Big GRIZZLY BEAR on top of me.

**Sourdough** · 08-23-2013, 09:00 PM

A Brown Bear Experience.

I was guiding a hunter in Wide Bay, it was the day before the bear season opened, so the hunter and I slept in. I had two 8'X8' "Bombshelter" tents set up facing each other about 6' apart. One was for sleeping and the other for cooking. I told the hunter to stay in his bag till I get the coffee made and the cook tent heated. So I crawl out of the sleep tent on hands and knees, and figure as it is only 6' till I have to get back on my hands and knees, I'll just crawl over to the cook tent.

Well I get about halfway and a nice 8' brown bear comes from behind the cook tent and walks right up to me, still on my hands and knees. I don't want to move more than necessary, so I go down slowly onto my elbows and knees and freeze with my hands over my neck fingers locked, waiting. The bear walks up to me and sniffs my head, then continues moving till it head is over my butt, and its front feet are next to my elbows. For a long time it just sniffs my butt, which after 60 days afield was very aromatic. Plus most likely there was dried blood on my pants from packing moose.

As nothing was happening (I was not getting nibbled) the bear was just sniffing my butt. I remembered I was responsable for the hunters safety and calmly told him not to move or bump the sleep tent. The bear just stayed there sniffing my butt, (the flap to the sleep tent was still open) so I calmly asked the hunter to slid a rifle out to me with out disturbing the tent. He said, "Which one do you want". Remember he still did not know there was a Brown Bear on top of me. I said, slide my rifle out slowly, very slowly, but he needs to stay in the tent. Well, now he wants to know what is going on......???? He says, "do you want the barrel first"....??? I said, yes and about that time as the rifle started out the flap of the sleep tent, the bear calmly raised up and swung to his right, and slowly walked off. I watched his large butt walk away. Then made coffee. I understand that that hunter moved to Alaska, and may even be an AOD forum member. He is a very good hunter, and hunts all over the world. I am so glad he remained calm

**Ken** · 08-23-2013, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by Sourdough

For a long time it just sniffs my butt, which after 60 days afield was very aromatic.

Sounds like something Sarge would do. Are you SURE it was a bear?

**BENESSE** · 08-23-2013, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by Sourdough

I watched his large butt walk away. Then made coffee.

Some talented bear! Glad you didn't have to kill him.

**thefemalesurvivalist** · 08-23-2013, 09:34 PM

Wow, that's quite an experience. Hope I'm never able to top that.

**WolfVanZandt** · 08-24-2013, 03:07 PM

I'm also glad you didn't have to kill him. Sounds like he was trying to figure out what you were and when he was satisfied, decided that you didn't need to be killed or eaten.

**hunter63** · 08-24-2013, 03:28 PM

One of those "Oh ship" moments......LOL....thank for being here to share it.....

**Ranger F** · 08-24-2013, 03:37 PM

Man... I would have s$!&!

**Winter** · 08-24-2013, 04:26 PM

After smelling your butt, he probably determined you weren't edible......

**gryffynklm** · 08-24-2013, 05:35 PM

Glad it turned out like it did.

**Rick** · 08-24-2013, 10:29 PM

You know, if you had rolled over and sniffed that bear's butt you might be married right now....just a thought.

**Ken** · 08-24-2013, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

You know, if you had rolled over and sniffed that bear's butt you might be married right now....just a thought.

You're beginning to sound like Sarge. It's a "moderator thing," isn't it?

**BENESSE** · 08-24-2013, 11:17 PM

It always degenerates to hongs and but sniffing. Even the most (seemingly) upstanding of them can't resist.

**Sarge47** · 08-24-2013, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted by Ken

Sounds like something Sarge would do. Are you SURE it was a bear?

It wasn't me, it was a lawyer sniffing the wallet to see how much he could get......

**Rick** · 08-25-2013, 08:21 AM

I was merely pointing out the fact that he exhibited good sense honed, no doubt, by years of experience. Had he done otherwise we might be calling him Mrs. Grizzly. You guys are so anal.

**Wildthang** · 08-25-2013, 09:19 AM

For some reason that story reminds me of the funniest thing I ever saw. I had just left home and rented my first house, and was just digging the freedom of not living at home. It was a Friday and I was sitting on the front porch drinking coffe. The nice old lady across the street let her pit bull named Baby out the front door, and waved at me and smiled. Her pit bull was huge, one of the largest pits I have ever seen, and was a big ole baby. The only thing I didn't like about him was that he had never been neutered and absolutely loved peoples legs if you know what I mean!
So baby goes around to the back yard to do his business, and here comes the water meter reader down the street pulling the lids off of peoples meter boxes and recording the meter readings. He gets to the old lady's house, pulls the lid, and leans down to clean the glass off of the water meter with his head almost entirely down into the man hole.
Well Baby comes around the corner of the house and see's the meter reader all bent over with his head in the hole. Baby makes a mad dash and mounts this guy, locks his front legs around the guy and it is true love.
The mounting crams the guys head down into the meter hole, and he freaks out because I am sure he has no idea what has him pinned, and why he is being sexually assulted. Baby is having the time of his life, and has no plans to let this guy up!
All I could hear is the muffled screams of the meter reader crying help, help, let me up! I was laughing so hard I fell off the porch, and by this time the old lady had walked out on the front porch and she had to sit down in a chair to keep from falling down from laughing.
We were both laughing so hard we could't help the guy. Well after what seemed like 15 minutes Baby was satisfied and let the guy pull his head out of the meter hole. Baby started licking his face as soon as he turned around to see what had attacked him, and was obviously too scared to move.
The old lady finally got the strength to go out and get baby so the guy could pull himself together after his assult. I walked over still laughing and the meter reader guy had a sour look on his face because the lady and I were still belly laughing and could not stop.
The guy finally took the reading started to walk away. I yelled, well at least he kissed you! If I only had a movie of that, it would be priceless!