Today, an email post from NY-NJ Trail Conf had a piece: Bear Tips for Hikers: Don't Run. Know what to do when you meet bears on the trail. see: http://ift.tt/1E5DpGn
The article claimed that "bear sightings have been reported in every county in New York and New Jersey". As far as I know, there have not been bear sightings in NYC's 5 counties, nor out in Long Island. Maybe bare but not bear!
Unless they're counting zoo bears--in which case they are giving wrong advice. NYC's central park zoo will be home to Betty and Veronica, 2 Grizzlies, who are currently up at the Bronx Zoo. Gus the long time resident polar bear passed away a while back. So from what I understand in dealing with different types of bears, if you decide to jump their pen, you should play dead and not be acting like a big, loud, noisy fool. Here's a NY Times story on these bears:
http://ift.tt/1vevpwm
I live in Manhattan but our family has a 25 acre woodlot in northwest NJ. We’ve seen numerous black bears—with and without cubs, at least 1 a year for past several years now. Almost all take off when spooked by loud noise-I have an industrial style air horn (used by subway track workers for signaling trains, it's LOUD!). All except for one bear--who woke me up at dawn after using the camper I was sleeping in as a back-scratcher. Repeated blasts from the air horn didn't seem to faze this bear, it took a while before he decided to wander off. A few years earlier, a huge mama bear with 3 cubs paid our site a visit, also early in the morning. I saw them first and called to my wife and 2 children to take a look (from small cabin window also on the grounds). Mama bear heard us, got up and started walking downhill away from us with the cubs. I decided to give them a toot good-bye with the air horn. Big mistake, the 3 cubs shot up a tree as fast as squirrels ,and mama bear turned around and stood tall--with a look like--was that necessary, we were leaving. Wow. I chilled on the air horn and in a minute, the cubs apparently calmed and came down from the tree. Mom settled down and off they went away from the rude human guests in their woods! The cubs were so cute with those big upright ears--but we have a real healthy respect for our neighbors.
The article claimed that "bear sightings have been reported in every county in New York and New Jersey". As far as I know, there have not been bear sightings in NYC's 5 counties, nor out in Long Island. Maybe bare but not bear!
Unless they're counting zoo bears--in which case they are giving wrong advice. NYC's central park zoo will be home to Betty and Veronica, 2 Grizzlies, who are currently up at the Bronx Zoo. Gus the long time resident polar bear passed away a while back. So from what I understand in dealing with different types of bears, if you decide to jump their pen, you should play dead and not be acting like a big, loud, noisy fool. Here's a NY Times story on these bears:
http://ift.tt/1vevpwm
I live in Manhattan but our family has a 25 acre woodlot in northwest NJ. We’ve seen numerous black bears—with and without cubs, at least 1 a year for past several years now. Almost all take off when spooked by loud noise-I have an industrial style air horn (used by subway track workers for signaling trains, it's LOUD!). All except for one bear--who woke me up at dawn after using the camper I was sleeping in as a back-scratcher. Repeated blasts from the air horn didn't seem to faze this bear, it took a while before he decided to wander off. A few years earlier, a huge mama bear with 3 cubs paid our site a visit, also early in the morning. I saw them first and called to my wife and 2 children to take a look (from small cabin window also on the grounds). Mama bear heard us, got up and started walking downhill away from us with the cubs. I decided to give them a toot good-bye with the air horn. Big mistake, the 3 cubs shot up a tree as fast as squirrels ,and mama bear turned around and stood tall--with a look like--was that necessary, we were leaving. Wow. I chilled on the air horn and in a minute, the cubs apparently calmed and came down from the tree. Mom settled down and off they went away from the rude human guests in their woods! The cubs were so cute with those big upright ears--but we have a real healthy respect for our neighbors.
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