Everyone wants to be a badass fishing the AK bush and see bears.
Spend the cash and you can.
Seen a lot of folks freak out over a much less scary encounter.
I once stood with my nose within a foot of a pissed off momma moose with a cheap aluminum screen door between us.
My buddy was grabbing the shotgun.
She was chasing the dog who was harassing her twins, I grabbed him and pulled him into the house.
I stood up and there she was. Her breathe steaming the plexiglass on the top 1/3rd.
Closer than I like to come to dying. Helluva rush though.
Never had a bad bear scare, though have had a lot within 20 feet. They were busy fishing, not messing with me. We just moved away slowly and all was good.
Edit to add pic of her and the twins. Different day by where we cleaned fish 50 yds from the house.
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