The grizzly's terrain is the
Brooks Range, but in the foothills, you'll find the black bear. Seldom do these
two species cross borderlines. When they do nothing good comes from their
meeting.
I hiked the Brooks
Range during the spring and saw many a footprint. I was even foolish enough to
follow them. And then in one night (from the safety of a truck) I saw nine
grizzly's, my attitude changed dramatically. Respect for these massive
creatures was born.
Murder & Obsession
Excerpt:
With Bushnell Elite Binoculars, Steven searched the valley below for any sign of the trackers. The very weather features he’d just been thankful for now obscured his vision, but he concentrated on color and movement. He spotted a grizzly. The bear, a good seven hundred pounds and at least seven feet tall, had Steven worried, especially when the animal reared on its hind legs and sniffed the air.
Somehow, the grizzly had locked on Steven’s scent instead of the dead caribou’s or the beast would have been heading south not north, as Steven was.
Steven had no other option but to move, and move quickly. He hit the trail, but slowed by the heavy snow, his muscles screamed.
. . . after a rest break he repacked supplies for the rest of the journey but stopped when a familiar sound caught his attention. The deep growls of a bear reached him from the path he meant to take. He turned slowly. Instead of the grizzly, a healthy young black bear from the other side of the river lumbered toward him.
*****Somehow, the grizzly had locked on Steven’s scent instead of the dead caribou’s or the beast would have been heading south not north, as Steven was.
Steven had no other option but to move, and move quickly. He hit the trail, but slowed by the heavy snow, his muscles screamed.
. . . after a rest break he repacked supplies for the rest of the journey but stopped when a familiar sound caught his attention. The deep growls of a bear reached him from the path he meant to take. He turned slowly. Instead of the grizzly, a healthy young black bear from the other side of the river lumbered toward him.
*****
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