When a bear enters camp we call it tresspassing. It is part of my job is to move the bears back out of camp. Sometimes this is easy and others it is a little more tricky. As it is September and the river has a large number of dying fish more bears are appearing every day. The number will keep increasing until they start heading into the mountains to den for the winter.
With more bears in the area the more likely they are to tresspass. Which means the more active I become. The last morning in Brooks Camp for a week and this morning I am running all over camp on bear calls. I had just finished making sure two bears fighting over a fish in the woods just outside of camp stayed in the woods when I saw a bear in the middle of camp. I walked over and started clapping my hand and yelling at the bear. I moved in behind her so that I could move her towards the beach. She stood up quickly and moved rather easily down to the beach. I got on my radio and told my partner that I had hazed another bear down to the beach and while talking to him I turned around and there was 284 sitting besides me. She was looking at me with that where do you want me to go look. I couldn't believe it she was sitting about a foot away from me.
It is amazing how quiet they are. I never saw her coming or heard her sit down next to me. She is practically as tall as I am sitting down and I am 5 feet 2 inches. She is just sitting there looking at me. Then I yelled get to the beach and she stood up and moved right on down. I work in an unbelievable place. Then I got to thinking how easily the first bear had moved. I bet 284 was behind me the whole time and it wasn't me the first bear was afraid of but 284. Knowing 284 I bet she was walking on her hind legs making gestures behind my back harassing the first bear. Then sat down besides me like nothing else had happened. That would be just like her. These bears are very smart and she had me wondering the rest of the day.
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