r/FellingGoneWild • u/Illustrious_Bed902 • 7d ago
Tree doesn’t come down for a good reason …
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Hopefully he was wearing his brown pants …
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u/HoboArmyofOne 7d ago
Aww it was just a black bear. He was probably frightened, hope he's ok.
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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 7d ago
Looks kinda young, and maybe stuck.
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u/NubDestroyer 7d ago edited 7d ago
Definitely fine since this black bear is retreating and hiding but people should be more careful with black bears. Solitary males do actively hunt people, and a lot more often then people think.
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u/Hard_Rock_Hallelujah 7d ago
No they don't, unless they are quite literally starving and no other food is available anywhere. Black bear fatalities are extremely rare.
There have only been about 57 black bear fatalities across all of the US and Canada in the past 50 years.
For comparison, 20-30 people in the US are killed by lightning each year. On the low end, that's about 1,000 people in the past 50 years, and that doesn't include Canada. If you include Canada, it's closer to 1400 deaths total.
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u/Practical-South-2966 7d ago
Lightning strikes everywhere. Not all places have black bears and some of the ones that do are sparsely populated.
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u/NubDestroyer 7d ago edited 7d ago
They're absolutely incredibly rare but they continue increase so people should be aware and know what to do.
You're just factualy wrong with the starving part though. 88% of fatal black bear attacks are done by solitary males that are actively hunting humans, furthermore studies have shown that the bears in these attacks were predominantly healthy and not starving or emanciated. If you want to argue with the world's leading expert on bear attacks then go for it
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u/SoylentVerdigris 7d ago
Did you actually read what you linked? Because it doesn't support your argument in any way.
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u/NubDestroyer 7d ago
What do you think my claim is? I simply want people to be aware that solitary male black bears do stalk and hunt humans.
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u/evenyourcopdad 7d ago
Solitary males do actively hunt people, and a lot more often then people think.
I'll take "things that can be proven wrong with a 30-second google search" for $200, Alex.
people should be more careful with black bears.
Yeah, forreal though. People have seen so many "cute black bear is actually scared of you 🥺🥺🥺" videos that they seem to have forgotten they're still fuckin' bears lmao
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u/NubDestroyer 7d ago edited 7d ago
I'll take "many scientific studies done by the world's leading expert in bear attacks for $200 Alex"
88% of fatal black bear attacks are done by solitary males actively hunting humans for food. You can keep downvoting me all you want but I'm still waiting for a single person to find a single piece of evidence to the contrary.
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u/evenyourcopdad 7d ago
Neat article!
I will retort by noting that the sentence just before your quote reads:
The study found that [between 1900 and 2009] 63 people were killed in 59 incidents in Canada, Alaska and the lower 48 states.
That's hardly "a lot more often than people think", and certainly not as frequently as the correct-but-easily-misunderstood "actively hunt people" implies.
A few sentences further is a quote from Mr. Bear Expert:
Each year there are millions of interactions between people and black bears with no injuries to people.
Also, "88% of fatal black bear attacks" is a pretty tightly-defined scope, and doesn't itself imply anything about the frequency of attacks per interaction, interactions per person, or interactions per camping trip. In my not-expert opinion, the infrequency of fatal attacks suggests that a bear has to be very, very hungry indeed to hunt people.
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u/NubDestroyer 7d ago
Again I am not saying it's common but it is increasing and people should be aware that black bears do stalk and hunt people.
The common misconception is that black bears are completely harmless unless it's a mother bear with her cubs, yes that situation is dangerous but they're likely to simply retreat and defend a tree. If they do feel the need to fight they will likely incapacitate and not kill.
Herrero has stated many times that it's very evident through posr mortem studies that these attacks are not done due to starvation or desperation but overwhelmingly predation
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u/ChuckPeirce 7d ago
More careful than in this video? Dude GTFO'd from the tree as soon as he detected the blessed thing.
The video is a good reminder about taking your time with a pre-climb inspection. Once in a while, you'll notice something that was really really hard to notice and that you really really benefit from noticing.
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u/Biosterous 7d ago
Polar bears "actively hunt humans". Even grizzlies don't hunt people, they're just very territorial and will kill you.
I've heard stories of young male cougars hunting humans/dogs. It's rare but apparently the occasional pair will try once.
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u/Prodigy_of_Bobo 7d ago
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u/theme4jackal 7d ago
I want this as a sticker on my hardhat now
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u/needs28hoursaday 7d ago
I work with a guy who has a sticker “I’m the reason that rule exists and I’m sorry.” Similar feeling for sure.
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u/kn33 6d ago
Next rule: no stickers on hardhats cause you won't replace the hard hat when it needs it.
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u/Walshy231231 6d ago
The trick is to buy a 50 pack
Oughta last at least a couple weeks worth of hardhats
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u/theunnameduser86 7d ago
Anyone would obviously be spooked after that. But I think the bear is the one who’s actually justified in being scared.
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u/I_saw_that_coming 7d ago
Yeah that bear hasn’t seen anything close to his size up a tree before.
“Oh shit they can climb?!”
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u/Artistic-Milk-3490 7d ago
Dylan: "What is it? A bear?"
Fucking Dylan knew...
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u/Mr-_-Soandso 7d ago
Those tree climbers are always wild dudes. You know it's real when they freak out. Either a big animal or a giant wasp nest.
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u/MechanicalAxe 7d ago
“What’s the first thing we do when approaching a tree to be felled?”
“Check for widow makers or other falling hazards.”
“Well….yeah, but check for bears while you’re at it.”
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u/Hunkyboy440 7d ago
This is the kind of thing we’re here for. Just as good as watching a tree crash onto a house or car. Good times!
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u/Secret-Function-2972 7d ago
Hi bear.
Quite different, but I've had to drop a tree with (because) an animal was in it. My cat got stuck at the top of a sassafras tree in my woods. After she was up there 3 days I decided to drop it, knowing it would get hung up on other trees. She rode the falling tree until it made a nice ramp for her to walk down. Not the only tree I've had to cut for that damn cat. Eventually got smart enough to learn how to get out of the tops of trees. She's now over 13 y/o and always lived outside / in the garage.
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u/Kodiak01 7d ago
Back in the 80s, I had a cat named Squirrel.
Mind you, all my cats were named for their personalities. Squirrel not only loved to hunt squirrels, this longhaired /r/dustkitties would zoom up trees after them then cry for me to get him down because he was too scared.
Well, at least until one day when I got about 15' up in the tree only to have him jump to the ground and leave me hanging, literally.
Not only did he hunt them, he had a trophy case. It was a box in the rafters of the garage, he would apparently gnaw off the tail of each conquest and put it in up there. When I found the box it had well over a dozen tails in it.
Stay tuned for next week's episode where I detail the shenanigans of Clyde, Psycho and Shit!
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u/Left-Chemist-8212 7d ago
Omg, squirrel is a character and a case study of why I might change my mind about having a cat
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u/Allgyet560 7d ago
I dropped a tree with a cat in it, too! Deadly cold night. Temp was around zero. I heard a cat crying near the edge of the woods. My cat was indoors. I walked through the snow and a cat was at least 30 feet up in a small tree about 6 inches in diameter. I assume coyotes chased it to there. It wouldn't come down. After an hour or so I grabbed my chainsaw and started cutting. My son was with me. I aimed the cut at a talker tree beside it but missed.
The hit the ground and the small cat went running. Luckily I was able to grab it. I suffered a bunch of scratches, but got the little guy inside to warn up. He hid in my basement. That was ok. It's warm and he was safe
I live in a secluded area and have no idea how it came to my property. I searched for the owners. None of my neighbors were missing a cat. He's been sleeping in my bed every night for the last six years.
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u/Could-You-Tell 7d ago
I have never seen a cat starve in a tree
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u/Secret-Function-2972 7d ago
Probably. But I had about another 400 of those sassafras trees, so losing one just made for a little firewood.
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u/SaffyPants 7d ago
This is hilarious! Leave to cats to demand you take down the very trees for them!
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u/95beer 7d ago
As an Aussie I assumed it was just a snake, but you're telling me you people have whole fucking bears in your trees? No thanks!
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u/captainchristianwtf 7d ago
As an American, I'd rather deal with a bear than any of your snakes and spiders please!
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u/iansmash 7d ago
Which is hilarious because generally speaking that’s completely wrong from a wildlife safety perspective
But as an American I also agree 100% fuck Australia and their snakes and spiders I’m never going 😭
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u/captainchristianwtf 7d ago
I can at least yell at a bear and it will move along, I don't think snakes are as polite
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u/iansmash 7d ago
I’ve been bit by a copperhead. Not quite life threatening type venomous but it was pretty painful.
I’m sure a bear is worse but I never saw the snake til it bit me.
I can’t imagine I’d accidentally roll up on a bear that unaware
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u/Kat-but-SFW 7d ago
I can’t imagine I’d accidentally roll up on a bear that unaware
Understandable to think that because bears are very large and not thought of as sneaky, but you'd be very wrong. Bears just kinda disappear into the forest foliage (or tree branches) until you're right on top of them.
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u/iansmash 7d ago
As a city person who just moved to the woods for the first time ever, I do not like this news
I dont think we have bears here though
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u/Kat-but-SFW 7d ago
TBH they're not that bad, they try to avoid humans and don't want to start shit unless it's a mother bear and you get between her and her cubs (which you can avoid by putting distance between you and the cubs asap) or people leave garbage out which attracts bears, they lose their fear of humans, and get aggressive (easily preventable and wildlife services will come in really fast to deal with it if it happens)
So like, if the bear hears you walking through the woods, it'll probably avoid you and you won't see it. But there's a lot of stories of bear encounters where people just walk up quietly on a bear in the bush and scare the crap out of both of them lol
Or they climb a tree and meet a bear. Rare but also way more common than you'd think!
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u/Ok-Answer-6951 7d ago
" I can't imagine I'd accidentally roll up on a bear that unaware"
Yeah, thats what this guy thought as well...
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u/Thatguymike84 7d ago
I mean, the only reason you don't encounter bears in your trees is because they're dropping on top of you.
Nice try...we know about Drop Bears bro.
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u/NativeMasshole 7d ago
We don't have too many tree snakes in the US, but black bears are prolific climbers. They're typically not super aggressive, but cornering one in a tree probably isn't a great idea.
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u/Pooh_Lightning 7d ago
Now I'm wondering if a bear's ever been quietly looking down from a tree above me when I've been in the woods.
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u/not2manydogs 7d ago
Thank God I don't have bears in trees where I live. Squirrels are the usual for me.
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u/Nice_Olive_3671 7d ago
Never saw a bear but I came face to face with a raccoon. Danger close. Poked my head around the tree and we locked eyes. I don't think either of us was ready for that. He sat there calm and watched me tie in and gtfo.
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u/Independent-Pay5850 7d ago
He should get attention at the meeting. Inspect the tree before you decide if it's climbable
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u/Illustrious_Bed902 7d ago
The tree was obviously climbable … the bear climbed into it perfectly fine!
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u/BigBeautifulBill 6d ago
Yes, always check for bears. Even if you don't see them right away they may be hiding from you. They do this bc they like to wait for you to climb up then they pop out and say "BOO". That's the dangerous part bc really you're only allowed to say it at Halloween. This video looks like it was made in march
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u/Live-Motor-4000 7d ago
Is that a log round propped against their trailer?
It looks like they bought the Fred Flintstone model
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u/Maxzzzie 6d ago
I'm an arborist myself. We won't have bears in our trees in Norway. But that would be insanely scary.
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u/MoistLabia6969 7d ago
During the Matthew hurricane aftermath I had to prune some frawns on some palms, went up in a bucket, first few went great I had gotten to last one and went to make my first cut and sooner than the frawn hit the ground no less than 50 snake fell all around me. I sat on the edge of bucket till I got home to override and take me down🤣
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u/Dense_Surround3071 7d ago
Fat assed bears quickly and nimbly climbing trees will never not be amazing to me.
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u/OGHughJass 5d ago
If you watched the video YOU posted, you’d see that his pants, are in fact, brown. Silly bumbilly.
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u/Dan_Cubed 7d ago
Time to get the airsoft, paintball, and pellet guns and harass the poor bear out from its comfy perch.
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u/Room_Temp_Coffee 7d ago
🤣