I used to live in Missoula. Friends lived up in Kalispell. We all decided to go hiking in Glacier; late October.

My ex-BF, who used to work as a ranger in Yellowsone, said 'are you crazy' now is not a good time to go hiking in grizzly country.

We went, had a great time. Carried pepper spray and heard bear bells the whole day.

Next am at breakfast the headline in the newspaper was 'hiker killed and eaten by grizzly with two cubs.' Only a few miles from where we were at. Oops. Not a local guy; from Wisconsin.

You definitely have to respect the wildlife when you're in their home.