Re: [pct-l] Why are there so many Bear, and mountian lion worriers?

["R.J. Baynum" <rjbaynum@nidlink.com>]

The Bears will leave you alone, if you leave them alone, and give the 
some space. when I was a Admiralty Island (Known as the Fortress of
Bears) I watched them fish for salmon from a deck like platform, from a
few hundred yards away...in S.E. A.K, where they have Brownies and
blacks. The risk is so rare, you have a better chance of getting struck
by lighting....
R.J. Baynum
Also where Bear bells! After all they should be able to hear the dinner
bell, heheheh....

ROYROBIN@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 4/18/99 4:57:38 PM PST, globetroter@worldnet.att.net
> writes:
> 
> <<  I don't know why so many people on trails in the lower 48 worry so much
> over these animals... >>
> 
> The problem with bears and mountain lions, at least in the Sierra Nevada
> range,  is not the critters but the PEOPLE.  The black bears in the Sierra
> and, to some extent, the pumas in the SF Bay area, have become so unafraid of
> PEOPLE that they are in danger of making serious mistakes and becoming
> predators of PEOPLE.  This may be a problem for us hikers but it is a
> disaster for the bears and mountain lions.  Make no mistake, if it comes to a
> confrontation between them and us, the critters may win a battle or two but
> the PEOPLE will win the war (and, in the process lose the critters.)
> 
> This may not be the case (yet) in Alaska.  Please do what you can there to
> delay the process.
> 
> I like to fish.  I would like to fish in Alaska but am very worried about the
> Kodiaks (grizzlies.)   I also like to SCUBA dive.  I do it, but I worry about
> being in a situation where I'm not at the top of the food chain.  What is my
> risk, really, if I were fishing a brushy stream, say, on the Kenai Peninsula?
> 
> [I see that others have responded more quickly to your note.  I'm a little
> behind on my mail, but still feel a need to add my $.02.  Thanks for the
> opportunity.]
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