Look What I Found in my Garden

[chickwhorips]

Anyone know what a black bear smells like?

Yes, its a very distinctive smell. Brown bears are worse, specially when its salmon season. Been walking through some alder bushes and smelled bear, never saw it though. Must've been sleeping.

Especially after, on the trail some miles away, we saw bear scat in a couple of different places. And we were parked at Bear Creek Horse Camp for our ride. yikes, now I'm really freaked out! lol.

Just remember to be safe, alert, and know what to do. Most of the time they are more afraid of you than you of them. In an area where they see many people, they just avoid you. Just make sure you have your food safely put away and no garbage around. The hardest thing up here is people coming up and having no idea about being around bears. They leave all their trash out and saying "EAT HERE".