“Bear Logic”

I’ve always heard since I was a youngster hunting with my Dad, that wild animals were very much creatures of habit. I recall vividly Dad telling me that when hunting white tail deer that often deer will follow the same trails at around the same time doing their daily or nightly routines UNTIL some guy clad in hunter orange clothing and carrying a gun intrudes and messes it all up.

Darren Choate, “About the Hunt”, tells us of his experiences of setting up a game camera and tracking the movement of a bear in preparation for the upcoming bear hunting season. It is quite uncanny, the timing of the bear’s visit but more importantly it’s remarkable the “bear logic” conclusions or at least hypothesis Darren arrives at after doing some calculating.

Are bears that predictable? Stay tuned as Darren says he’ll let you know.

Tom Remington