Bad year for hikers in Canada vs bears.

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I hear you Cal, A guy I work with just got back from Alaska where him and his wife spent 10 days on vacation. He said that while he was there, three people were killed by bears. He talked to another group of fishermen who had caught their limits but only had one fish to show for it because a bear came in and claimed their stringer of fish and they decided he was big enough to make the claim. He said it was beautiful scenery and seen lots of wildlife, but the bears were everywhere. BTW, all three of the people killed were hikers. Two of them were very experienced people when dealing with bears in the wild. They supposedly had spray and a large caliber pistol and neither had been discharged. But you are right if the hikers and joggers would stay out of bear country there would be fewer reports like this.