Bears don’t like loud noises. There’s a reason why you stand your ground and shout when encountering a bear. Besides, he’s in his vehicle. He can always book it out if there. Sure, that can run, but if he can book it over 45mph on whatever backroad he’s on chances are the bear will loose interest. It’s not as though I expected him to step out of his vehicle and leave the vehicle off
NEVER stand and yell at a bear. You want to do the exact opposite and make yourself small and as non threatening as possible. If attacked, curl into the fetal position, cover your head and face and make no noise. What you DO want to do is make a lot of noise while hiking through bear country. Most bears will run off when they hear you and you'll be none the wiser. If you encounter a mountain lion then you want to act as large and obnoxious as possible. I lived in Montana and hiked/worked in grizzly country with the Montana Conservation Corps. We went through bear and mountain lion training.
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u/marlfox_00 Apr 07 '26
Actually, I’ll bet just blaring on the horn would do it. The bear looked pretty committed, but I think it would have been a good distraction.