enough to be deadly. Facing the bear, walking backward is the safe thing to do. He may have been attacked if he turned his back. Talking to the bear was a way of trying to keep him at a distance. Better to hit the bear so he got a snoot full of spray. Make him regret following a human. He'll never forget it. Glad he's ok.
True, they need to learn to avoid human
Dint let a black bear follow you stand up to him..u training him to follow like you are weak..
@@dukecannon2161 that’s the feeling i get too. I have no bear experience, but I feel like if the bear could think in English it would be like “Well, that guy looked pretty squishy and maybe the next one won’t have bear spray.”
Black bears are soft. One punch to the face and instant bear regret
Kept letting it get too close. Dude is a fool.
Very patient man. That bear was definitely more in curiosity mode than hunt mode, but it is sooo important to show them that people are always worth running from. Bear spray gives them that lesson, and allows them to live another day.
And learn to avoid people...
These bears eat fruit 🍓🍑
They don't hunt
Maybe I'm wrong tho
The spray for the bear gave him a lesson that you don't have to wait for the spray, but devour the talking food right away. 🥹
I remember jogging through the woods in Northern California many years ago and coming face to face with a black bear on the trail. I can still remember the way that bear’s screams were almost as loud as mine😂
This is the real answer
Why would you go in the woods knowing there are bears over there?
@@fazer79 It's not as common to see a bear.
Been face to face with two black bears and they just looked at me like “where did you come from
@@fazer79 why would you step outside your home knowing murderers and kidnappers are there?
Imagine, by mistake he carried his body spray thinking he is holding a bear spray...
That unattended body spray's tagline..:
"Scent your way to unforgettable"! 😂
People saying the bear is being "playful" are ridiculous. I promise you that bear does not want to play with this guy! It is curious about a potential food source and testing boundaries. Very glad that he had spray with him.
Yeah. The soft playful voice he is using doesn't exactly make the bear perceive any threat.
@@plorks445 exactly, every time the bear gets closer without the man getting loud/aggressive, it gets more confident that he is not a threat and therefore easy prey.
Black bears are not people eaters like Grizzly's and Brown bears.
@@jamescostello6529 sorry but you are completely wrong on that one. In fact a black bear attack is more likely to be predatory than a grizzly or brown bear.
@@gooddogbern573 I'm not disagreeing at all, just responding to the comment that said they don't eat people. I do believe that the bear in the video was displaying predatory behaviour and that lines up with black bears having that tendency.
I believe that the most humane thing you can do for a bear that is so interested in you to follow you, is to discourage that behaviour IMMEDIATELY. If yelling loudly and waving your arms (while holding your bear spray) doesn’t work, you must use the spray. This way in the future, the bear will keep its distance from humans and all will stay safe…both the bear and the humans. This is just my opinion though.
Sounds like he was calling the bear to him.
Rught. I think he just wanted to use the spray. It’s sad.
I always found one shot in the air gets them running fast....especially if being stalked by a cougar.....yes they do stalk people...happened to me several times. all in Colorado
Bears react differently but true you should never wait this long to use spray and yell etc
@@bobfrantz534oh no doubt theyll hide in the trees on you
Judging by these comments i think everybody should go out in the woods more often. We would have a lot less ignorant people that think bears are just curious and playful big dogs. Bears dont "play" with humans. That bear was sizing him up and the dude was giving every indication he was prey. If he didn't have bear spray and kept doing what he was doing he would have 100% gotten mauled. That bear was getting closer and more confident every second. He was just waiting for the right opportunity.
Exactly!!!
BINGO!
Yeah textbook definition of what not to do. Stand tall and yell loud! Let the bear know you arent prey
Yeah, way too close for comfort as if the ease with which it climbed trees _then_ closed the gap (still too long to deploy by then, imo) wasn't indication enough. No thank you!
Just the people that would rather be alone in the woods with a bear than a man 😂
Next time try saying “Hey Bear” but scream it like you’re about to get eaten by a bear. You sound like you’re trying to get a scared dog to eat a treat out of your hand.
It's great to see a quick spurt made the bear turn away. I may have done that a little sooner.
Walking backwards in the woods while trying to concentrate on the animals movement has got be very stressful as well as extremely concerning.
He was baiting the bear just to spray him. Who talks quietly to a bear? Being loud dosent attract them to you.
@@anythingpipes3722you don’t yell at a bear if it’s right in front of you. They’ll take it as a threat and most likely attack. Sure if you’re walking in the woods and haven’t encountered one yeah make noise to keep them away. This isn’t that situation.
@BrentChaye who told you that? Grizzly man?
don't forget he was filming it too.
@@BrentChayesaid NO fish and game warden ever.
Always found it fascinating how quickly a big animal like that can move.
I'm a big animal and I can move faster
@@nevadapoole6180 you cant
@@nevadapoole6180 haha you wish. You’ll never outrun a bear.
@@XploreAz already have 😈
@@nevadapoole6180 если ты убежал от медведя, то это не значит, что ты быстрый, это значит, что медведь не хотел тебя догонять.
My advice is to not talk to the bear like it’s a 3 year old child but to talk and yell like you’re much meaner than the bear! I’m glad the bear spray worked.. but really I think the bear was thinking you were gonna pet him and give him a treat!
The bear 🐻 got a treat...
Doesn't that depend in the kind of bear? Black bears yell aggressively towards them but grizzly bears have calm communication with them?? I've luckily never encountered either but I hike in grizzly country so I definitely carry the hot sauce.
He sounded wounded to me - not the correct tone. Grab a limb and beat the ground and trees - they know what that means......
Probably following hoping he would drop some food. Kid did ok though, the little blast was just enough to give him a mouth full of something he didn't want. Hopefully that will hinder his curiosity. Didn't seem to be overly aggressive but better to be safe than sorry. 👍 both went home, that's a happy ending.
Better to have a curious bear approaching you slowly because you are talking to it like a three year old than a bear running at you at full speed because it sees you as a threat.
“Hey Bear” is the long lost Beatles masterpiece.
Heeeey Beaar, don't make it baaad...
The bear just wanted to let him know about his extended warranty
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you're killing me 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Should've shot him then..
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I get those bears on the phone all the time.
“Hey bear” is the first phrase bears learn when studying the English language
STUDYING?!
@@TKontent what is it derp
it's.... just a thing you say. doesnt have to beat ny specific word. vocalizing just shows it you aren't afraid of it
The second phrase is "Dinner time!"
The bear in my social studies class had a transformers trapper keeper.
Never let a bear stalk you like that…
Correct.
It was definitely about to be over
according to white feminist the bear is safer than a man
But she chose the bear 😢
yeah! shoot first bury it later.......
The more soothingly he talked to it, the bolder it was becoming.
He's doing his best impersonation of Timothy Treadwell.
Every time the bear was going to leave him alone, he talked to the bear. He did the same thing, maybe 4 times. That's is one of the dumbest people I've ever seen.
Sounds like prey
He had his arms down and he was backing away on top of that. Almost everything about what he was doing said "prey"
This shows how forgiving bears can be in an encounter, and how dangerous they aren't.
@@MrZega000 It’s like he had a neon sign over his head: I’m harmless and delicious! Please eat me!
I live in bear country and have encountered a number of them in different situations but I’ve never had one follow like that. It was just a curious youngster but could have been trouble if it tried to practice attacking. I would have sprayed it too.
Curious about food sources.
Bear isn’t a country
@@CKM522 correct it is not a country it is a type of arms
@@eS-ql7vm a bear is an animal not arms
@@CKM522 you must be a ton of fun at parties 😂
Dude never tried to scare it off. Sounded like he was trying to console the bear like a child. No wonder it was curious.
Yep, making soft sounds like that he makes himself sound like a small animal/injured animal peeking further curiosity from the Bear. Proper method is to be loud, deep, and shout, make yourself big as you back up slowly to make space
@@jackmeowmeowmeow2177 - yeah, alpha male sounds work better. The beta male sound called in the bear so he could use the beta spray. It's almost like he was looking to film a commercial for bear spray.
@@G53X0Y0Z0okay but this applies to men. In addition some men don't have those deep voices, their vocal cords are not big enough. In addition not every man has a loud voice to scream like that. Of course opera singers would do just fine in this situation however not anyone can produce a voice like opera singers do
Yeah, his voice sounded more like an invitation than a warning.
Seriously what an idiot!! …he was like teasing it with that soft voice he sounded totally injured or playful…you have to be loud , bark, and even take a strong stomp forward…he just keeps backing up consistently, you can take a strong stomp forward and be loud it may stop and think if it feels you have weight and strength , then you stop backing up too…it’s just like us and if hesitates you maybe didn’t even need to spray it..
He smelling this dudes trail like “yum, this dude don’t smell too bad.. I mean I am hungry”
You’re gonna back into a mountain lion😂
That's what I was thinking too. Although I was thinking of another Bear.
@@charlesritter6640 bears are cannibals, not pack hunters.
@Joseph Ryan Cannibals? 😁 you mean "scavengers." And it is entirely possible to back into another bear...particularly a momma bear and her group of cubs which is a really bad scenario.
@@pennsyltuckyreb9800 they are cannibals
@Terry Ogletree Yeah, I know. But that's not a normal, all the time thing. Using the term "cannibal" just seems kind of exclusive. Splitting hairs I guess.
He trips while backing up and falls down would probably bring on an immediate attack.
Exactly what o was thinking man i was like please don’t trip
Yuppers
He waited too long , if the bear is in range the 1st time spray .
No need for a 3 minute chase plus there might be more than 1 get rid of them quickly.
The bear crearly wanted to take him from a high ground, that's why he's always eager to climb the closest tree, omnivorous hunters are very opportunistic and won't act unless they're sure they have advantage.
But camera man never dies !
The strength of bears is scary strong ,the way they can move vertically just as easerly as along the ground never ceases to amaze me,
If he had not been backing up all of the time the bear would not have kept on advancing-Bear safety basics 1, Stand your ground!
My understanding (from watching another video) is that bear spray should be deployed well beyond the close range this bear gets. The other video made mention of how quickly a charging bear can cover ground and the idea of bear spray is to lay out clouds along the bear's intended path, ahead of the bear so that it has to go through the stuff to reach you. Apparently, this large bear spray canisters has some decent range. And, as noted in this video, as soon as the individual deployed the spray, the bear was off and running, so I think I'd opt for the quick deployment of any bear heading my way.
I have one that sprays 40 feet. The thing about this situation is, if the guy would've been loud and aggressive rather than his soft, friendly, "hey, bear", he probably would've scared the bear off without even needing the spray. Black bears are way more skittish than most people realize. But outside of that, he definitely waits wayyyyy too long and lets the bear get way too close before he FINALLY sprays. And it only took a quick tap of the trigger.
Yeah and your goal should be to deter the bear, not hurt it.
I would never trust my life against a bear on spray. I'm always strapped when I enter Bear country, even a puny black bear. Any bear that wants to attack me will taste some 10mm rounds from my Glock
I agree with you
He waited 5 business days to actually spray the bear then practically waited until the bear was upwind!
As soon as that bear started hopping onto the trees, I could tell it was becoming excited and the hunting instinct was kicking in.
I’m glad you had your camera, but more glad you had bear spray!
Why does it climb the trees like that when hunting?
If he wanted to hunt him down he would. He was just curious.
The bear saw him as a competition, not as food, that is why he climbed trees, to look bigger and tougher.
@@Korovkin_Pavel It was a young bear. It was being playful. But a playful bear can mean a dead human. This guy had way more patience than me. The second that bear started running my direction, bear spray would have been all up in his face.
@@MilkyWhite1 read somewhere that he is warming up his muscles for atack, not sure if that's the reason but could be
I would have been using the spray about 20 seconds into the video. That dude was way patient.
Cuz he was luring the bear in. Bear is probably use to people feeding it. Otherwise it would be have gotten that close to him
Truth! On initial charge toward my direction he would have gotten a large dose of pepper spray once in range. Also would not "hey bear" so softly.
He wasn't a coward.
Silly, the dude was silly to wait so long
Definitely baiting the bear for the camera and result
I love how at 1:14 he was just like "ok but real quick watch me jump onto this tree"
The best way to keep a bear away is to start being as loud as you can. Other options include opening up your jacket, like wings, and try to appear as large as possible. If you're with multiple people, group together. The main thing is to show the bear that you aren't worth the energy to take down. Generally, bears have poor eyesight so doing the things I mentioned are likely to succeed.
Or just shoot it in the heart and lungs
@@WaitWhatsMyName yeah if you have a gun. Not everyone owns guns.
@@doomsdayking4843 then they deserve the death they receive
Black bears are practically harmless, I enjoy my encounters and they tend to wanna show off when they get excited, especially since how lonely they are.
@@xxXxXxGxXxXxx your ignorance is insane, I lived in Alaska and I know three people that got attacked. And no not because they were messing with them
Man, he was working hard to get an angle on you.
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Yeah, that bear wasn't playing around, it had all the covert aggression signs of being all "friendly".
@@LATEXXJUGGERNUT agreed👍
Ikr? That is creepy.
I have seen video of an elephant doing this ...
He's smart enough to record knowing that the cameraman never dies
Unless you are filming a tsunami in 2004 in SE Asia...lots of videos and photos showing a big wave coming at the unknown cameraman.
Unless you’re on a movie set with Alec Baldwin…
Too soon?
he was wearing a red shirt, though
What a dumb comment.
It’s old and unfunny.
That's because the camera men that did die never uploaded their footage
This guy will make a great dad.
"Clean your room sweetie"
"It's okay, clean your room sweetheart"
*"BOOM! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT PEPPER SPRAY"!!!*
That bear seemed more curious and playful more than anything. The bear sprayer was talking to the bear rather calmly...it's best to yell and be more dominant when try to talk that wild beast away.
It's all the soy consumption
@@SpOoNmAn365 right, that's funny, if you ask the wild bear calmly and nicely enough it just might go away...but don't be loud, be gentle and kind because you don't want to hurt the wild animals feelings!
@@inthemountainswithken I only wish bears could sense a woke human and scare them a little more 🤣
@@SpOoNmAn365 but if the woke human gets scared away by the bear how are they going to get all that great bear footage for their Facebook page?
Are you nuts, its a hunting technique. You chase him up the tree, he pounces on you. He was also using the trees to try and get the guy to run, then he can attack from behind. They like to bite the nuts.
If your alive and screaming and he's chowing down on your now severed leg, he won't look up until he's ready for your other leg.
They don't have feelings for you.
I would've probably sprayed long before he did lol,it's incredible how surprisingly agile these animals are,so light and fast that I don't think he should've allowed it to get as close as it did
That's what I was just thinking. Idk how far that spray can go, but I was just reading a guide that said to start spraying when they're coming towards you and within about 30 feet away.
The spray that I carry is rated for 25 feet,I probably would've started spraying at 30 lol
Yes you’re suppose to release it in the air before it gets near you. And let it rip at 15 ft (while holding a high caliber hand gun, in my case)
I never realized how that spray could be so helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Wouldn't go around in Grizzley country with just spray. You'd want a high powered handgun or a .308 rifle.
Bears rely on there sence of smell to hunt, once peppered lost that for a min. and re assessed the food thought.
@Jason H THEIR SENSE, not there sence. English 101.
@CynicalJester No, you don't need a high-powered rifle. Bear Spray works. Gun nut.
@Jacob Mullins , never heard that one before. Care to elaborate?
I love when people say "Hey Bear" like it knows what it's called 😅
LOL, sounded like he was inviting him to supper. Speaking in such a mild mannered tone only encouraged the bears curiosity to size him up and flex on him while he continued to yield ground. Luckily he did not trip walking backwards for so long, may have triggered the bears instincts to capitalize on the situation, even just run and swat. Glad the spray seemed to put an end to the curiosity, hopefully it was enough to put a little fear in the bear for the next person.
Exactly. This was a 'how to training course' on how not to deal with a curious bear.
I agree. He should have been raising his voice at the bear and using threatening, loud tones. I would have used the spray way before he did.
@@AirstripBum It seemed like the bear slowed down slightly when his voice was a bit louder at times.
I spray first and chat quietly later
Not true..Black bear sure but he handled it really well.
This is pretty textbook as for what to do when running into a bear. Be calm, don’t run, and slowly back away. The other other thing, like a few comments mentioned, is to put your arms up or make yourself look as large as possible, and maybe make a loud noise while doing so. Still, sometimes none of this works, and that’s why a can of bear spray is an important thing to have while in the woods.
Maybe don't keep calling the bear..
Plan A….. Make sure you have a rifle in bear country
And a .357
Eh, I’d never shoot a bear. There are a lot more humans on earth than bears, and they’re just doing what they do. We have our own numbers to spare.
@@cgimovieman you're funny af. The only reason why you shoot a bear is if it tries to attack you. You're right, we can definitely spare you.
The bear is getting hungrier by the minute…the bear was sizing him up the whole time.
"Hey bear" was the last words of a famous bear psychologist
😂😂😂
The bear was an uncompensated participant in this commercial.
This guy is crazy for not using the spray before, because imagine if another bear came from behind him because he was too focused in the first one.
Or if he tript over a log .. dude was playing with his life
They not Raptors mate
Bears aren’t pack animals
@@Sniperboy5551 nobody said they are pack animals, but this guy been walking backwards for long distance so it could happen that he accidentally enters another bear territory and he gets attacked from behind so.
Yall are straight idiots if you think that bear was a threat. He endangered himself more than that bear did.
That young bear was getting bolder and bolder, it was thinking of attacking you from the moment it saw you but was intimidated; none of his prey stand upright like that, the closest reference on how to take that animal down for food would be charging the trees like he’s doing (could also be an instinctual response to test your intimidation) but in short he was out foraging and when he saw you was thinking of making a human sandwich.
No, he just looked curious. Believe me if he wanted to hunt him down he would.
@@E1evenMusic Not sure about bears but many animals do what Shane said, they see if you're a prey or a predator by falsely charging you
@@Hamza-uh6oy by that spray, he thought humans are predators. Hopefully he never wants to attack humans. Lol
bears climb trees when they feel insecure
From what I've gathered I don't think there are many animals that would actually eat humans as we quite literally taste horrible to them but hunger is always the dominant side when close to starvation so you can never be careful.
I think an indispensable skill in woods-craft is to be able to "read" animals' behavior...to be able to discern what they are thinking when a human/animal encounter occurs. My interpretation of this encounter is that the man did well to back up slowly in order to show the bear he himself had no aggressive intentions. However, after 50 feet of that approach, it became evident he had convinced the bear he had no evil intentions, that the bear was not in the least intimidated by him, and that now the bear was going to see how much he could impose himself on the man. When an animal develops that mindset, further retreat only reinforces further imposition by the animal. Now the animal begins to interpret further retreat as increasing fear in the man, which results in escalating aggression by the animal. I would have taken a stand at about the 50--75 foot mark and shown the bear that I am not helpless...that I have defensive weapons that can make him regret his aggression. This is, in fact, how it turned out anyway. But...had the guy waited too long, and the bear done a full out charge, it might have been too late. After all, how far can you walk backwards through woods without tripping...and triggering a charge?
Absolute nonsense
Yes, but, other than that, how did you like it?@@jvtaxi3766
@@jvtaxi3766Relax. You're losing it. Sit down.
Doh!
Is doh and acronym?@@LaceyR_FreeEricBrandt
Bear encounters are extremely common in my province. I've seen a black bear nearly every single day this summer. Just yelling loudly and aggressively will get them to back off. Also stand as tall as you can and lift your arms to appear bigger.
Unfortunately I’m 5’3”…
Basically a chicken dinner.
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Where do you live? So I can avoid that area
@@mmmmmmm3246 LOL! I live in British Columbia, Canada! We also get grizzlies, wolves, lynxes, and cougars. Trust me, Black Bears are the least problematic of all these.
@@IcySyncand people go on about how dangerous Australian wildlife is haha
Saying hey bear in a friendly voice . Works every time . I’m sure they appreciate your kindness
Very impressed with how calm you were trying to give the young youngling a chance to walk away.
Something Anakin clearly didn't do
He was baiting the youngling. He is attempting to gain the Dark Side powers.
The way the bear jumps on the tree is amazing considering how big they are. If you are unarmed there really isn’t much you can do. They climb trees , can outrun you, and can swim also
Yep...
We humans have a lot of physical limitations when it comes to potentially dangerous wildlife.
@@davidhilton8680 We humans a pack animal and as such we are the apex predator of every environment,
He was not jumping on the tree, he was fighting his instinct to flee by starting to climb the tree and was nervous. The hiker made mistakes, but hey could have been worse so this worked out. What he should have done was stop, held his ground and did everything he could to waive his arms, yell, or even throw rocks/sticks and this bear would have either climbed the tree or ran away. In the rare event a black bear attacks you, you never play dead, but instead fight back attacking his eyes and sensitive snout with anything you can, even if just your hands. It is well documented that fighting a black bear is often successful and unlike a grizzly that is attacking you for defensive reasons, a black bear has different intent, so don't make it easier for the bear to begin his dining experience...
The way bears climb trees is so surreal. Hundreds of pounds, no opposable thumbs and yet it just glides up the tree like it was walking
He looks like he just wants a hug. A bear hug.
😁
A last hug
And the guy talks as if he is asking for a hug but keeps walking away. Had the bear confused.
Telling a bear it’s okay and they are not even doing anything but following you because you basically calling them over and then spraying them for a video is just …wrong
Everyone has an opinion and every situation is different. I think this was handled well. My impression is that the bear is young and more curious than anything. I probably would have sprayed him much earlier. All that backing up was risky. Hopefully yogi will now have strong enough negative experience with humans that he will keep his distance. Thanks for posting this, it is very educational.
Exactly my thought! Was waiting for momma to come out. Lol
They guy literally said he was baiting the bear on Facebook. He was doing a tutorial which bear sprays work best and said always try them out on younger bears first like he did in that video. It was very informative at least now I know which bear spray to mess with the neighbors dogs and cats in my neighborhood lol
@@SoulShadowXYwell I am not impressed to hear this. If he truly was baiting them and subjecting any to the misery of the spray just for his ‘tests’ then I am quite disgusted by it. If this was in my area and I had more info I would probably have passed it on to the local CO.
@@stevehamilton3181 How else are they supposed to test it? It’s unpleasant but its not like its lethal.
@@stevehamilton3181At first I felt the same way but then again they have to test it somehow and this experience will likely condition the bear into being more fearful of humans and less likely to get into close proximity with people, which could potentially be dangerous for both people and the bear itself.
Each time the bear trotted towards this guy it was getting closer and closer. That bear wasn't playing, he was getting ready for dinner.
Yup tactical hunt
He wanted to play...
No. This is curiosity from a very young bear
No. This is curiosity from a very young bear
@@MrDmadness Curiosity killed the bear.
I've had many run-ins with black bears, this was the wrong approach.. You move away scared and talking in a calm voice, the bear is going to feel safe and do what it wants. This guy probably had food in his pack or on him that the bear was interested in. You have to get loud, get aggressive, and be the one making the bear move backwards. Won't work with grizzly or other bears, that will get you eaten, but black bears and easily scared away.
100%. A black bear becomes more confident and more aggressive with every step you move back and he moves forward. These are predatory animals, not people who you can reason with.
Bears do not eat human no animal craves human they’ll gladly chew on you
@@StockTurboN20 salt water / nile crocodile seem to have us on the menu!
Grizzly, Kodiak and Polar are the definitions of “I’m going to die trying!” 😭
@@StockTurboN20maybe it developed the taste for MAMMAL BLOOD!
Bear was like... hey buddy, lets talk.
The bear was all like "this is my tree, and this is my tree, and this is my tree" lol 😅
😂😂😂 was looking for this comment
I'm glad that the spray worked for him, but as someone who has lived his whole life in Grizzly country, I can promise that bear was just curious. Had it been set on really attacking the spray usually does not stop the attack. None of us around here would ever trust our lives to that stuff. When it comes to protecting yourself from a potential bear attack, a gun is always going to be your best defense.
I agree with you that bear looked young and curious. He was using the trees to run up if he had to. And a yell and a bluff attack on him would’ve sent him running. But I don’t agree that bear spray wouldn’t work on other bears. I’ve seen other videos on attacking bears and it does work. I hate people that guns are first option. We know you’re scared so maybe stay out of their home?
And this bear will always stay away from people so next scaredy-cat with a gun hopefully won’t shoot him.
@@HayleysComet3 i feel like you say that but once you’re actually out there, you will NOT feel safe because essentially you are just prey. And what if a bear comes to your home? Then what? We are mammals too and thats my territory, wherever i choose to walk is my domain (as is with every animal in their head) and the bear will quickly learn or perish. A gun has saved my life on 2 occasions out in west texas wild and i wouldnt go out without one, it’s like going to a warzone with a knife.
@@wodwarrior8463 I understand your fear, bears definitely are scary but I would trust the bear spray over a firearm any day. Bullets don’t always stop bears especially if you miss. But spray is easy to get to the target and from what I’ve seen it works great.
Most experts say you have less than 2 seconds before an attacking bear is on top of you ripping your face off. If you're extremely well trained with a sidearm (like navy seal status) then a handgun is a useful tool against an actual attack. Otherwise, bear spray is more effective
@@Mister.Bone_Saw I agree. I carry my 44 magnum revolver, ready at the hip, whenever I am out in nature... fishing, camping, hunting, or even just going for a short hike.
I had a similar problem on Eglin AFB in 1990. Was walking backward just the same as this guy. Just didn’t have bear spray; only a 12 ga. shotgun. After walking like that for about 1/4 mile, I was beginning to get worried about dark setting in. I still had about 1.5 miles to go to get to my truck to drive out. I decided to stand my ground and try to yell and warn it off. It never left and got closer… I shot the rabbit three times before I felt safe. Never underestimate the danger presented by those cute ears and tail.
Last rabbit I saw @ hunting season. I called out to my cousin because there's no way a rabbit is worth cleaning to eat!
The whole family joined in pointing it out and got my cousin his 1st rabbit. Also his last, smart man!
Monty Python taught you well.
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No one lives through an encounter with the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. I call this story a fake.
@dammitdan, you would be correct, but this was the swamp rabbit that attacked Jimmy Carter. Not the one you mention. Everyone knows the swamp rabbit isn’t as tough.
1:27 he’s like are you telling me what to do?
I don't know much but it seems like if you have a deterrent that you should use it sooner and not keep backing up for so long. If you're walking backwards you're more likely to fall and then you'd be dead. Just remember when in bear country the best deterrent is to take a slow Uncle with you.
The longer her backed up,
the higher the TH-cam views
When the bear started jumping onto trees, he was just practicing for what he was planning to do to the person. Notice how he started doing that as he got closer and closer to the person. The next time he jumped, it was going to be on the person.
Spraying a perpendicular "fence " in front of the bear with the spray would have stopped the pursuit in the beginning. This is an example of how to get eaten.
Yep
Or just don’t go looking for a bear so you can advertise your product
The bear was kinda flexing his climbing skill like "hay you see my ninja skills you can't do like this"🤣🤣🤣
2:23 save your time
This guy cracks me up!
He's the kind of guy that wants to sing show tunes on karaoke, in a biker bar.
He literally kept calling the bear. What a natural air head.
Incredibly reckless to go out looking for a bear just to test your own product.
Believe it or not some people refuse to carry spray...cell phone..or weapon when hiking alone in the woods. And sometimes we hear about them on the news
The way he had many chances where he could’ve very easily made one wrong move walking backwards and tripping on one of the many logs on the ground😭 I was so worried he would fall on his back and the bear would come storming
Yea, we've been primed for that scenario by countless horror movies where someone falls and can't get up or the car suddenly won't start.
That's what I was thinking too
Ehh, he was walking very slowly. And likely looking backwards more often than you can tell with the camera. Not very easy to trip when you are being calm and slow like this dude was.
Tripping while doing the walking backwards thing is a massive hazard and shouldn't be discounted.
It was quite intense.that big bear moved fast .I thought it was going to pounce from the tree.the guy dealt with this scenario very well.
Sabre pepper spray works man. I have had to use it on attacking dogs as a delivery driver. I once tried to trust a 3M brand spray and after being left with the scars to prove it's absolute uselessness, I switched to Sabre. That stuff is on a whole other level, in every way. Not only does it carry the multiple sprays it advertised but it hurts SO MUCH MORE. I got blowback from both brands I used, and I mostly ignored the 3M effects. Sabre though, the blowback was so bad on ME I actually pitied the dog that attacked and had to be sprayed directly. If you NEED pepper spray, use Sabre
Did the owner of the dog that attacked you when you were delivering ever interact with you after the incident and what did it do to you? Just intense runny nose tearing eyes short of breath sort of thing or skin blistering you can't believe how bad this stuff is? I have three daughters who will be receiving some sort of self-defense device from their dad this year, and this one looks promising
@@GreenCanvasInteriorscape with the Sabre brand, just from the light contact I got by some blowing back on me, it literally felt like my flesh was on fire and about to melt off of the bone. The dog immediately disengaged and began to howl in pain and tried scrubbing it off on the ground. I cannot express through words how effective this stuff is. I have 2 daughters of my own in middle school, so from one father to another trust me when I say you can give your daughters Sabre pepper spray and COUNT on it doing the job
@@Marthanoir39 Glad you were able to get that dog to stop attacking!
Pepper gel was recommended in a Taser training class that I took, The teacher’s talked about blowback that the spray can cause and gave a few examples. I didn’t even know the made a pepper gel. I’d always had the spray in the past. I purchased the gel after that class. I carry it with me when I walk our dogs.
@@Marthanoir39
Thank you for the endorsement/feedback on the sabre spray, one of my daughters is in Israel and I'm trying to figure out how to get it shipped there to her, much appreciated
@@threadlovert1393 -- I never heard of the gel. Is it better than spray?
Scary man. That little guy followed him for like 150yrd. Dude handled himself quite well and didn't over do it when it came time to deploy the mace. Just enough to get the job done. Great video.
He was literally calling to it
It's a black bear, even a deer is more dangerous
Not so, they can be very dangerous, / harmful, just be careful and cautious out there.
@@Frille512 I agree. If you believe that black bears are harmless, you have never been very close to one. The claws those guys have on them could rip your guts out whether they are full grown or not.
@@brianclingenpeel5123 They ain't harmless, but they are scared
He kept calling it hey bear hey hey 👋 😂😂
I'll hand it to you. Way to stay calm and focused until the bear really forced the issue. I'm afraid nerves would've made me let a blast of that off at that carnivore way earlier. Being hunted is terrifying.
Bears are Omnivores, not Carnivores
@@meghan7547 true. thank you
Yeah I was thinking the same thing.I would be spraying that stuff like it’s air freshener lol
@@bh2o You play dead for brown bears/ grizzlies. You fight a black bear with everything you have.
@@bh2o Not in most cases, brown and black bears are omnivores in all cases. That means they eat meat and plants both, that is what omnivore means. They will basically eat any food that humans eat if they have an opportunity. Polar bears are carnivores and they are just interested in meat, although if one was starving and he saw something to eat that wasn't meat he might eat it. Black bears and brown bears are not carnivores or herbivores, they are omnivores.
The hiker's voice when talking to the bear sounded almost inviting, like how you'd coax a dog to COME you. Just the opposite of what he wanted.
Pretty solid restraint shown by the hiker. Kept backing away, putting obstacles between him and the bear. Really great execution of principals. Didn't listen but watched so I can't speak to any of that. Definitely juvenile and curious. Cool vid. Thank you for sharing.
Kinda bad execution.
He should have yelled louder the whole time. Probably wouldn't have needed the spray.
He was trying to sell for views, if he wanted he could have left the black bear a long time ago😏. He wouldn't pull this move with a brown bear.
I think he was baiting the bear
@@samuellp1146 yeah he wouldn't have seen the brown until it was too late. Black bears are like squirrels.
Continually backing up could have resulted in a trip and fall and 100% chance of attack. And when the bear treed itself was the time to yell and charge at it a bit, scare it and make it go higher. I would have been yelling a lot louder and used the spray a lot sooner.
Plot twist: The bear wasn't following him. The hiker was unintentionally backing into the bear's den. 😄
The thing to keep in mind here (watch again), every time this guy put a tree or bush between him and the bear, it advanced on him. It kept distance all other times.
Easy to say from behind a screen, but backing away was making you seem like prey. Loud and firm is the way.
And also easy to say loud and firm is the way until it charges then you are truly prey
@@ARINOXMUSICself defense. Just like women are taught. For larger and stronger opponents the first thing is to go for its testicles. If the opponent attacks in this case if a bear charges then kick and punch its testicles and it should give you enough time to escape
@@dreamthedream8929 What if the bear is a big female? No testicles!
@@berndtherrenvolk1951 well in that case it's difficult. In women self defense it's usually taught to do this against big male attackers. A big bodybuilder female, well that's tough. Same for bears, if it looks like a male then should go for the testicles right away if it happens to be a female bear I'm not sure, I've heard some people suggesting going for the eyes and perhaps other places. Perhaps can hit the female genitalia as well, I've heard that it too may turn out to be effective against female attackers
Imagine if he had forgotten his bear spray that day 💀
He would have been what we call s*** out of luck.
Stay strapped
Actually, in this instance, the bear spray likely would not have been needed. He should have simply stopped as soon as he realized the bear was following him, waived his arms, began yelling and doing whatever he could to scare the bear away. It would have quickly retreated or climbed the tree. Like a firearm, bear spray is always the last resort as it is literally your last line of defense and only available when the bear is too close. Deterrence is always better at a distance and while this hiker attempted to slowly walk away, it clearly did not work, so the next strategy per the behavior of the bear was to scare it.
I love how he's just calm saying hey bear hey bear! Hey bear hey bear!
Maan!! That bears sneaky acting like "im not chasing you im looking at this tree and this tree and this tree"
Мужик молодец! Медведь какой-то спецназовец, приближается зигзагом, используя естественные прикрытия деревья и т .д.
Это уже инстинкты, они научились действовать нестандартно, что бы по ним было сложно стрелять.
My Fishing Gear is in the Kitchen!!
😂🤣🤣😂
На дурака играет 😆
"...исполюзуя складки местности и их защитные свойства".А если серьезно,думаю медведь хотел зайти за спину. Ну или обойти по флангу)