My hunting buddy had a bear experience on Monday. He was rifle hunting up on the mountain in GW national Forest behind our land where he had seen a nice 10 point buck last weekend, when he saw a bear (est: 300+ lbs) walking across the valley from the next ridge. He just sat there until the bear changed direction and started sauntering right towards him. He pulled back the safety on his gun and waited until the bear was within about 10 feet before he said “hey!”. The bear stopped and looked at him. Then he (my friend, not the bear) said “get out of here!” The bear turned around and leisurely sauntered off. Good thing for the bear it wasn’t in season!