Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I've never come across a bear cub in the wild. I'm sort of picturing myself thinking "how cute!" followed quickly by "uh oh!"
You've posted pictures of some of your camping cooking before. The pictures make me hungry.
That was my precise reaction. He came up a riverbank and walked across my path about 30' in front of me. Extremely cute but extremely young. Had to have been born that spring. I fully expected mom to be right behind. When she wasn't, I got more nervous than when I came face to face at about 30' with a 500+ lb. one last year during a trip across PA. Hope the thing wasn't lost or orphaned because it looked too young to survive on its own.
To top it off, I had just showered and was then going to cook dinner, which included sauteed garlic and shallots. A my sites picnic table I oriented myself so I could look in the direction where I had seen the cub, and fortunately, there was a bear locker. This was in an area of NJ that has a healthy bear population.