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Alaska Grizzly Bear Story #2
The first is below
This adventure finds me on the banks of the world famous Russian River that runs into the world famous Kenai River with my dad. I& #39;m in my early teens and have fished this river countless times with dad. 1/11 https://twitter.com/onehandman/status/1375198316791689216">https://twitter.com/onehandma...
The first is below
This adventure finds me on the banks of the world famous Russian River that runs into the world famous Kenai River with my dad. I& #39;m in my early teens and have fished this river countless times with dad. 1/11 https://twitter.com/onehandman/status/1375198316791689216">https://twitter.com/onehandma...
The Russian River is one of the best rivers I& #39;ve ever fished. It& #39;s a smaller river, probably 50-75 feet wide, and relatively shallow. You can easily walk across this river in most spots and you wouldn& #39;t get your waist wet. 2/11
Grizzlies love the river because the Red& #39;s (sockeye salmon) run very close to the shore and you can dang near walk across the backs of the fish because there& #39;s so many of them. 3/11
The state puts fish cleaning stations in the river and requires folks to clean their fish and leave the carcass in the water so the waste doesn& #39;t end up in garbage cans that attract the bears. 4/11
The state also built boardwalks across areas of the path that runs parallel to the river where it& #39;s marshy and wet. There& #39;s a number of these boardwalks and they vary in size from 10 ft to maybe 100-150 ft. 5/11
On one particular trip, dad and I step up on one of the boardwalks that is longer. We look down the walk and see several people that look like they& #39;re in uniform and are talking loudly. As we start down the walk one of the uniformed people yells at us to stop! 6/11
Dad and I are both confused since we can& #39;t see what they officers are concerned about. The end of the walk exits into trees and takes a left so it& #39;s kind of hard to see past the end of it and what could be down there. 7/11
We take a few more steps, at this point we& #39;re probably 20-30 ft down the walk, before the officer hollers at us and holds up a hand. At this point we know it& #39;s serious that we listen. Dad gets between me and the officers and we wait. 8/11
These walks are probably 4 ft wide so it& #39;s not like they& #39;re really that big. We& #39;re probably 30-50 ft from the river as well. At this point we hear a bunch of rustling just past where the officers are standing, in the brush. And then we see/hear why the officers were there. 9/11
A grizz then busts towards the river, crashing through the brush and leaving us very happy that we didn& #39;t move any closer.
One of the officers walks over to us and lets us know that it would be a good idea to avoid the area for a little bit to give the grizz to leave. 10/11
One of the officers walks over to us and lets us know that it would be a good idea to avoid the area for a little bit to give the grizz to leave. 10/11
