jmg
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I have been up here in Alaska for 2 years now and my favorite place to fish is by far the Russian river. I do not like to fish the confluence, way too crowded for my taste, but the river is spectacular, lots of great holes outside of the confluence, and I always love to see the bears playing in the river. So when I had company visiting from Michigan last week, I told them they had to go see the Russian. They went down without me and took a couple days to travel around the area. This was their take on the trip.
On the river, the little gimpy bear came out of the woods to do some fishing, as I have seen many times before. He motored along and caught a few fish here and there. He eventually came to a spot where 3 guys were fishing. Rather than move out of the way, these three guys stood there in their hole and screamed at the bear - "this is our hole, get out of here." The bear eventually moved within about 15-20 feet of these guys, totally minding his own business looking for fish, and not even paying attention to the guys. Finally, rather than moving, one guy pulls out his .44 mag and fires a shot in the air, sending the bear scrambling across the river and up the other bank. They laughed all about it.
My visitors were less than impressed. In fact, being the avid outdoorsman he is, my friend said he wanted to go up and ask the guy if he wanted that .44 shoved up his @**. But of course, the guy had the gun and my friend did not.
This stupidity truly shows that the bears will be the big losers on the river, and that it is much more of a "people problem" than a "bear problem." Just wanted to share that story. If you are the one who fired the shot and are reading this, you are an idiot. You put others in danger and you put the bears in danger by being such an idiot. If you are an out-of-stater, please go away and do not come back. If you are an Alaskan, please go away and do not come back.
On the river, the little gimpy bear came out of the woods to do some fishing, as I have seen many times before. He motored along and caught a few fish here and there. He eventually came to a spot where 3 guys were fishing. Rather than move out of the way, these three guys stood there in their hole and screamed at the bear - "this is our hole, get out of here." The bear eventually moved within about 15-20 feet of these guys, totally minding his own business looking for fish, and not even paying attention to the guys. Finally, rather than moving, one guy pulls out his .44 mag and fires a shot in the air, sending the bear scrambling across the river and up the other bank. They laughed all about it.
My visitors were less than impressed. In fact, being the avid outdoorsman he is, my friend said he wanted to go up and ask the guy if he wanted that .44 shoved up his @**. But of course, the guy had the gun and my friend did not.
This stupidity truly shows that the bears will be the big losers on the river, and that it is much more of a "people problem" than a "bear problem." Just wanted to share that story. If you are the one who fired the shot and are reading this, you are an idiot. You put others in danger and you put the bears in danger by being such an idiot. If you are an out-of-stater, please go away and do not come back. If you are an Alaskan, please go away and do not come back.
