"Try doing it in the land of the world's largest land carnivore and strapping a boned out deer to your back as the sun is going down then making the 2 miles to camp through chest high alders with nothing more than a bow and a .44 revolver. That'll let you know you're alive!! "

Um... no thanks! But more power to ya! LOL

**shivers just thinking about it**

I really don't think Black bear bother humans that much unless they are feeling threatend or are really really hungry, right? I just don't hear that much about attacks.

Funny story though, my father and step MIL live up in Atlanta, Michigan. He lives on 40+ acres of good hunting land, they were walking around up there one time, and came across a black bear. The bear got startled and started to take off, my SMIL started CHASING IT!!! My FIL was like, what the H*ll are you doing!? Get the heck back here and quick... she was like, I just want to see where it's going! LOL I laugh every time I hear that story, I love my inlaws to pieces, but she is a crazy lady, no WAY I'd be chasin' down a bear!

Another time, they were fishing a little creek close to their home and she was on one side and FIL was on the other. She looked up behind him, and there was a black bear standing on it's hind legs watching him! He looked at her and could see the terror on her face, lol, he was like, What? She points behind him and starts stuttering... b-b-b-b-b- BEAR!!!! They high tailed it to the truck real quicklike. LOL