Have you ever had a bear incident?

[u/dke783]

Honest question: have you ever had to fend off an aggressive bear in Canada? (hunting or otherwise) What happened,​ and what worked for your response? ​​

[u/bobbyjimthree]

Hiking in Kananaskis, Mount Indefatiguable. Buddy and I coming down, him about 10 paces in front, we round a bend, in front of us in a slight depression on the other side of a single row of saplings, about 20 feet away, a grizzly looks up as I approach my buddy who’s stopped wide-eyed, evaluating the situation in real time. (I think he was trying to remember whose backpack contained the remaining half of a cinnamon bun.) The thing stood on its hind legs and also evaluated the situation, and I swear it stood taller than us though the depression it was foraging in was two feet below the trail. He both became big, shouting, jumping up and down, and waving our arms like the fools we were (having disregarded the “Warning - bear active in this area” sign in the parking area). In another split second, the bear turned and galloped across the clearing away from us. The sound of it running away was astounding, like a pack of horses. That was close enough, thanks.