Bear sighting

[Crank-Bait-Frank]

Well about 7:00 am this morning my 15 year old nephew and I went fishing at the neighbor hood local ponds. I was tying on my pop'r, when JT said "look at the bear walking down the street!" Before I could dig my phone out of the pocket and try to get a pic, the bear disappeared in between to houses.
I start walking real fast down the sidewalk towards the back of the houses. I look back for JT and see he is already hiding in my truck! LOL As I was turning back around, I see the bear is walking passed me at about 30 feet! I was able to grab this photo before he disappeared in some back yards.
The camera on my phone makes everything look farther away, does anybody else have this kind of problem? I wonder if I should get another phone?

[WaffleJaw]

you got bears roaming the neighborhood and your worried about the camera phone?..hahaha...man thats crazy,the worst thing i have to worry about is meth heads stealing out of my carport.

are bears a problem in that area?...i would probably be in the truck too!

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From what I've seen of them that's about as good a pic as you're going to get from a phone camera. Still looks pretty close to be to a bear without a gun though. jmo

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Originally Posted by WaffleJaw

you got bears roaming the neighborhood and your worried about the camera phone?..hahaha...man thats crazy,the worst thing i have to worry about is meth heads stealing out of my carport.

are bears a problem in that area?...i would probably be in the truck too!

chicken


hehehe....

[nofearengineer]

Cell phone cameras are most often used for close-up pics, so they usually have wide-angle lenses. They're a compromise at best, with the big tradeoff for convenience. Don't look for them to ever get better either. Good glass is the limiting factor here. Hard to make a good zoom lens small enough for a cell phone.

[WaffleJaw]

unless that bear wants to teach me about fire safety ,or is wearing a little sparkily vest and hat riding a tricycle.....then yea,..call me a chicken 1/4stick,hahaha....ive seen ''grizzly man''

im allergic to bee stings and bear maulings

[Crank-Bait-Frank]

Originally Posted by WaffleJaw

unless that bear wants to teach me about fire safety ,or is wearing a little sparkily vest and hat riding a tricycle.....then yea,..call me a chicken 1/4stick,hahaha....ive seen ''grizzly man''

im allergic to bee stings and bear maulings

That"s funny! WJ

Thanks for the info, nofear, that makes sence.


I live about 1 mile from the Wekiva Springs state park. Bears are relocated from Wekiva Springs subdivision (my hood) all the time. I've had peacocks, racoons, ect roam the yard all the time. The only thing I haven't seen, is gators at the ponds I like to fish.

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Originally Posted by WaffleJaw

unless that bear wants to teach me about fire safety ,or is wearing a little sparkily vest and hat riding a tricycle.....then yea,..call me a chicken 1/4stick,hahaha....ive seen ''grizzly man''

im allergic to bee stings and bear maulings

lmao! Just joking man, I'd be right beside you in the truck.

I saw that too. I kept thinking that surely this clown is is not going to go camping with grizzlies. But there that clown was, petting bears and throwing rocks at hunters. Then some park rangers were talking about where they found the parts of him the bear hadn't got around to eating yet.

[jasonfish320]

That happens here every once in a while, it can be very bad if they are rabid or have cubs around....this is how we handle it... http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105845.html

[bcklash]

DANG, don't ya'll know that bear is really the baitmonkey!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by bcklash

DANG, don't ya'll know that bear is really the baitmonkey!!!!!!!

That's when it really gets bad and the baitmonkey becomes the baitbear?

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It's those Colorado bears you gotta look out for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqv4IyDzB1s

[66KingFisher]

The area we live in is surrounded by national forest so bears are common place around here....the only time we've had people get into dangerous encounters with bears is when someone is trying to chase it down to take a picture with their cellphone....lol.

[Crank-Bait-Frank]

Originally Posted by 66KingFisher

The area we live in is surrounded by national forest so bears are common place around here....the only time we've had people get into dangerous encounters with bears is when someone is trying to chase it down to take a picture with their cellphone....lol.

Good thing I didn't have a picnic basket ....... I would have had a new best freind!

Originally Posted by bcklash

DANG, don't ya'll know that bear is really the baitmonkey!!!!!!!

Baitmonkey!! Ever since I went umemployed I haven't feed him!! He has grown and looks mean!! I fear reprocussions are going to be bad!!

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Originally Posted by Crank-Bait-Frank

Good thing I didn't have a picnic basket ....... I would have had a new best freind!

With a bear? You would have been the picnic basket buddy.