Bluff charge?

[arthury]

Is this what you call a typical bluff charge?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6GcWhlGF3o

[.300wby]

Looks like he's playing. Trained bear?

[arthury]

No idea ... just trying to pick up clues on bear behaviors.

[Amigo Will]

Nope, nothing like what I've seen

[BRWNBR]

never seen a bear run circles and loops like that without the camera guys at least backin' up if it was serious. bear has cubs but sure don't seem aggressive at all, i wouldn't have shot....but i would have sure been backin up when she was on the far end of her loop! the guy says the same thing every time she turns too....but i'm not bilingual.

[broncoformudv]

Neat video and it gives you an idea of how fast they move and how much they bounce around. The fact that there is a cub or two in the first few frames of the video make me believe that it is real but I would have been backing my arse up.

[RainGull]

Read about a charge like that recently though where escapes me. I think the typical bluff charge is just a head down run at you that pulls off and stops or veers off (as if anythings typical with wildlife).

A bunch here:https://www.google.com/search?q=bluf...w=1280&bih=664

This is a more typical charge:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82307353/

[4merguide]

Interesting.....my dog does circles exactly like that when he wants to play.....wants me to try and catch him. Never seen a bear do that though...