Re: What sort of thread have you made for us? A Wentz thread, if you can keep it.

Originally Posted by
OrygunBison
Many of our black bears in this area are about the size of a big dog. I think 300# would be a huge bear around here.
I one time got pretty close to one when floating down Hells Canyon. Normally, they can hear you coming from literally a mile away so you just don't see them. This particular day, we were just chilling out in mid morning, floating on a very calm stretch, just letting the river do most of the work and nursing a hangover from the last evening's events. We were right up along the shore so I took a leisurely swipe with my oar to pull away and a bear jumped out of the only patch of green around, which was about 20-30 feet away. I thought she was a very small bear, maybe a cub...then two cubs jumped out and started scrambling up the rock face after momma.
As mentioned by an earlier poster, pictures can be deceiving. For reference this bear on my wall went 425 and I'd say he's quite a bit bigger than Carson's, but I could be wrong on that. image000000 (6).jpg
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