Grizzly kills woman hiker in Montana yesterday, by Yellowstone

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

I drove the park just over a week ago we saw 5 bears just from the busy roads packed with summer traffic , wonder what the bear population actually is.

 

[Nameless Range]

Real sad deal and I hate to hear it.

Now, like clockwork, the usual folks will claim that this could've all been avoided if we had a hunting season for griz - something I am not opposed to, but a claim I find dubious as hell.

 

[HighDesertSage]

I'm curious if she had spray/and or a gun.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Real sad deal and I hate to hear it.

Now, like clockwork, the usual folks will claim that this could've all been avoided if we had a hunting season for griz - something I am not opposed to, but a claim I find dubious as hell.

I’m in favor of a bear season also , but season or no season , when we spend time on there turf bear attacks are gonna happen. I used to surf the north coast back when I lived in Oregon, I knew great whites we’re swimming the coast and every couple years a surfer would get tagged but that’s a risk I choose to accept every time I got in the water

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

I'm curious if she had spray/and or a gun.

Not a lot has been released on this one yet , just that she was discovered by other hikers

 

[glass eye]

And I bet some will blame it on Climate Change.

 

[TheTone]

Real sad deal and I hate to hear it.

Now, like clockwork, the usual folks will claim that this could've all been avoided if we had a hunting season for griz - something I am not opposed to, but a claim I find dubious as hell.

what you don’t believe a super limited number of hunters would magically only kill potential problem bears?

Sad deal, a big part of me doesn’t miss hunting in grizz country

 

[Djfan]

It's not clockwork to see that grizz attacks are up with the increase in grizz numbers.

Very sad story. God bless her family. She probably knew the risk of grizz encounters, and chose it anyway. At least she passed on doing and being what and where she loved.

 

[Sytes]

Real sad deal and I hate to hear it.

Now, like clockwork, the usual folks will claim that this could've all been avoided if we had a hunting season for griz - something I am not opposed to, but a claim I find dubious as hell.

I agree mostly however the point of state management is to maintain x population per areas overcome by griz. There is merit to the basis State management of griz via hunting is conservation via # control.
There is a nexus.

 

[F250]

Bless her and her family. Had to be a terrifying few minutes

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

I’m still rattled a little from my Montana bear run in last year , I discovered a good new spot for WT deer late last season in the same general area, and wanted to hike it this spring and get to a ridge that has good elevation for glassing I saw but don’t hike to last deer season , and couldn’t get a partner to hike it , so I didn’t go in there solo

 

[USMC123456789]

Grizzlies spreading to the plains also-

Now Grizzlies Are Starting To Move Back To The Prairies Of Montana

Grizzlies were once the masters of the great plains before they migrated to the mountains. In Montana, they’re starting to move back to the plains.

cowboystatedaily.com

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

You ain’t gotta tell me , my 1st hike here was in the open plains and sage brush country.

This was posted at the trail head , and I stayed to the high ground as much as possible and avoided the brush draws with limited visibility

 

[Bigjay73]

Real sad deal and I hate to hear it.

Now, like clockwork, the usual folks will claim that this could've all been avoided if we had a hunting season for griz - something I am not opposed to, but a claim I find dubious as hell.

Seems that there are about the same amount of deaths in Alaska where grizzlies are hunted. That doesn't take into account the grizzly population in Ak vs Mt or the amount of human activity in the forests in AK vs Mt which I would suspect is way higher in Mt.

 

[Wildabeest]

I’m still rattled a little from my Montana bear run in last year , I discovered a good new spot for WT deer late last season in the same general area, and wanted to hike it this spring and get to a ridge that has good elevation for glassing I saw but don’t hike to last deer season , and couldn’t get a partner to hike it , so I didn’t go in there solo

Hiking with a partner decreases your chances of getting mauled or killed by 50% (or more with proper partner selection ). #Math

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Hiking with a partner decreases your chances of getting mauled or killed by 50% (or more with proper partner selection ). #Math

Yeah, wanting to hike in there and needing to hike in there two totally different things I didn’t need to so I didn’t , and if I don’t make it in their late summer before hunting season starts I guess I’ll just be scouting it while I’m hunting in mid November

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Hiking with a partner decreases your chances of getting mauled or killed by 50% (or more with proper partner selection ). #Math

While this is a bit crass, but funny and true....rule number 1 is don't hike alone. I get you can't always find someone to go hiking with though...so people go alone.

 

[Deleted member 18333]

I'm curious if she had spray/and or a gun.

Kansas Woman Identified As Victim Of Fatal Grizzly Mauling Outside Yellowstone

Family members have identified Amie Adamson, 47, of Derby, Kansas, as the victim of a fatal grizzly bear mauling Saturday near the town of West Yellowstone, Montana.

cowboystatedaily.com

 

[Wildabeest]

While this is a bit crass, but funny and true....rule number 1 is don't hike alone. I get you can't always find someone to go hiking with though...so people go alone.

80+% of my hiking and hunting is alone. #CrassPeopleDontHaveFriends #CrassPeopleDontTasteGood