Tuesday, May 26, 2009

only in alaska...

what fishing trip wouldn't be complete in alaska without being thisclose to a bear and seeing one get tranquilized? not a very good one if you ask me...
steve had the "privilege" of seeing these things and had the camera with him to prove that he wasn't making it up. you can never trust a fisherman after all...always lying about the sizes of their fish that they caught or whatever...jk steve! hahaha

steve caught this shot across the river while fishing on base. good sized black bear chillin' along the water looking for food. i would have crapped my pants and ran to my car if i was there. you have no idea how TERRIFIED i am of being mauled by a bear and/or moose.

where he was parked, he saw a ton of people standing around so he approached them to see what was going on. the game warden told steve that they trapped a huge black bear in the cage, so they could track it. steve then witnessed the state biologist shooting it in the butt with a blow dart filled with some sort of tranquilizer so they could put the collar on it. poor bear!


3 comments:

Ari Anna Johnson said...

Yikes!!!! That would be pretty crazy.

Nielsen Family said...

Steve must be in heaven up there.

Unknown said...

Holy Cow! That is crazy. I would totally crap my pants if I saw a bear in the wild. I am terrified...thank you discovery channel :)