Grizz hit on Lolo pass

[mtn300]

This bear was supposed to have been hit on Lolo pass by a semi truck. Just got the email. The scary thing is we spring bear hunted within 5 miles of where this bear was hit. We were on the idaho side of the pass. I don't like bears with claws that long.

[Mad Mikey]

That's old, old news and it wasn't hit on Lolo Pass.

Don't believe everything you get in an e-mail.

Lincoln, Montana.

Just google it.

Here's a link or two:

http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/20...-hit-by-truck/

http://www.yotatech.com/f5/big-bear-...ontana-131467/

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2...nal/news09.txt

[Don Fischer]

Funny thing about worrying about bears like that when your out in the bush. I came back from overseas in 1969 and got stationed in Lakeside, Montana. I had heard all about the big bad bears so I got a 338 Win Mag to do my hunting with because they were in the area! Well after to many trips carrying around that big gun and never seeing one, I quit carrying it.

Then about 1984 I moved to Wasila, Alaska, actually north of there between it and Big Lake. Well, bear country again and of course this was serious bear country. I didn't go to the outhouse without a rifle for about 6 mos. Then it dawned on me that encounters with big bears are awfully rare! Of course the only one's you hear about are the encounters where someone gets mauled badly of killed, sometimes eaten! Wanna have some fun? Next camping trip take along a copy of "Alaska Bear Tales" and before going to bed, read a few stories out loud for everyone. Keep most of them up tending the fire all night! A friend did that to me in Alaska several months after I got there. We were camped in a rip stop nylon tent on the Little Susitna River. It was a long night. Since then I have learned to sleep at night. Any bear wants to take me on will get me rested!

[Ildor]

Originally Posted by Don Fischer

Funny thing about worrying about bears like that when your out in the bush. I came back from overseas in 1969 and got stationed in Lakeside, Montana. I had heard all about the big bad bears so I got a 338 Win Mag to do my hunting with because they were in the area! Well after to many trips carrying around that big gun and never seeing one, I quit carrying it.

Then about 1984 I moved to Wasila, Alaska, actually north of there between it and Big Lake. Well, bear country again and of course this was serious bear country. I didn't go to the outhouse without a rifle for about 6 mos. Then it dawned on me that encounters with big bears are awfully rare! Of course the only one's you hear about are the encounters where someone gets mauled badly of killed, sometimes eaten! Wanna have some fun? Next camping trip take along a copy of "Alaska Bear Tales" and before going to bed, read a few stories out loud for everyone. Keep most of them up tending the fire all night! A friend did that to me in Alaska several months after I got there. We were camped in a rip stop nylon tent on the Little Susitna River. It was a long night. Since then I have learned to sleep at night. Any bear wants to take me on will get me rested!

That book is a must read. My father-in-law read it before me and now he has a fit everytime I go bear hunting. Needless to say, I enjoy hunting bear now more than ever.

[Charlie Storey]

I get real nervous traveling hwy 200 after dark because of deer, but never thought about bears.