What you Need to Know in Bear Country

Are you planning on going into the woods any time soon? Do you think you are a good camper?

Being a good camper means more than just not littering or to avoid setting wildfires. You are walking straight into the home of many wild creatures. When entering bear country, it is best to be prepared. It is solely a human’s responsibility to be aware and act appropriately when you plan on entering the outdoors where wild animals live. Remember that this is their space and do your best to respect that. Don’t leave things up to chance and be aware of what bad behavior may lead to confrontation and how not to influence bears to get close to hikers and campsites. Being prepared can save lives, so I encourage you to take in some of the information below and use the technology that is available to us to be safe. This website will inform you on how to avoid interaction with bears and what actions to take when encountered by one in order to get away safely and have a positive experience. You do not need to avoid the beautiful outdoors to be safe, just know how to interact with it! Let’s all be good campers and enjoy this earth together.

Bear Safety Tips

To help you guys get the right information I did some digging and visited a couple of sites of organizations that know a thing or two about bear safety. This information can be further explored on the infographic, the videos, or by following their websites.

National Parks wrote an article titled, Stay Safe Around Bears, and covers information concerning any point of a bear encounter. They want to remind you that bear encounters are a unique situation every time, and although basic guidelines can help you lessen the threat there is no guarantee of safety. National Parks provides you with topics covering avoiding encounters, what to do once you’ve been noticed by a bear, bear attacks, and bear pepper spray. They provide you with specific examples of how to behave in different situations. Also going into as much detail to explain differences between black bears and brown bears in the way they attack. Their page provides multiple links to more information and a couple of images to give a visual reference.

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U.S. Forest Service wrote an article titled, Be bear aware, that covers information about you and the bears. In their article, they go over information concerning food storage, safety when hiking in bear country, safety while camping in bear country, and going over species of bears in North America. They provide you with specific examples of how to behave in different situations. Their page provides multiple images to give a visual reference.

Identifying a bear

You may think that identifying a black bear or brown bear would be pretty simple, but don’t be fooled by the name. Bears go through many different color phases and it’s best to identify a bear by other characteristics. The main differences between a black bear and a brown bear are between their face and body shape, claw length, and prominence of the ears.