[den9]

i went up there this year and last year, walking on that fire road i always seen paw prints in the mud. that bear could of been marking its territory on the stump, or the 2nd one could of been chasing some pussy.

we have bears up the mountains all the time, we had this telephone pole up there that this bear would always tear up marking its turf for breeding season, well we took the pole out of the ground 3 or 4 years ago and threw it in the woods and the same bear comes back and still scratches the same pole. btw i seen your older posts at whiteblaze


oh yeah its not surprising the bear payed no attention, they are probably used to people, and its the same thing with other people, they dont want nothing to do with you, unless they feel their cubs are threatened. brown bear on the other hand might be hungry for you because they eat more than bugs, toads and berries.

im not sure if you can carry a gun because parts of the trail are national land, and some parts are game lands, and some part arent labeled. there is still a ban on carrying on federal land. either way when i went we brought a gun anyway, even though u have a higher chance of needing it in your own home.