Yes, I could be diplomatic with the snake, but I'd really prefer to just kill it, or at least be able to kill it. Undo Why would you want to kill a snake? They're really valuable to the local ecosystem and they don't actively seek to hurt humans. You can easily avoid them. The only reason I could think to kill one would be if it was living in your yard and posing an active threat to your pets or family.
Show 5 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. ShemSeger ShemSeger I have a problem with recommending the reader should shoot an unidentified target through the tent. This Alaska news article relates a story of a teen who accidentally shot a friend before identifying the friend and verifying the friend was not a bear. People also approach tents, sometimes with good reasons. You'll notice in my answer I say shoot it after you have attempted to scare it off by other means.
Shouting at a bear to make it go away implies that you have identified an animal as a bear, shooting at a bear that is trying to come into your tent is different than shooting at a mysterious noise outside your tent. The sound of their breathing alone makes them pretty easy to identify, even without first seeing them. All I ask is that you be responsible in how you recommend a reader should kill something he or she can't see with a firearm.
I realize it might be possible to identify a hostile entity outside a tent without seeing it, but great care should be taken. Thousands of people are injured or killed by accidental shootings every year. One could easily make the argument an armed camper is more of a threat to other outdoorsmen than any wildlife.
When you see a bear he most likely knew you were around before that. It is up to the bear whether it wants to precipitate a fight. It is its choice not yours. I am uncomfortable with being at the mercy of a large predator. The trend seems to be moving in the bears favor. More and more it comes near man and all that happens is some panicked yelling and waving of arms.
Again, it is the bears choice to move in closer or not. Show 1 more comment. To give you a better feel for black bears, where is what happened each time: 1 - Northern Yosemite National Park well out of the valley on a trail heading to Hetch Hetchy.
Olin Lathrop Olin Lathrop Where I'm from, it's not untypical to see a bear pretty much every time you go out hiking. Especially if you go hiking in a national park. Shem: OK, and did you ever have a encounter with a black bear specifically excluding grizzlies where you felt threatened at all? Since you have a lot of data points, it might be useful to use them to illustrate the concepts. I think it's pretty foolish not to consider a predator that annually attacks and sometimes kills humans as a potential threat.
I'm never comfortable when bears are around. I've never had to face off with a bear, and I never intend to, it's the mindset that a bear won't hurt you that leads to dangerous encounters. I consider every bear and every large mammal for that matter, especially moose to be a threat if I encounter them in the wild.
The wisest thing to do is to prevent encounters. Thanks for a sane answer. The human brain seems to be really bad at rationally evaluating risks, especially when it involves something emotionally charged like a wild animal. Add a comment. I ran into this situation once and this worked out just fine for me. I believe the key points are: Calm behavior Provide space between you and what the bear has interest in If cubs are involved, be extra extra cautious. Michael Martinez Michael Martinez 1, 11 11 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges.
Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Linked 2. Related 9. Hot Network Questions. Question feed. Accept all cookies Customize settings. Ensure human and pet food, garbage, dirty campstoves, recyclables, toiletries and all other smelly items are locked away in a metal bear-proof container provided in the park, your car or hung from a tree away from your campsite.
Designated campsites are the best option. If there are no designated sites, choose campsites that are away from bear sign and obvious bear foods like berries, waterways or other features that may be travel routes for wildlife.
Use bear-safe food storage lockers. If there are none available, hang food by a rope system or from a tree branch in an area inaccessible to bears at least 4 meters off the ground and 3 meters from the nearest tree.
Consider using a bear proof canister as an alternative to hanging food. Set up your tent, cooking area and food storage areas in a triangle pattern, about 50 m apart.
They are also not as many attacks because fewer people cohabitate with polar bears than other types of bear. While black bears are smaller and shier than their larger, more intimidating grizzly cousins, a black bear advancing on a human is more likely to be in a predatory mode than a grizzly. Grizzly bears are less shy than black bears but are less afraid of humans and more likely to attack a human defensively or just because they came across them in the wild.
Polar bears are the most dangerous and aggressive of all bears—while they cause more fatal attacks against people than any other species of bear in North America, they are also the only kind of bear that is known to attack humans in the middle of a town in broad daylight.
Hunters and fishers are much more likely to encounter bears than regular campers since they are often accompanied by the smell of fresh kills that draw the bears in. However, there are also ways that people inadvertently draw bears to their campsites that can put them at an unnecessary risk for bear attacks. Here are some of the ways you can adjust your camping methods to avoid bear encounters:. There are several tools you can have on hand that can help prevent you from being attacked by a bear and avoid having to use lethal force against one.
Before trying to stop a predatory or curious bear with a gun, try some of this gear:. Bear attacks are dangerous, and many of the people who are attacked by bears are killed.
But the truth of the matter is that bear attacks of any species are extremely rare. Only a few dozen fatalities related to bears have been recorded in the past few decades, and the North American black bear only kills approximately a single person a year.
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