Well, black bears I’m not too afraid of. I know they could whip my real bad, real quick, so I use caution. But I’ve been within a few yards of them when I spooked them up trees. I then back away. I don’t try counting coup or anything dumb. And I do keep an eye out for bears with cubs. It’s the stuff that wants to hunt me down and eat me for supper that makes me nervous. That would include the big bears and big cats. dwc