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fatlazyless · 05-09-2007, 01:07 PM

Apparently, there will be no police report and little info is coming out. If the officer approached to within 15 feet of the unawares bear without alerting the bear of his/her presence, that is extremey close. Could be it was 15 yards and not 15 feet? 15' is way too close for a bear approach. Bears will advise an approaching person to stay away by making loud woofing sounds. Similar to a dog but more breathy and less barky....like 'woooof woooof officer, you are in my space, please stay the H away!' Next step is for the bear to make lunges with an abrupt stop in an effort to scare the threat away. After 400 years, the NH wild bear knows to be scared of people.

So, after approaching the bear from a distance and armed with a high power hand gun, a whistle, mace, baton, and maybe a taser, the officer could have blow the whistle in the approach and most likely the momma bear would join her cubs up the large pine tree.

If you saw a bear apparently sleeping at the base of a tree, would you walk to within 15' holding a handgun or first make noise to alert it in an effort to get it to go away?

ps... decided to jump in the lake, cool off, and do a kinder rewrite. Hey, with today's 85 high, the lake was doable for 10 minutes.....a polar bear dip!

05-09-2007, 01:07 PM	#11
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,856 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 303 Thanked 1,039 Times in 758 Posts	Apparently, there will be no police report and little info is coming out. If the officer approached to within 15 feet of the unawares bear without alerting the bear of his/her presence, that is extremey close. Could be it was 15 yards and not 15 feet? 15' is way too close for a bear approach. Bears will advise an approaching person to stay away by making loud woofing sounds. Similar to a dog but more breathy and less barky....like 'woooof woooof officer, you are in my space, please stay the H away!' Next step is for the bear to make lunges with an abrupt stop in an effort to scare the threat away. After 400 years, the NH wild bear knows to be scared of people. So, after approaching the bear from a distance and armed with a high power hand gun, a whistle, mace, baton, and maybe a taser, the officer could have blow the whistle in the approach and most likely the momma bear would join her cubs up the large pine tree. If you saw a bear apparently sleeping at the base of a tree, would you walk to within 15' holding a handgun or first make noise to alert it in an effort to get it to go away? ps... decided to jump in the lake, cool off, and do a kinder rewrite. Hey, with today's 85 high, the lake was doable for 10 minutes.....a polar bear dip! Last edited by fatlazyless; 05-09-2007 at 05:35 PM.