# Bear Necessities on the Trail **URL:** \ **Category:** Off Topic\ **Tags:** link\ **Created:** [May 9, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152 "2017-05-09T19:26:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IanM\_MTB](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/ianm_mtb/32/6250_2.png) [@IanM\_MTB](https://ecmtb.net/u/IanM_MTB)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/1 "2017-05-09T19:26:30Z")
I’ve encountered a little wildlife on the trails before, including a couple of porcupines last Friday, but nothing like this! [http://twentytwowords.com/a-helmet-cam-caught-a-bear-terrifyingly-charging-mountain-bikers](http://twentytwowords.com/a-helmet-cam-caught-a-bear-terrifyingly-charging-mountain-bikers) ---
**Author:** ![gtrguy](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/gtrguy/32/813_2.png) [@gtrguy](https://ecmtb.net/u/gtrguy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/2 "2017-05-09T19:44:07Z")
Encountered a couple rabbits on the trail last night… They had a bloodthirsty look in their eyes… ---
**Author:** ![muddy](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/muddy/32/8093_2.png) [@muddy](https://ecmtb.net/u/muddy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/3 "2017-05-09T21:01:39Z")
Listen to what I’m spillin’, It’s flowin’ and runny I ain’t trying to be funny I’m right on the money Like Flava Flav with all the hood rat hunnies Don’t be messin’ wit’ no badass bunnies 👊 🖐 🎤 ---
**Author:** ![shadowfox70](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/shadowfox70/32/6317_2.png) [@shadowfox70](https://ecmtb.net/u/shadowfox70)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/4 "2017-05-09T21:36:49Z")
Seen this on facebook yesterday.This reminds me of my encounter at skull at summer 2015. Boy this bring me back the chills and that awful pounding of heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Slider](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/slider/32/888_2.png) [@Slider](https://ecmtb.net/u/Slider)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/5 "2017-05-10T17:34:33Z")
I’ve been face to face with black bears a couple times riding in Whistler (less than 10 feet between us) they are usually just as scared of us as we are of them. The most scared I ever was of a bear was onetime riding with a big group and seeing a cub up a tree with no sign of momma bear. We all quietly turned our asses around and got outa there. ---
**Author:** ![brightwhite](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/brightwhite/32/1314_2.png) [@brightwhite](https://ecmtb.net/u/brightwhite)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/6 "2017-05-10T18:23:01Z")
While riding at Keji onetime, I encountered a cub who climbed a tree in front of me, which meant that the mother was likely nearby, so we bolted back the other way and nearly got a speeding ticket from the park ranger. ---
**Author:** ![Wayners](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/wayners/32/1328_2.png) [@Wayners](https://ecmtb.net/u/Wayners)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/7 "2017-05-10T19:25:58Z")
I lived in Northern BC for years and like Slider had many encounters. We considered the black bears more of a nuisance than the grizzlies, who were very shy. Usually you would only view the arse end of them as they bolted. I came to expect, and hope, for that behavior. I’ve run into three bears here in N.S. I had one stop in the middle of the road going to Keji Seaside and give me a good stare down until I hit my frame with my handpump, it bolted after that. Still the uncertainty of these moments are thrilling at best and could be really bad if handled wrong. I ride alone most of the time. I’m quiet and quick and on their turf. ---
**Author:** ![Ghost](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/ghost/32/1271_2.png) [@Ghost](https://ecmtb.net/u/Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/8 "2017-05-10T19:41:05Z")
I encountered a bear while riding at Keji too. It was already running away by the time I saw it. Not quite as interesting as the short stare-down I had with a bull moose on the Jimmys Round Top trail a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Slider](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/slider/32/888_2.png) [@Slider](https://ecmtb.net/u/Slider)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/9 "2017-05-10T21:26:05Z")
I would be way more scared coming face to face with a moose than a bear. I have seen what they can to to a car. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Dwyer-perkins](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/chris_dwyer-perkins/32/12300_2.png) [@Chris\_Dwyer-perkins](https://ecmtb.net/u/Chris_Dwyer-perkins)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/10 "2017-05-10T22:13:05Z")
Done that and never want to do it again… ---
**Author:** ![GaryC](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/garyc/32/2869_2.png) [@GaryC](https://ecmtb.net/u/GaryC)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/bear-necessities-on-the-trail/5152/11 "2017-05-11T09:53:39Z")
Not sure what to call then when in a group but I counted 7 deer at a trail in Sussex NB Monday morning.