[LWJ]

Interesting anecdotes.

I was fishing in Alaska early am on the Russian River. A fairly large grizzly was also fishing the same river at a similar place. I sort of just watched and didn't feel threatened at all. Then the bear ambled off up stream.

As opposed to solo dirtbiking in SW Washington where I nearly ran into Mamma black bear which would have been very very very bad for me. I got lucky. Didn't hit her. Revved up the engine and she ran away.

Conclusion. Bears are situational. You should try to frame things into your favor. Because bears don't care.