Is it worth going hunting in grizzly country?

merrelltyler · Sep 21, 2020

How is it hunting in areas where there are grizzly bears? What do you do to avoid them? What do you carry for protection?

Grizzley Bear Versus Elk in Yellowstone | THF Outdoors

The grizzly bear chases the bull elk into the water where it attacks. The elk tries to defend itself with it's antlers. The battle does not last long and finally, the grizzly bear is victorious.

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grizzly · Sep 22, 2020

merrelltyler said:
How is it hunting in areas where there are grizzly bears? What do you do to avoid them? What do you carry for protection?

Grizzley Bear Versus Elk in Yellowstone | THF Outdoors

The grizzly bear chases the bull elk into the water where it attacks. The elk tries to defend itself with it's antlers. The battle does not last long and finally, the grizzly bear is victorious.

thfoutdoors.com

I guess it depends on the person. We had a sow with two cubs just a bow chip shot away on the stalk for my elk; but we waited until they moved on, shot the bull (which they buried overnight before stealing a backstrap), and the grizzlies just added to the adventure. I'd do it again.

SS! · Sep 22, 2020

To answer your questions:

1). It can be just as good or just as bad as anywhere else
2) Using common sense. You see a grizz don’t hug it.
3) Protection? I’ve had a vasectomy but if I’m in Wyoming I carry rubbers

EVILNR · Sep 22, 2020

I'd never be able to sleep in Grizz country......esp. wearing rubbers.

schoolhousegrizz · Sep 24, 2020

I love it. As long as you are with somebody it's pretty comfortable. When you're alone it can get a little scary.

Wapitiwilly · Sep 24, 2020

Of course it’s worth it...

Blank · Sep 24, 2020

Grizzly bear kills hunter in largest US national park in first-of-its-kind attack

The incident is the first known bear mauling fatality in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve's 40-year history.

www.usatoday.com

Wapitiwilly · Sep 24, 2020

Hunting in Grizzly country should make you a better hunter. Keeps you sharp and on your A game??

Old Cowboy · Jan 16, 2021

Always hunt with someone you can outrun.

Gator · Jan 16, 2021

Solar Electric fence lets you sleep like a baby at night.

nfh · Jan 16, 2021

I dont mind it. You have a bigger chance of getting in car wreck or a horse accident. Speaking of horses i like them best for griz country. They are aware or danger before humans. When i was 16 my dad let my buddy and i hunt in grizzly country for 4 days and its all about respect. Clean camp.... i did get a nice bull with my bow and while quartering the elk we watched the surroundings. Paid attention to how the horses were acting.

Here is some griz we ran into while on my dads late season elk hunt. 2 grizzlies were on a dead elk. We rode 70 yards below them before we saw one come charging at us. When i say charge he went a full 15 yards from his kill and stopped. He was letting us know we were to close. So we backed out

heywouldya · Jan 17, 2021

BIG BEAR!

SS! · Jan 17, 2021

Just shoot them @nfh

Ah chit reppin’ wyoming! Chit son!

Utahlefty · Mar 22, 2021

You do need to be wary, especially when cutting up downed game but I've not lost a ton of sleep in bear country. We parked the horses about 300yds from this guy to climb after that guy on foot. (He was sitting on a wolf kill so had incentive to stay put).

Pinlard · Mar 23, 2021

You have a higher probability of getting stabbed or shot in Billings MT on any given night then you do getting mauled or killed by a griz while hunting anywhere in the state. I am more weary going out to dinner in Billings then I am in a tent in western Montana.

mtmuley · Mar 24, 2021

Pinlard said:
You have a higher probability of getting stabbed or shot in Billings MT on any given night then you do getting mauled or killed by a griz while hunting anywhere in the state. I am more weary going out to dinner in Billings then I am in a tent in western Montana.

If Billings is that bad, in Browning you are going to die. mtmuley