Bears I Have Met—and Others

A collection of first-person narratives recounts encounters with grizzly and other bears on the Pacific Slope, blending hunting anecdotes, animal portraits, and natural-history observations. Episodes range from dramatic captures and fights to quieter scenes of captivity and examinations of bear temperament, intelligence, and survival tactics. Individual animals receive close attention through detailed behavioral descriptions in traps, enclosures, and the wild, while practical notes on methods, dens, and confrontations appear alongside reflective passages about popular reputation, ethical ambiguities of pursuit, and the complex relationship between hunters and the creatures they encounter.