| Accessories By Manufacturer | |
|
|
Email Newsletter
Get info on Sales, Events, New Products, and More!
|
|
|
|
| | Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance |  | Author: Stephen Herrero
Publisher: Winchester Pr
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
Buy Used: $1.96
You Save: $13.99 (88%)
Used (18) Collectible (1) from $1.96
Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 1286758
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 287
ISBN: 0832903779
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.68
EAN: 9780832903779
ASIN: 0832903779
Publication Date: March 1985
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Standard used condition.
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Bear Atacks. Their causes and avoidance September 15, 2007
I have made three wilderness kayaking trips with buddies and my son and daughter to South East Alaska since 1999 . I have kayaked, camped and hiked in bear habited Glacier Bay and Mysty Fiords National Monument.
Prior to my first trip in 1999 I had no knowledge or experience (I am Irish) about how to behave safely in bear country apart from reading the park services two page leaflet about the essentials for traveling in bear country and watching a twenty minute video on bear safety.
We managed to escape unscathed from five bear (black and grizzly) encounters over the two weeks we were there through ignorance, fear and a good bit of luck.
We made two further trips to SE Alaska (2002, 2006) and encountered bears on each trip but despite taking all advised precautions I could not get it out of my mind that we were surviving bear attacks mostly by luck. None of us had any idea what to do if a bear did attack (apart from having excellent first aid qualifications and a VHF radio.
Now that I have read "Bear Attacks. Their causes and Avoidance" , Stephen Herrero, I know how lucky we really have been. This book does not make for easy reading. It is graphic in its description of attacks and their aftermath but it is essential reading for anybody thinking of heading into bear country.
Having read it I know that I will be better prepared for my 2009 wilderness trip to SE Alaska.
Tom Ronayne
 Disappointed in revised edition. June 9, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Just another of an old book you add a few lines to and call it revised edition. I thought he would go into recent attacks since the first edition. Many of the same stories. Many of the same pictures, illustrations and just the old book with a new cover. Might say a few more lines about pepper spray and a few things but that's it. Don't waste your money on it. Buy the older edition in hardback and save money. You are basically reading the same thing. The book is a great book but not the revised edition. Same as old. Very disappointed.
Required Reading For Backcountry Camping in Grizzly Country May 20, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an outstanding book to prepare yourself for being in the backcountry with Grizzlies. It offers a great deal of information on both black and grizzly bears. It thoroughly covers everything to do with bears including their biology and life cycle, descriptions of previous attacks, and, of course, what to do when you encounter a bear. This book explains in detail why it is important to act differently towards bears in different situations.
Some people have mentioned that the book goes into too great a detail regarding bear attacks. I disagree. I believe that this information is important if you are ever unlucky enough to be attacked by a bear. However, don't read this book while you are actually camping in grizzly territory. A group just before us sustained a bluff charge so we knew a grizzly was nearby. That incident combined with the reading of the book while camping combined for some really restless sleep.
knowledge is the best defense February 24, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This one ought to be required reading for those of us who enjoy venturing into bear country for work or play. If the information in this book were more widely known, the result would be greater safety for people and bears. This book is comprehensive and authoritative. It describes the important differences in behavior between black bears and grizzly bears better than any other book I've seen on the subject.
Bear attacks February 19, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a must read for anyone who intends to be on the ground in grizzly country or in black bear country. It contains many carefully researched bear attack accounts, interviews, reconstructions , etc. No made up stuff. No anthropomorphism. No touchy feely wishful utopian stuff. This guy is a realist and cautious. He wants to save lives. If only the suicidal psychopath from Malibu (or better yet his girl friend) had read and understood this book (the key is understood!) we might not have that fascinating movie to talk about. Like Bob Golden, the chief biologist for David Brower for 15 years once told me.."Grizzlies are utterly incompatible with human beings."
|
|
|
Site by: Troy Peterson | |
