Biggest clue? NO GUN.

Sheeple need to stay off half dome, their hooves don't grab like they do on grass. 😂😂😂

What about expired bear mace? Does it really matter if its expired? And i feel like waiting till the bear is close is wiser when spraying am I right?

The smartest of them all were the humans

Sometimes dogs prevent their owners getting attacked, by distracting the bear.. or even scaring off the bear. It’s not so black and white…

If you wouldn’t go into a bear cage at a zoo, it’s probably not a good idea to go into their hunting grounds.

Lost a jae...hunters heard his scream...??

real world monsters exist, dogmen sasquatch all sorts of demonic beings

Need guns to properly protect yourself from bears. BEAR SPRAY DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

Scant information, since the fact the dog was killed only proves that the dog was devoted enough to fight for its owners

Bears don’t attack me when I camp 4-6 floors up in a hotel.

So the bear continues to attack you after you spray it, but the bear spray worked. Yeah okay

If bearspray won't even work on most human attackers, what makes anyone in the right mind think its a valid defense tool against a full grown bear without any backup? You can't even win a street fight with bearspray if you got no other weapon to back it up

A dog should theoretically distract the bear and buy you a couple of seconds to get away. Unless you try to save it.

About 50 years ago, me and my friends climbed the cables and then camped out overnight on top of Half Dome. There were five of us. My friend and I rode mules that were available from Yosemite Valley to fairly near subdome then we hiked the rest of the way and met up with the guys. My then-boyfriend, a country boy raised on a Northern California ranch, had insisted on backpacking the long trail carrying a cast iron skillet, eggs and bacon for everyone and in the morning he made the best camp breakfast of all time on top of the granite peak. This was circa 1973. It was a truly surreal experience then and it is now to look back upon. I have never heard of anyone else camping on top, but my friends John and Don had done it before. Climbing down the cables the next day was much easier for me than ascending had been. The hike back to the Valley was down, down, down thousands of steps, which is harder than it sounds. It’s many miles of using the same muscles and I was physically incapacitated by the time I got to the meadow back by my pickup truck. That meadow is where I landed and it’s where I slept. Those were much different times.

When the ranger says no climbing gear, does he also include a harness and carabiner? I consider those an essential for most people to ascend the cables. I'm a competent hiker and class 3 scrambler, but after my first ascent of the cables I decided I would bring a harness and clip if I ever to it again, and I recommend it for anyone planning to hike Half Dome. My hands and arms were massively fatigued from hanging on to the cable, and I was more concerned about anything happening to the people around me than myself. With that many people in one space the possibilities of something happening is very high. On the way down I saw hikers going outside the cables to pass. Going outside the cables to relieve the crowding in line is not so bad if one is attached by a harness.

I would use my common sense . If a bear is friendly it might not attack. Could just sniff your arm

if you want to avoid bear attack stay at home. If you want to enjoy nature be aware. Nature can and will kill you.

"At best mar the landscape"? What about at worst? I agree with you though: Too many walls and railings. I was a ranger in Yosemite in the late '90s, and every year people would die going over one of the Falls. Some French visitors skinny-dipping in the pool above Nevada Fall. A church group of teenagers swimming there. People going outside the railing at Vernal Fall. People falling over the edge of Yosemite Falls. We can't stupid-proof everything out there.

I live in Cody, WY. Northfork just out of town is like ground zero for grizzly bears. I have dogs, do I just leave them at home? Nope, sure don't and sure won't. Haven't ran into a bear yet. Not saying I won't but they are loud dogs. My guess is bears can hear us a mile away and go the other direction.

My dogs brought home 2 dead bears this year, absolute nightmare getting them in the wheelie bin

Great video it's cool you have the actual person to tell their story

My student once told me that she went camping with her dog and the dog started chasing a bear. The bear turned, started chasing the dog and it ran straight back to her. The family just got into their van in time. Never take a dog camping.

Why bear spray cant be a simple pull out and spray LOL

I have to disagree with the practice demonstrated by the individual shooting the Glock of carrying the weapon with an empty chamber and thus having to rack the slide to ready the gun. This practice negates the possibility of shooting one handed should the bear's proximity require it for that first shot.

One of the most wonderful things about bears is that they keep the back country quiet by scaring off the folks from the city. :)

It happened because it’s a bear. It’s the largest terrestrial carnivore on the planet. It happened because it’s a bear.

Shayne Burke here (guy the video is about). Thank you for making a video that is actually accurate and I appreciate the delivery. Keep spreading the content that you do, I have no doubt that it’ll save lives in the future. Cheers.

I think a big gun and some training gives you a better chance than bear spray. I'm no expert in bear defense and I'm sure there's some literature to say "akchually 🤓" but it's not really a topic where the research can possibly be meaningful. Physics and biology favor a massive slug into the vital organs... "favor" in a twisted way ig. Just have to be able to aim under pressure

People who camping in wild areas without a gun are simply food.

Bears don't like dogs.

Canada bans guns.

Then they should be carrying a firearm

I am certainly confused. I thought that dogs were never supposed to be with hikers in bear country. I’m fairly certain that none of the United States national parks. Allow dogs to be on the trails. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

People, stay out of Bear territory. It's their last habitat. Leave bears alone. Get out of Forrest.

All good, except for the ‘25’ bear. A bad bear who is predatory.

There are many attacks on humans where there are zero dogs present. It is true that barking dogs aggravate/annoy bears. There are also instances where dogs actions save humans and the dogs as well. You might want to research a bit more, hopefully before you convince people that not having a dog with them will prevent a bear attack. Seriously.

Bears gotta eat too. If you want to make it easy for them, go ahead

Thanks for the review. Looks like a good entry option. 👍

There is a reason why dogs are not allowed in most National parks in the US so I would say they were NOT very engaged or educated at all.

Can the Labrador be purchased with 2" wheels and tires?

Where you riding? Beautiful terrain. 75 lbs is just too much for my injured shoulder to lift on to bike rack. Price is right.

Bears are like crooks- some actually like being sprayed- others it just make mad.

I don't carry bear spray and never will, its only got one use and when I'm in the outdoors, I prefer to carry items with multiple uses in order to reduce the total weight of the gear I carry. Point in case, my gun. I can use it to signal for help, I can use it to defend against attacks by my fellow man or animal, I can use to acquisition food with the minimalist of energy expenditure and its presence provides the comfort of piece of mind, all things that are important in elevating your chances of making it out of a wilderness survival situation alive. Thankfully the first rule of wilderness survival I learned has served me very well indeed, precaution. Take all measures to avoid needing to use wilderness survival skills, which translates well when avoiding incounters with bears.

I mean what do you expect you're invading their home and act like they're the problem.

A bear can smell you from two days away. It can smell that marine and his dog long before that dog picks up on the bear.

I just got into it with a loser who argued that bears are scared of dogs and dogs wont provoke a bear attack. Said I was "spreading misinformation" so I countered him with sources from experts. He reported me for harassment.... on my own comment thread...

You are wrong about the dogs. I have 10 years of personal experience outside of Yellowstone. If you want to confirm what I am saying, just call any outfitter that operates out of the Cody, WY area. You can also talk to a game warden that is base out of Cody also, but the outfitters and guide have much more experience with bears. During hunting season, we dealt with them daily in the back country.

Sleeping where bears sleep is the same as swimming where sharks swim. There's inherent risk and I've got very little sympathy for those who end up in danger.

Yes its a bit of a dog.