| Mark of the Grizzly: True Stories of Recent Bear Attacks | 
 enlarge | Author: Scott Mcmillion
Publisher: Verulam Publishing Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 588664
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1560446366
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.784
EAN: 9781560446361
ASIN: 1560446366
Publication Date: April 1998
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 Excellent read for the casual bear attack reader March 17, 2008
Having spent a few holidays in bear country, and suffered a small, harmless but terrifying encounter I set about researching more into bear encounters.
I have brought a couple of 'bear attacks books' but this was easily the best read for anyone without back country experience but with a morbid fascination about bear attacks.
Even my girlfriend who has no interest or desire to go to bear country couldnt put the book down and I found myself gripped by these stories of courage & disaster.
The book recounts actual encounters with bears with some first hand accounts and some third hand, tragic events. It is extremley well written with each chapter easy to read in a 20minute session. It doesnt analise the reasons behind general encounters or talk about statistics, but just those related to each storey which keeps the pace going very well. A very good read
I have never enjoyed a book as much as this one! August 25, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book on a recent trip to Wyoming. I heard about it in a local newspaper. It was spell binding from the first page. I had a hard time putting the book down after I started reading it. The book is very well written. This man has a talent of putting thoughts into words that put you in the very place he is describing along with the individuals involved. It is very descriptive. Every view point is touched upon. Not only do you feel the pain of the people who were involved in the attacks but you also feel the bears state of mind. I have GREAT respect, more so now then ever since I read this book, for both Grizzly and Black Bears. I know I am entering their world and must change my way of thinking upon doing so. This book also teaches you how to avoid being attacked and what to do/not do in the face of an attack...very informative. I haven't been able to keep this book to myself since I purchase it....everyone else wants to read it... I Hope this author writes another soon. I will be camping in Glacier Park Montana for two weeks in September 99.........
 "A" for effort, "F" for content. August 16, 1999
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Stories like "Warm Spell" raise serious concerns about this book. Guide Joe Heimer and his client are hunting elk near Yellowstone Park when they spot a grizzly with cubs about 60 feet away. The people back away another 50 feet. Then author Scott McMillion tells us that, "something excited the bear and she charged." Heimer waits for the bear "to stop and turn away. Not until she was on him, with her head no more than eight inches from the rifle's muzzle, did he shoot, aiming for her head. He missed."The bear severely injures Heimer and his client before he kills it. "The Montana Outfitters and Guides Association gave Heimer its Guide of the Year Award for his actions," writes McMillion, adding that "the cause of the attack remains unknown. The hunters never came between [the sow] and her cubs, and the immediate area contained no gut piles or other food sources she was trying to protect." Why did Heimer wait until the bear was eight inches away before shooting? Even if he hits the bear, it's momentum would have sent it crashing into Heimer. Did he calmly hold his fire, or did he panic and freeze? Hold your fire until a charging bear is seven to fifteen yards away, then shoot. This protects you, yet gives the bear a reasonable opportunity to stop before making contact. It's reasonable to assume that Heimer and his client provoked the bear's charge by encroaching on her personal space--the distance at which an animal will be forced to fight or flee. Statistics from Stephen Herrero's Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance, tell us that you should assume you've encroached on a bear's personal space when you're within 55 yards of it. Heimer and his client were much closer than that. You don't have to get between a sow and her cubs to encroach on her personal space. She's going to defend her personal space even if there's no food in the immediate area. It's difficult to trust the "facts" and opinions expressed in Mark of the Grizzly when it's clear that basic elements of bear biology and behavior are not understood.
Couldn't put it down June 10, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having spent time in many of the areas where these attacks took place I was was completely consumed by the stories and circumstances. It is a must read for anyone entering "Bear Country" or just fascinated by these wonderful animals. You will not be disappointed!
I liked the book alot. February 18, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book while in the middle of grizzly country which at first I did not think was a very good idea because of the fear it would probably instill. It ended up making me less fearful of the mighty creature and more understanding of its vital link to the intricate web of life. I highly recommend it as an interesting an eye-opening book.
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