Mother Grizzly Charges- grizzly vs grizzly, alaska, cubs, katmai

[duanescot]

wow, that photographer has nerves of steel

[tdolynchuk]

awesome

[hmccann540]

I live in Alaska and bears can be friendly but I'd a grizz ever charged me even if it was bluffing you bet I'd shoot it. No way would I risk my life!

[daniel0731ex]

@hmccann540 That's why a pepper spray is alway better than a gun; much more effective, and leave no hard feelings.

[TechnicallyTechnical]

Awesome footage. Were you really able to get that close? I know grizzlies aren't mindless killing machines but a mother bear with her cubs can be very aggressive, especially if startled (which obvioulsy wasn't the case hear). Maybe the fact that there was a male in close proximity is what saved you? I'm saying that without knowing how many times you've done this. The possiblity of attack is always there.

[flyinthebug35]

Another brave mother! Great footage!

[90redrider]

Thats great footage, i would have shit my pants if an angry grizzly was that close.

[argentinaperono]

@halllee1000, I agree

[TheAlaskanGreg]

Lucky guy...

[ferrariairwolf]

It made me laugh how you was reasoning with the bear on how close to come by you lol

[shadowspect09]

Dude, you and your friend got some brass balls, nice work she was like...maybe 8 feet in front of you guys.

[andrewwaller89]

holy shit to the camera man... a seasoned pornstar would have trouble fitting your balls in their mouths :O

[goldeneyesofafrica]

Really nice footage. Thanks for this.

[8ADM8]

awesome footage man

[cdahoyer]

I was fishing on the bank there at katmai up the brook creek, and a mom and her cubs came up right behind me within 15 yards through the brush. I waded across the creek to get out of there path, I prbly was fine, but I wan't gonna sit in her way.

[stocksrup]

...time to change shorts

[theresahay]

Very good picture! Wonder where you got this picture?

Theresa Hay

Have a look to my pictures!

[superuberchris]

You're lucky. I've been charged while hiking in Denali a few times. Once was my own fault for hiking in brush I had no business being in. The other two times were on open ground. All three were females with cubs. Its a very scary situation. I always carry bear spray and my .357 just in case. Sprayed the bear in the brush and she turned and ran. The other two bluff charged. One stopped about 15 feet away, the other about 5.

[SamongY]

I'd say, you guys are so brave. You guys weren't even in a car or whatever.

[SsiberianTigerss]

Thats a calculated risk! I would not dare that. Respect :-)

Its impressive when its that close.

[taurusfroggy]

they're beautiful animals

[PeskyBadger92]

wow, amazing footage :)

[underwaterhd]

Wouldn't want to make them angry

[jon5339]

them grizzlys are very big, they were pushin it gettin that close, forget that, id have to have a bazuca or rocket louncher aimed and ready to shoot

[aburgheim]

Big kudos to the man behind the photographer and his friend!!

You prove bejond any doubt that living with bears is possible. You also give all of us proof that bears know even under stress that people can be more trusted then some bears (males that will eat cubs)!!

However, the mother must have lived without knowing about or having experienced hunters. What happened here is only possible when animals do not associate us with maiming, crippling, a slow death because of it, or murder!!

Respect!!

[farvahgc]

@aburgheim tell that to Tim Treadwell and Amie Huguenard

[aburgheim]

@farvahgc Sad ting is: Tim Treadwell and Amie Huguenard were killed by a brown bear that had twice been molested by fish and game.

I live in alaska and stay remote, i know what i am talking about!! I have hundreds of bear portrait shots and not one scar!! The killer species is us!!

[farvahgc]

@aburgheim that may be true, however most experts don't blame the fact that the bear had been tagged before. There are lots of bears that are tagged and they don't eat people. From what i've read they blame Tim's careless, over confident behavior and the fact that the bear was underweight for the time of year and most of it's teeth were worn to the gums, Tim was simply an easy target for calories. Bears are wild unpredictable animals and should be treated as such.

[aburgheim]

@farvahgc Yeah right!! What experts? You mean fish and game?? Dont make me laugh!!

The bear in q. was not simply tagged it was drugged "samples were taken". his left lower lip auschwitz style tattooed and then it was flown out of his known habitat, waking up to have the stench of humans on himself for weeks.

Humans are unpredictable and so is heavy machinery on uneven ground or cars at 60 mph but we figured out to live with that and we could with bears. Timothy proved it for 13 summers.

[farvahgc]

@aburgheim ww.yellowstone-bearman (dot) com/Tim_Treadwell.html

read for yourself.

[bradjosephs]

@farvahgc

I do agree that tagging bears ruins the level of trust, and makes bears fear/distrust people, which in turn make them dangerous. 

[farvahgc]

@aburgheim kevin (the bearman) saunders actually. He is a grizzly expert and has written a complete investigation on the Tim Treawell story which i posted a link to.

[bradjosephs]

@aburgheim bears arent the monsters people think they are. I have been trying to figure it out for 12 years with them so far. I think its people that cause the problems, not the bears. hard to explain in words.

thanks for the good words, thats what its all about. bears are pretty cool and we should let them stick around. without them the wilderness is empty. thanks man- you get it!!!

[haha48]

most brown bears will only attack.. if 1 food around.. they fight to save there food.. 2 have cubs and feel threatened.. sometimes they bring the cubs to you to see what you are and what you will do.. or 3 you sneak up and go BOO

[flyingdonkey2009]

bigass motherfuckers

[theskyismine]

How did you know she wasn't gonna charge you?

[ridgerunner98570]

@theskyismine She is quite acclimated to humans in the bear reserve and doesn't see us as a threat. Now if these bears were in a different place and had negative associations with humans. All bets would be off.

[crby1988]

this is awesome...that noise she makes at the end of the vid when she's walking past you...is that what "popping jaws" sounds like. i've heard it described but i've never heard it before.

[bradjosephs]

the males are only a danger when females have cubs, and even then the males rarely pose a threat, but the females are always very defensive. they will fight to the death to protect them., when they are single they allow males to approach and... you know what happens. every 3-4 years a female is single. wolves can sometimes be predators to young or very old bears, and bears are their own predators, so they dont ever need humans to regulate their populations.

[rctriplefresh5]

wtf are those your pets dude lol it looks like your right next to them. also if mother grizzlies are constantly charging potentially threatening males how do they reproduce? also do grizzlies have any predators in the wild? they live like 40 year or so am irhgts?