You may remember last fall some pictures going around of a partially eaten person being picked up by rescue teams? They claimed some one had been killed and eaten by a bear in Alaska, and that it had just happened. Well the truth was it took place near Juneau back in the mid 90s, the individual was calling Black Tail Deer, using a fawn bleat. A Brown Bear slipped up behind him, killed him, and ate him. Keep your back covered! Unlike Deer and Elk, these animals can and will kill you and eat you. Remember they are coming in looking for a meal. And they know they are the top predator.
I'm going to be up in a tree stand this spring, with my speaker on the ground. Or sitting out in the middle of the river in my boat. Last summer I was sitting on the river fishing, fishing was slow so I pulled out my squealing rabbit call to see if I could interest the Ravens. I did get a response from these birds, I think it was curiosity. Anyway a Black Bear came out on the river bank looking. All I had with me was a 12ga, and it was 80 to 100 yards away. After sniffing around for a while he winded us and left fast.
