Biggie: I don't lack respect for bears but I'm not afraid of them... yet. The incident Curveman was mentioning earlier happened on last years Bear Quest hunt. I had a pretty bold bear on the bait that I didn't want to shoot. It was time to leave so I tried to spook him off a little. He didn't want to leave so I got agressive, climbed down and started throwing stuff at him. He moved off a little. I turned around to take my bow off the haul-line and there was another bear like 10 feet behind me. When our eyes met (remember he thought I was subordinate) he sort of false charged, short-hopping towards me popping his teeth. My bow was still on the haul-line so I had no choice, I got aggressive again, raised my arms over my head, roared and ran right at him. He let me get REALLY close (four feet?) before he moved off. Even then he wasn't really spooked, he just walked off a little. But it was enough to grab my bow and back out of there. I knew I'd just given him my best tough guy impersonation so the next move was going to be his. I hope I don't scare you new bear guys because this hunt is a ton of fun. bw