Lot of good stories here and a lot of good advice.Bears are like people and they all are different.For the most part,they not hard to kill.My way most bears are hunted with dogs,some been treed a lot,some get old,wise and it takes a lot to tree them.I have seen a couple bigs ones that wasn't afraid of people and dogs,they would just stand their ground.I am no bear expert,but I seen a few,national forest one way,national park the other..Probably some bears I have seen have been tossed Cheetos by some tourist..