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Title: Backcountry Bear Basics: The Definitive Guide to Avoiding Unpleasant Encounters (Mountaineers Outdoor Basics)
ISBN: 1594850283
Author:
Dave Smith
Publicate Date: 2006-11-30
Publish: 2006-11-30
List Price: $15.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Musr read for anyone traveling in Bear country
This is the best resourse around for anyone traveling, living and working in bear country. I spent many years living and working in a very high bear density area in Alaska. Never had a negative bear encounter. I credit Dave Smith with all the positive bear encounters. Not the mention the hours of safe bear viewing for myself and my guests. Read the book, use some common sence and enjoy the great out doors.
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2: A Great Primer for hiking and camping in bear country
I enjoyed this book a great deal as it is full of great information. An average reader could finish this book in an afternoon and have a wealth of knowledge to help them coexist with bears in the wild.
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3: recommended by experts
Use Amazon.com's "look inside this book" feature to view the back cover of Backcountry Bear Basics, and you'll see that Steve French, Director of Research for the Yellowstone Grizzly Foundation, says Backcountry Bear Basics is "the number one book I'd recommend to anyone going into bear country." Alaska Department of Fish & Game biologist Larry Aumiller, manager of the McNeil River State Sanctuary for Brown Bears, writes that Backcountry Bear Basics is "entertaining and accurate."
I'm not aware of any other bear safety book, including Ph.D. biologist Stephen Herrero's Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance, that features endorsements from genuine bear experts.
"Living in Harmony With Bears," a publication by the Alaska Office of the National Audubon Society, includes a Suggested Reading list that mentions both Backcountry Bear Basics and Herrero's Bear Attacks. (http://www.audubon/org/chapter/ak/ak/m2item3.html) Biologist Derek Stonorov wrote Living in Harmony With Bears. John Schoen, Senior Scientist for Alaska Audubon, is listed as a contributor. Living In Harmony With Bears says Herrero's Bear Attacks is "a classic by the world's foremost expert on bear-human interactions," but Backcountry Bear Basics is "the number one recommendation for anyone going into the field with bears."
I found Backcountry Bear Basics to be accurate, practical, and fun to read.
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4: Bear Basics: Entertaining and educational
Dave Smith is an excellent writer! His style of writing is educational, yet entertaining. He is down to earth, yet takes his research quite seriously. He does an excellent job of discussing issues that a number of guides stress or disagree with, such as noise making, bear cans, menstration and camping, and bear spray. His discussion on biology and evolution of the grizzly and black bear is for the individual who wants to gain an understanding of bears, yet does not want to know the technical facts that only a specialist would want to know.
An excellent read for those who are interested in learning about bears, their behavior, and how to minimize and avoid attacks. Short, sweet, and entertaining!
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5: Backcountry Bear Basics
I reckon I won't be encountering any bears in my neck of the city anytime soon, but I thought I give this book a read anyway. Well-written, concise and informatives, this book seems to give you all that you need to know. It debunks certain myths such as bears being attracted to menustrating females and the usefulness of climbing a tree (if you can make it there) to avoid an irrate bear. So if you are heading out into bear country and are not an experienced hiker, reading this book would be a good idea.
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