Great Outdoors: Safety Tips for Wild Bears
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Updated: 9:08 PM Mar 11, 2010
Great Outdoors: Safety Tips for Wild Bears
Spring is just around the corner and that means bears are about to wake -- that means they'll be looking for food!
Posted: 9:08 PM Mar 11, 2010
Reporter: John Marra
Email Address: john.marra@wsaz.com
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Grayson, Ky (WSAZ) -- Spring is just around the corner and that means bears are about to wake up from their deep winter sleep.

When they wake up, they'll be hunting for food -- that means there are some do's and do not's if you want to keep them away from you.

Check out this week's Great Outdoors segment for some helpful tips from John Marra.


Latest Comments

Posted by: sally soo on Mar 13, 2010 at 10:55 AM

i just woke up from my winter nap and am very hungry. please stay away.
Posted by: Debbie on Mar 12, 2010 at 01:51 PM

here's another safety tip for wild bears, stay clear of semis, you at least have half a chance of surviving if a car hits you. Be careful out there bears.
Posted by: ranger rick on Mar 12, 2010 at 09:00 AM

there was a study done a few years ago and if you are attacked by a bear you should use pepper spray and a whistle to scare the bear away. a seperate study was done on bears that attacked hikers. they found that the droppings of the bears contained whistles and smelled like pepper spray.
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