What do you get on Brown Bears 100th quest?

What is the success rate of the Brown Bear hunt?

I can only speculate.

The Brown Bear is a high risk species in terms of population and habitat loss. In some regions they are now on the verge of extinction. Their rate of decline is not known at this time but estimates of their number are below 500 bears. Of that the only place they can be found in the US are Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. To find one today you need to be looking for it.

There are three types of bears for you to consider. They are the Kodiak, Grizzly and Black Bear. Grizzlies and Kodiaks are most likely to be captured as they inhabit the highest elevations of these range states. The black bear resides down at lower elevations but is more active around streams and rivers so will most likely be captured.

As stated above I can only provide an idea of success rate, but my guess is the success would probably range from about 10 to 15 percent, as an average. Success includes both wild caught and tagged animals and can be further broken down into subgroups. These subgroups may include (not in order)

1)Wild captured and successfully released animals2)Wild captured and released in captivity3)Captured while hunting or trapping illegally4)Captured while illegally hunting with bait5)Captured while illegally hunting without bait. I realize many people in this country would argue this point and say that every illegal hunter has to at least break it all off before turning in the bear. That being said there is nothing we can do about it. The only thing we can do is try to change what we already know. The laws are not strong enough to stop the problem, we are just talking about changing how they are broken. We know this as our system of law works to protect those who comply, not those who do not. The only way we will catch them is to change the behavior. It will never happen until someone gets paid for killing a brown bear. They won't care how legal it is as long as someone pays them for it.

I also realize that the best chance of success would be something along the lines of the "Trap bear" program. A couple of years back I posted pictures and details on the T-Brown Bear program at one of my past shows. I was asked not to share the info because it is protected and restricted info. I think they were correct in asking me not to but maybe I will post the info anyway.

What to do in a Brown Bear encounter?

I'm going to start a thread here so that we can have a place where we can all share experiences and advice, as I suspect that what works for me won't work for everyone.

I am going to start with this: In a situation such as when you encounter a bear, what is the most helpful thing to do and how do you go about doing it? Is it something you should be prepared to do if you are hiking or camping? (for those who don't hike or camp in bear country). We are fortunate enough to live in Southern California, so we often have a lot of bear encounters. Some are on the road - the worst of them I had was one that just stood there and looked at me, growling, showing no fear, and looking like it knew exactly where it was and what was coming. That encounter was more of a psychological thing because we lived right off the side of a mountain and were hiking in a "canyon" which is usually covered by brush except for places along the road where one has to cross and this bear decided to come out in the middle of the trail (which happened to be close to where I was coming down, not going up). It growled at me like the monster from Alien and then just stood there. If I walked faster it would run up behind me. You could really hear it in our house, it really made our little two bedroom beehive in the back yard. It came down the mountain at us, so I ran for my truck. We lived in an area with high housing prices so he was after money, nothing but dollars and cents, even though there wasn't a single house or building in sight.

We used to live about an hour south of where we live now, and we had a few encounters while driving down the freeway. Some were in the open at night, some were out in the morning by a rest stop, one was in a parking lot in broad daylight as we drove into the city. Most were just on the shoulder. The ones at the parking lot and the freeway had us exit the freeway and go home - they were too close. Some had us pull over, others would just back up and wait for us to approach. One was in the middle of the freeway in a spot where we needed to pass back to home and I pulled over to let him/her pass.

What do you get on Brown Bears 100th quest?

I believe you need to go to Oasis, then kill the bear.

The reward seems like it would be at least 30k? Is that right? How do you get it? Is it just another quest line, or do you have to go to the Brown Bears den afterwards? How do you even activate it to do the quest? I know it is possible. It is on a questline that will work on Legendary.

If you need a guide or information, please do not PM me. Post here instead. All I've got is my experience and no other guides are available on Google.

When I did the quest, I didn't have to do anything except head out to Oasis. What's interesting is that you are rewarded at the end with a Legendary item -- an epic axe.

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Should you fight back against a Brown Bear?

I have read many comments from readers with different answers.

A common theme I have noticed is that there are two extremes, fight and flight. In my experience however, I have found that there is a third way. One where the bear is distracted by whatever it encounters along the way and can often leave you unharmed and even unaware of the altercation at hand.

I am thinking specifically about our family's encounter with a brown bear while walking from camp to our cabin. We were a young family of two parents and four children so there wasn't much more than a backpack each. But, that's where it all starts because the family is carrying too much food for 2 people, camping gear, and enough to make us feel like we aren't missing a thing. We're not a large family but also not one small enough to carry everything we needed on a backpacking adventure.

We heard the bear first before seeing anything but our reaction was to do nothing. I can't explain it, but instead of running as fast as we could, screaming or yelling or perhaps fighting back. None of those things came to mind. Something kept us standing there, probably me more than anyone else and the first instinct is to protect yourself, and I didn't see that bear coming down the hill in front of us.

That is not going to stop me from talking about this today because I've had too many people tell me they are not going to go into the woods again because they hear a big roar and they see a bear. To me that makes it clear that these bears can come out at any time and anywhere. And, there is nothing you can do but stay alert, walk quietly and be prepared if one is determined to get to you. Yes, they will eat you but they also have many stories to tell.

I thought I would share what happened next and then go back to the beginning of our story with this: A bear attacked us from behind, jumped on my husband, knocked him down and started to attack his head when my son and I stepped in front. The bear left him in shock, never touched my son, and disappeared behind a wall of trees only to have another bear attack it a short time later.

What if I would have fought back? Was it my fault because it did this or what if we would have just stood there helpless?