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On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:17:58 +0100, D wrote:

> Wow! The only thing I remember having heard or read is, if meet bear,
> then try to appear huge and make some noise. Maybe it works on cats as
> well?
> 
> I guess if you turn and run that might activate the hunting instinct in
> cats?

It definitely works on cats. When one approached to about 50' I waved my 
trekking poles and yelled. He wasn't impressed but didn't attack either. 
Finally he retreated to a little stand of trees. Unfortunately I had to 
pass the area to get down the trail. I gave it a wide berth and he 
crouched down with waving tail like an upset house cat. I checked my back 
trail frequently but he'd had enough of me. I was wondering to my self why 
my firearms were at home leaving me with the poles and a KA-BAR Becker 
Campanion. They're great for grooming a trail but not what you'd want to 
bring to a cat fight.

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/bears/safety.htm

The recommendation is to fight off black bears and play dead for 
grizzlies. I don't think I could do the play dead act. Any black bears 
I've encountered either ignored me or ran off. At one time I did have to 
pass between a mother and her cubs that were up a tree. I talked to her, 
"Cubs? What cubs? I haven't seen any cubs."  I would not have done so but 
the trail was such neither the bears or I could detour.