Azoutlaw480 0 Posted April 7, 2019 My wife, pups and I went for a hike near Pinedale this morning. It was so perfect out today! High was about 70, slightly breezy. Sun was warm! We started out seeing animals right away. We saw a bunch of Mule deer on the trail to the trailhead. On our way back we had a bear encounter! My wife had fallen and bruised her knee a little. So we stopped and gave her a moment. Then as we picked up down the trail again, no less than 10 yards later my dogs growled harshly. I looked up to see a huge Bear running across the trail about 25 yards in front of us! The dogs went crazy but I maintained a good grip on the leashes. The bear took off down and then up the next ridge. Happened so fast! Ive never seen a wild bear before, so that was crazy. I was packing but still, it could have gotten bad real quick at that distance. Bear was probably about 400-500 pounds. A pretty big one. As we got back to the jeep I looked at the map closer and we were parked by Bear Tank and hiking in Bear Canyon, go figure! _DSC0305.NEF by Jason Montes, on Flickr _DSC0306.NEF by Jason Montes, on Flickr _DSC0309.NEF by Jason Montes, on Flickr _DSC0314.NEF by Jason Montes, on Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzJeepChic 2,435 Posted April 8, 2019 Holy crap! Glad everything turned out good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ob1jeeper 484 Posted April 12, 2019 Cool beans... Glad to hear there was no "Encounter of the back kind." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
