Sometimes you can stay in the same line of work just a little too long, that's why I retired early. He lived in a time when you did what you had to do, and I would not judge him today. Thanks for a great story, Mike
I definitely felt this way a couple years age when I retired early too. There needs to be time & good health to actually enjoy some of what you've worked a lifetime for.
Agreed. I'd say if you're line of work is bear hunting then it's time to quit when you get old and frail and your vision and hearing goes 4:48 A person must be in top shape to do that line of work and even then still no match for a bear. Poor Ike stayed at the job much too long.
@@Dodgers-sw2uk nothing wrong with that. I can tell this is not his script but read from a book. However I don't mind and appreciate it being done in a video format so that I can listen rather than read.
Well, old Ike was no conservationist, but, a hunter for money and knew the risks and rewards of such a line of work. He lived by the grizzly and died by the grizzly!
@@scarybearattacks Old Ike should have known better for sure, a risk he probably would have scolded younger ones for taking. Could have been though that old Ike would have liked the poetic way to go than any other. Great story tell, Thanks!
An old bear Hunter once expressed that, "You can't ever tell what a bear will do, but it won't be a slow or stupid thing!" He also related how, a bear doubled back, setting a ambush on him.
Especially back then. They didn't have medical anything really and if that bear bit your leg off then from then on you didn't have a leg. There was no such thing as prosthetics.
@@jadetaylor2443 Vegan here.....but I guess they needed to protect the livestock from being murdered by the grizzlies...at least he used every part of them....
Excellent video! You asked a great question at the end, and my belief is he was doing a service. It was a different era, and people were responding to the context of their time. Thanks so much for your work here!
Thank you very much and I'm glad that you enjoyed it! I tend to agree with you and have to wonder what I'm doing today out of necessity that compromises the future of other humans or animals. It's an impossible question to answer really but it really is ponderous.
Agreed. God gave man dominion over the beasts of the field, but not to destroy them all or waste them. This is still true: _Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious._ We are to put all the resources of the earth to good use, and not be wasteful or greedy.
If you wanna be against anyone, be against the elite trillionaire banksters that fund everything and think you are a cancer on life. You are not above the rest of us poor and middle class. Stop being arrogant.
Should still be a season on older males grizzly another 5 to 10 years. And your going to hear about more mauling. Or let people go into national parks able to protect themselves. Those grizzly s are smarter over there in lower 48. Compared to grizzlies that get hunted.
I'm worried because it's been hotter than normal by us so none of the black bears normal food sources have grown. I think the 3 bears living in my woods will soon go for my neighbors chickens and goats, or worse me when taking the dog out late at night. When bears don't get their berries they get cranky.
Well told! Where did u learn about a bears circle back tactic? Very few know about that. Idaho & Montanas grizzlies are more aggressive than most. Smaller but meaner. While camping in Idaho by a shallow but wide river, we had a griz circling our camp all day popping its jaws but staying just out of sight. Being from Alaska i had my 45/70 on the states picnic table close just in case. Shortly after dark i took a picture of my wife sitting at the table with the Coleman lantern going. Old flashcube type camera. After getting back to Alaska turned the films in to be developed. Imagine our surprise to see the grizzly in the rushing water only inches deep sneaking up on my wife using her shadow from the lantern to hide itself. It was only 10 feet away & NEITHER of us knew it til the pictures came back. The flash going off in its face must have spooked it into leaving. It could have hit us both before i could have grabbed the rifle had it charged from that close.
I scroll RUclips videos every day and bypass many but every time I see yours I always watch and listen , great viewing and always enjoy every single one and R.I.P to all the victims . Thank you very much for sharing these .
This old Bear acted just like the Velociraptor that was hunted in Jurassic Park 1 ... Grizzlies must be one of the most feared predators on this planet! Yet another great video from Scary Bear Attacks ... love this channel 👍
They are only “ scary “ if a human pursues them and harasses them to desperation. I mean , come on….the Bears aren’t barging thru peoples bedrooms, trying to shoot them with arrows, break their bones, and then kill them. I have Bears occasionally in my pastures. They don’t bother me, my dogs, or my horses, and we don’t bother them. I don’t allow ANY shooting of anything on this farm, period. 🤷🏻♂️. “ if “ one of those Bears started marauding up around my barn, or on my patio, then it might get shot. And I would feel bad but I would protect my own. Recently a very young Bear was alone, on my road, right at the end of my driveway, and I was VERY cautious for a couple of days, because I had no clue where it’s Mom was. I feel pretty sure she was close, but staying out of sight. That’s ok with me. 🤷🏻♂️
I think when a grizzly rips open your tent, drags you out and eats you slowly alive the questions answer will become obvious to you. They are predators, and if you lived in the area you'd get how nasty they can be. I live a bit south of Salmon. I've ran into many bears in my life.
I have to agree with you and you know the more we learn about bears the more we learn that a hound pursuit season conditions them to stay away from humans. I know that sounds brutal but I'm talking about pursuit with hounds to the point where the bears tree and then you don't kill them. from that point on they are conditioned to be afraid of dogs and they will consequently avoid human establishments as well since we usually have dogs.
Old Ike was in the pest control business, before the bruin the army was being used to push the pesky native population out or to extinction. It was a different time and people had different beliefs . Today the bruin are looked at as helpless victims by people like the formerly living Timothy Treadwell.. they need to SPREAD OUT!!!
Old Ike stayed in the hunt a little too long, He probably knew it could be him or the bear at that stage in his life. In them frontier days you needed a good hunter to keep the bears away from cattle horses and most importantly people. Excellent narration Mike. your true to life stories remind me of readers digest stories back in the day. Thank you
While living in Minneapolis a friend (Mark, but everyone else called him Snake), invited me to go visit a place that a man lived that fed and welcomed black bears crossing the Minnesota/Canadian border. This was a famous place for the locals up by Ely, Minnesota. Shooney's was the name of the camp I think, but this was 93-94. We parked the car on the property and I just watched a few bears scampering around the place from the safety of my car. After awhile we got out and walked around, and I went over the the owners trailer and noticed there were bars around all the windows and doors. I was standing near the woods and two bear cubs, standing about 2 feet high on there legs ran up to me. I looked down and one of the bear cubs had put on of its paws on my thigh and was looking up at me and I was looking down at the cub. Suddenly i heard a noise come out of the woods some weird animal call and I fugured it was their Mom because they both took off in the flash of a second. That was a very risky thing to do, and I would never do something like that now expecially after watching a lot of Scary Bear Attacks.
I believe he performed a needed service for the ones who settled the frontier of our great country. Sad he died that way but I'm sure he had thought that one day he would lose the chess game he played with the bears
Grizzlies aren't decimated.. If anything, our encroachment into their territory and hunting grounds is the issue. At the end of the day, if a rancher sets up an all you can eat buffet for Grizzlies in the rugged mountains he should understand the dangers.. and will rightfully kill any threat to it. It's neithers fault.. just two predator species that are incompatible and unable to live side by side. Both highly territorial, intelligent and dangerous in their perspective ways.
Not sure if it was over confidence or old age, but with all that experience he should have known the bear was going to double back like that. They also play dead after being wounded, then attack once the hunter comes in too close.
I think Old Ike performed a much needed service back in his day. Good story pardner. Here I am again, up way past my bedtime watching your videos and reading the comments. I must be an addict, I can't stop myself.
I'm going to pass on if I think old Ike did more good or bad,I'm really not qualified to take a stand either way but he probably knew one day a Grizzly would even the score.
Silly me I camped in Kodiak in the campsite back in 1994 and other part of Alaska with only a k bar nife...never thought of carrying a bear spray.every time I watch scary bear attack I can .t imagine what those griz could ve done to me.
This was a great one. Sorry he died the way he did .I guess he thought he did what he had to do.In bear cases especially those types ,It's a even harder choice .No one ever knows the out come .I believe he was doing a service.great story .Thanks for sharing !!
Old Ike performed a neccessary task to help the people who own live stock. They depend on their live stock to make a living. He also helped to keep people safe. He was a Great man. His death was very unfortunate and sad. I wish he would have had someone with him at the time of the attack because it could have saved his life. May God Bless his family and comfort them knowing he died doing what he loved and enjoyed.
Since you referenced the American Serengeti, it was said by the early English settlers of Kenya that no hunter survived 50 lion hunts; the odds would catch you before then. So it seems to have been in territory of the Great Bears, as well. As for myself, I'd rather check out as Bear Chow than in a nursing home bed.
Yeah I'm not sure about the bear chow thing. I kinda would like to die with my grandkids and my kids around me telling them that I did everything I could do to benefit their lives. And maybe drifting off in my own sleep.. You know what's interesting about Africa is that cat's dominated the predatory hierarchy whereas dogs and bears dominated in North America. You ever wonder why pronghorn run 2 times faster than their nearest predator? It's because at some point there was a North American cheetah.
The ending of LEGENDS OF THE FALL looked all cool and heroic, the old man going out with a knife in hand fighting his old bear nemesis in the forrest. But... I imagine it sucks terribly in real life in the real world. Being g consumed while you are still breathing at the end of a long life? Nope. Rather die eating cheesecake or playing with the grandkids as someone mentioned. No Valhalla for me I s'pose.
I believe Ike was certainly one of those guys who loved to hunt and getting paid for it too was just the icing on the cake. Not to mention the notoriety a person who did that line of work would achieve. Ike lived in an era when life was cheap,they hung cattle rustlers so killing a grizzly who has killed cows or someone's favorite horse is naturally going to be an option. The govt could have stopped paying the bounties so the bounties perpetuated the attitude of eradicating grizzlies. Difficult to judge Ike, but as Scary Bear Attack has shown again and again, problem bears will have to be dealt with. Ike was dealing with those bears like a boss!
I think Ike did what we all so often do, we don’t know when to retire. Then they promote a youngster over you, and we end up training them. Just retire and do something that’s more fulfilling. The only problem with Ike is that, he had the type job that if you overstay, and loose your keenness, it could get you killed. I’m glad the bear didn’t eat him!
The majority of comments seem to be able to realize the difference between the 1800's and present time. A few of the comments about "killing" something he did not understand. These people should thank god or whomever they pray to, that they did not live in a time when men had to solve problems without running to daddy government to save them. Judging actions of a man in the 1800's from the soft ass ways of 2022 is just foolish.
Back in those days , they thought they were doing the correct thing .But , going on alone will get a person killed with a wounded bear . It does not matter the species , either . Ike should have waited for others to come with him . 1 more thing , when all of these settlers and ranchers and farmers were having grizxly bears killed they were also wiping out the population of them until they were on the critical list of almost becoming extinct . In Montana , they are now protected .
I belive he was doing a service. It's too bad people had to move into the areas that were the bears homes, but it is what it is. Poor Ike, may he Rest In Peace
One way to win the coveted Darwin Award is to stubbornly ignore the CLEAR AND PRESENT warning signs of old age. The fact that the half blind, half deaf old hunter went alone into thick bush following a massive grizzly is pure, unadulterated stupidity. Apparently, not everything get wiser with age, tf was he thinking 😑
I’ve lived in Oregon for almost 30 years now. I live in a very rural area. I remember as a kid asking my dad why people hunt. Why it could be “good”. I remember my dad saying something like “well, it’s humane. They will starve in the winter otherwise so it’s better they get harvested”. We live on the coast. It rarely snows. When it does it’s super brief. I just don’t believe that theory. In reality we keep these animal population low to keep us humans more comfortable. In general. My opinion. I feel bad for animals looked at as a menace because us humans breed and breed taking over their home.
@Pat Luxor I understand. But when you think about it… bears and their ancestors were here WAY before us. ❤️ It’s nice when we can all live in harmony. Really it’s often ruined (in my opinion) of campers leaving food out, and just taking over so much of their territory. I fear someday in the future that these animals will only exist in highly protected areas. I don’t have issues at all with these protected areas but I can tell you “wild” animals behave very different in these areas. Oregon for example. I’ve lived in the wilderness for years here. Yet I’ve personally only seen a wild elk herd maybe 4 times in over 30 years. I’m not a regular hunter so. But you go to our elk viewing area that prohibits hunters and it’s an elk view spot, you will see tons of elk. Just laying around, not afraid of humans at all. The animals change when they are protected. I think it’s good and bad. Bad if it’s a carnivore animal for sure. We don’t want carnivores not afraid of people.
I don't know how this event affected the bear population in that area as I have no data on that. But, I don't agree with allowing anyone to go out and shoot any species without regulations. Of course, in the 19th century I don't think there were any at all. But surely overhunting has been the cause of many animal extinctions, or low numbers, and has upset the balance of the natural order. Messing with mother nature is never a good idea. We often don't see the negative affects until it's way too late. Thanks for another great video!
Hunting fees are what is used to keep populations healthy. Modern day hunting is without a doubt responsible for saving many species. Especially in developing nations,think Africa. I don't hunt,am not interested in it,but without the huge fees to hunt a elephant there would be far fewer of them,perhaps even none. Ignorance is deadly.
I think he did the country a service. I lived around grizzlies all my life, and have seen the mayhem they cause. Now they reintroduced them back in idaho what a joke.
I think in that time he was making a living the best way he knew even though very dangerous but sometimes you have to know when to quit especially when his dangerous job needed all his senses!
Great stories. Sorry for loss of human life. Definitely wrong decisions my early settlers to have killed of so many grizz, wolf, buffalo and other species. Natives lived and didn’t lack from these amazing predators. White man of course had diff way of life but still didn’t require to kill ‘em all off. Natives and settlers could have benefited much more from each other.
Agreed. All who came to the New World were not like the Pilgrims - God-fearing and respectful toward others. Many came with greed in their hearts and were constantly despising the natives, taking advantage of them and breaking agreements. Government officials especially, just as now, cared more about obtaining power and riches than serving the people. Now we're reaping what we have sown, and looks like China is benefiting - for now.
Um noooooo I think you guys take a small minority of people and put everyone in that class. There wasn't a mc Donald's to drive you horse up to and get food. These people had cattle to protect . No electricity, a fence back then wasn't stopping a grizzly. God put a abundance of food on the earth . You ever watch a large male grizzly shredd 2 little grizzly cubs up . There running out of room in the lower 48 . Your going to see more bear attacks you probably never heard of.
Some "Native American" tribes would drive tens of thousands of buffalo over a cliff which killed all of them, then they would go and cut out the tongues and leave the ENTIRE remaining animal to rot in the sun. How's THAT for conservation.
I see no reason for grizzlies or any kind of Bear , they are an extremely dangerous predator, i wouldn't be upset if they were all gone, i see no use for them other than danger to human beings!
Never in my life have I heard a story that made me rise to my feet and gleefully cheer and feel happiness as I did when I heard this one. This man was a horrible serial killer of a species that he DEFINITELY did not understand not care to and in the end he learned the hard way. I love it.
I'm thankful when I walk on my family's property I don't have black bears and wolves to rip me apart . If I happen to see any of the two while walking and knowing their children on the property it's a very high probability I'll shoot em
You'd be singing a very different tune had you lived in his time, friend. When the loss of even one head of livestock to a bear can financially devastate your family and put survival at risk, you'd want someone able to make sure it doesn't happen again. We live in a time where we are spoiled and have the luxury to put the lives of other species on some higher pedestal than our own, but back then times were much harder and Ike did a job that, while not pleasant, was a necessity for many folks on the frontier.
Also depending on how much the bears hunted livestock and got into food storages would determine if old Ike was a hero to the area but either way he is a legend that's a fact
1 bear just wants to survive, it is not there to profit like the farmers or the hunters it just wants to LIVE. R.I.P the large Grizzly, i don't even care for "Old Ike" he was just there to profit and he got outsmarted in the end. i just wish the bison could have the same mentality as the bear.
It is always so much easier to judge yesterday and it’s hardships by today’s conditions. Those pioneers back then were doing all they could not only to survive but to thrive ... possibly not many choices and unable to judge unless standing in the times that prevailed and other man’s shoes !!
He definitely was beneficial to humans ! Bears have all of canada's wilds and the highest most remote Rocky mountains to occupy. where humans rarely if ever, go.
I'd pay you good money to narrate my last encounter with my ex girlfriend. "The ferocious bruin charged him and the young man managed to escape...thus time."
I believe he did the ranchers and farmers a service by killing a predator that was taking their livestock. But in today's world there are hunters who kill for the thrill and the trophies. Don't see any honor in doing that.
I'm kinda surprised the ol' veteran grizz killer went in like that on a wounded beast like that!! Lapse of judgement in his older age, I assume...surprising nonetheless! The fella did a job that was very necessary at that time in our nation, and no I don't think he went overboard...wonder how many lives he saved from the number of grizzly he took🤔 Another great show!!! 💪🏾🐻👍🏾
Another terrifying story! Great job. No matter how many times someone encounters a bear or even kills one, it should never be forgotten just how smart and cunning those mighty creatures are. Old Ike was performing an essential function. There are still bears in certain areas such as Yellowstone and Glacier national park, so some have been preserved. There can be a balance between humans' need for safety and animals' need for habitat.
Heya Scary, again a triumph ! A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, eh. Those docile Ole Guernsey cows would be easy pickins' for Ole Griz. As to your question, fresh milk or Bear steaks and a nice rug, I like milk in my tea. I'm confused about the line between Bitcoins and Bear Attacks.....although Billy the kid certainly bid farewell to Deputy Bob in the Kristofferson movie...."Keep the change, Bob". I'm a life long fan, Scary. Keep 'em coming. Ole Ike died in the saddle I guess . Better than the Betty Ford Clinic.
Great job as always, Mike. Griz usually prefer man once they kill and eat man. These guys werent Treadwell. They were there to live and raise families, just like the Inuets. Ike performed a useful and needed service against aggressive animals.
I don't blame Ike for doing what he did for a living. Now a days we know better and usually can use other means of bear control and killing them is a last resort. In his day they didn't have that knowledge or understanding so they did what they had to do to survive in the wilderness. I've said before that hunting an apex predator is one of the most dangerous sports to participate in. A predator is a hunter too and when the hunt is on they know what you are doing.
Sometimes you can stay in the same line of work just a little too long, that's why I retired early. He lived in a time when you did what you had to do, and I would not judge him today. Thanks for a great story, Mike
Good point Mike! Thank you!
I definitely felt this way a couple years age when I retired early too. There needs to be time & good health to actually enjoy some of what you've worked a lifetime for.
Well said.
Agreed. I'd say if you're line of work is bear hunting then it's time to quit when you get old and frail and your vision and hearing goes 4:48 A person must be in top shape to do that line of work and even then still no match for a bear. Poor Ike stayed at the job much too long.
Exactly my thought. If he had opportunity for hindsight, he probably wished he had quit one bear sooner. Lol.
I loved it when you described his loss of hearing "the higher pitched sounds, like small twigs snapping just a few yards to his right!"
SCARY!!
Lol thank you!
He usually just reads other peoples work. But maybe he has changed since being called out about it
@@Dodgers-sw2uk nothing wrong with that. I can tell this is not his script but read from a book. However I don't mind and appreciate it being done in a video format so that I can listen rather than read.
My thoughts exactly - one should always consider things in their historical perspective.
Well, old Ike was no conservationist, but, a hunter for money and knew the risks and rewards of such a line of work. He lived by the grizzly and died by the grizzly!
Sounds like karma to me.
@@frankboff1260 disgusting
Old Ike 100. Old bear 1. Perfect way for an old bear hunter to go.
That is a great point! Dang near poetic the way he went out isn't it.
@@scarybearattacks Old Ike should have known better for sure, a risk he probably would have scolded younger ones for taking. Could have been though that old Ike would have liked the poetic way to go than any other. Great story tell, Thanks!
An old bear Hunter once expressed that, "You can't ever tell what a bear will do, but it won't be a slow or stupid thing!" He also related how, a bear doubled back, setting a ambush on him.
As afraid as I am of bears I could think of about 1,000 other things I would rather do than hunt grizzly bears.
Especially back then. They didn't have medical anything really and if that bear bit your leg off then from then on you didn't have a leg. There was no such thing as prosthetics.
Soon, you will think differently with our economy. Food shortage is ICM
@@beckoninglight16 I am a vegetarian lol
@@jadetaylor2443 food shortages includes vegetables Hunny.
@@jadetaylor2443 Vegan here.....but I guess they needed to protect the livestock from being murdered by the grizzlies...at least he used every part of them....
Excellent video! You asked a great question at the end, and my belief is he was doing a service. It was a different era, and people were responding to the context of their time. Thanks so much for your work here!
Thank you very much and I'm glad that you enjoyed it! I tend to agree with you and have to wonder what I'm doing today out of necessity that compromises the future of other humans or animals. It's an impossible question to answer really but it really is ponderous.
@@scarybearattacks very true. and important to think about. It's humbling to remember we don't live life in a vacumn.
Agreed. God gave man dominion over the beasts of the field, but not to destroy them all or waste them. This is still true:
_Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious._
We are to put all the resources of the earth to good use, and not be wasteful or greedy.
If you wanna be against anyone, be against the elite trillionaire banksters that fund everything and think you are a cancer on life. You are not above the rest of us poor and middle class. Stop being arrogant.
Should still be a season on older males grizzly another 5 to 10 years. And your going to hear about more mauling. Or let people go into national parks able to protect themselves. Those grizzly s are smarter over there in lower 48. Compared to grizzlies that get hunted.
It's crazy how these bears eat more berries (weight wise) in like a week than a human does total food in a year!
Easily!
I'm worried because it's been hotter than normal by us so none of the black bears normal food sources have grown. I think the 3 bears living in my woods will soon go for my neighbors chickens and goats, or worse me when taking the dog out late at night. When bears don't get their berries they get cranky.
Well told! Where did u learn about a bears circle back tactic? Very few know about that. Idaho & Montanas grizzlies are more aggressive than most. Smaller but meaner. While camping in Idaho by a shallow but wide river, we had a griz circling our camp all day popping its jaws but staying just out of sight. Being from Alaska i had my 45/70 on the states picnic table close just in case. Shortly after dark i took a picture of my wife sitting at the table with the Coleman lantern going. Old flashcube type camera. After getting back to Alaska turned the films in to be developed. Imagine our surprise to see the grizzly in the rushing water only inches deep sneaking up on my wife using her shadow from the lantern to hide itself. It was only 10 feet away & NEITHER of us knew it til the pictures came back. The flash going off in its face must have spooked it into leaving. It could have hit us both before i could have grabbed the rifle had it charged from that close.
Woah that’s scary
Damn
Daaaamm!!!😳😳🐻📸
GEESH! That's nuts! scary.
holy shit !! i would love to see that picture
The moral of the story is "never go alone into bear country" - even if you are an expert hunter.
Once again SCARY BEAR ATTACKS , have presented another brilliant video , 10 out of 10
Thank you and take care my friend!
I hated your video where big bear killed cub while mother bear passed back and forth in agony watching him tear her cub apart while cub alive.
I scroll RUclips videos every day and bypass many but every time I see yours I always watch and listen , great viewing and always enjoy every single one and R.I.P to all the victims .
Thank you very much for sharing these .
Thank you Andrew you take care of yourself :)
Great job on the video! You are very good at doing your videos. Thanks for taking the time to make the video
My pleasure my friend and thank you very much!
Rest in peace to those who didn't survive
Including the Bears 🐻!
@@ursulasoames8602 Yeah, how horrible for an animals to suffer such an agonizing demise for doing nothing wrong.❤🐻❤
So happy to have my notifications on, so I could get here early! I can’t imagine being ballsy enough to be a bear hunter 😅 that’s not for me.
Me neither! Lol thanks for dropping by!
This old Bear acted just like the Velociraptor that was hunted in Jurassic Park 1 ... Grizzlies must be one of the most feared predators on this planet! Yet another great video from Scary Bear Attacks ... love this channel 👍
Clever girl
Lol exactly! 💯
They are only “ scary “ if a human pursues them and harasses them to desperation. I mean , come on….the Bears aren’t barging thru peoples bedrooms, trying to shoot them with arrows, break their bones, and then kill them.
I have Bears occasionally in my pastures. They don’t bother me, my dogs, or my horses, and we don’t bother them. I don’t allow ANY shooting of anything on this farm, period. 🤷🏻♂️.
“ if “ one of those Bears started marauding up around my barn, or on my patio, then it might get shot. And I would feel bad but I would protect my own. Recently a very young Bear was alone, on my road, right at the end of my driveway, and I was VERY cautious for a couple of days, because I had no clue where it’s Mom was. I feel pretty sure she was close, but staying out of sight. That’s ok with me. 🤷🏻♂️
I think when a grizzly rips open your tent, drags you out and eats you slowly alive the questions answer will become obvious to you. They are predators, and if you lived in the area you'd get how nasty they can be. I live a bit south of Salmon. I've ran into many bears in my life.
Good point! I love Idaho!
Why are they "nasty"? They're just trying to live!
@@skeptigal2785 eating a person alive
..and other innocent animals too...
Some cool dude Ike was .it was a different time back then.hard to judge sitting here all cozy in the 21st century
To answer your question, when it comes right down to save the bear or save the humans, save the humans has to come out on top.
I do believe there were too many killed at that time, but I also understand the farmers plight Thank you for the video you do good work.
I have to agree with you and you know the more we learn about bears the more we learn that a hound pursuit season conditions them to stay away from humans. I know that sounds brutal but I'm talking about pursuit with hounds to the point where the bears tree and then you don't kill them. from that point on they are conditioned to be afraid of dogs and they will consequently avoid human establishments as well since we usually have dogs.
Old Ike was in the pest control business, before the bruin the army was being used to push the pesky native population out or to extinction. It was a different time and people had different beliefs . Today the bruin are looked at as helpless victims by people like the formerly living Timothy Treadwell.. they need to SPREAD OUT!!!
Old Ike stayed in the hunt a little too long, He probably knew it could be him or the bear at that stage in his life. In them frontier days you needed a good hunter to keep the bears away from cattle horses and most importantly people. Excellent narration Mike. your true to life stories remind me of readers digest stories back in the day. Thank you
While living in Minneapolis a friend (Mark, but everyone else called him Snake), invited me to go visit a place that a man lived that fed and welcomed black bears crossing the Minnesota/Canadian border. This was a famous place for the locals up by Ely, Minnesota. Shooney's was the name of the camp I think, but this was 93-94. We parked the car on the property and I just watched a few bears scampering around the place from the safety of my car. After awhile we got out and walked around, and I went over the the owners trailer and noticed there were bars around all the windows and doors. I was standing near the woods and two bear cubs, standing about 2 feet high on there legs ran up to me. I looked down and one of the bear cubs had put on of its paws on my thigh and was looking up at me and I was looking down at the cub. Suddenly i heard a noise come out of the woods some weird animal call and I fugured it was their Mom because they both took off in the flash of a second. That was a very risky thing to do, and I would never do something like that now expecially after watching a lot of Scary Bear Attacks.
You are really lucky! I'm glad you're safe and sound and in one piece :)
I suppose in many ways the modern bear fills the role the sabertoothed tiger must have played in the life of prehistoric man.
Old Ike got outsmarted .. Damn these bears are smart and super efficient at killing anything in their paths
I believe he performed a needed service for the ones who settled the frontier of our great country. Sad he died that way but I'm sure he had thought that one day he would lose the chess game he played with the bears
It's almost poetic really. It's kind of like a soldier going to battle and dying bravely.
Exactly what I would say. Totally agree.
@@scarybearattacks I was thinking the same thing, like in the ending of Apocalypse Now
Some men would rather die helping others than live a long peaceful life.
Grizzlies aren't decimated.. If anything, our encroachment into their territory and hunting grounds is the issue. At the end of the day, if a rancher sets up an all you can eat buffet for Grizzlies in the rugged mountains he should understand the dangers.. and will rightfully kill any threat to it. It's neithers fault.. just two predator species that are incompatible and unable to live side by side. Both highly territorial, intelligent and dangerous in their perspective ways.
Not sure if it was over confidence or old age, but with all that experience he should have known the bear was going to double back like that. They also play dead after being wounded, then attack once the hunter comes in too close.
I wouldnt call 100 bears "decimating a species" but I am sure Ike understood fair is fair
I think Old Ike performed a much needed service back in his day. Good story pardner. Here I am again, up way past my bedtime watching your videos and reading the comments. I must be an addict, I can't stop myself.
There is nothing better for scary bear Attacks. PERIOD
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Thank You "Scary Beat Attacks". Your videos are super entertaining.
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I think you do a great job at narration! And I appreciate there is no distracting music.
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I'm going to pass on if I think old Ike did more good or bad,I'm really not qualified to take a stand either way but he probably knew one day a Grizzly would even the score.
Silly me I camped in Kodiak in the campsite back in 1994 and other part of Alaska with only a k bar nife...never thought of carrying a bear spray.every time I watch scary bear attack I can .t imagine what those griz could ve done to me.
I believe he performed a important and necessary service for that time in the frontier . Thanks 🙏 for the great story.
This was a great one. Sorry he died the way he did .I guess he thought he did what he had to do.In bear cases especially those types ,It's a even harder choice .No one ever knows the out come .I believe he was doing a service.great story .Thanks for sharing !!
Thank you and please take care of yourself :)
Old Ike performed a neccessary task to help the people who own live stock. They depend on their live stock to make a living. He also helped to keep people safe. He was a Great man. His death was very unfortunate and sad.
I wish he would have had someone with him at the time of the attack because it could have saved his life.
May God Bless his family and comfort them knowing he died doing what he loved and enjoyed.
Great video! Old Ike was one of the good guys. I don't judge people outside of the context of the times they lived in.
I been waitin for a new video and you didn't disappoint!!
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That’s mean for a bear to attack some old man.
Bears should pick on people their own age.
God bless Ike R.I.P.
Since you referenced the American Serengeti, it was said by the early English settlers of Kenya that no hunter survived 50 lion hunts; the odds would catch you before then. So it seems to have been in territory of the Great Bears, as well. As for myself, I'd rather check out as Bear Chow than in a nursing home bed.
Yeah I'm not sure about the bear chow thing. I kinda would like to die with my grandkids and my kids around me telling them that I did everything I could do to benefit their lives. And maybe drifting off in my own sleep.. You know what's interesting about Africa is that cat's dominated the predatory hierarchy whereas dogs and bears dominated in North America. You ever wonder why pronghorn run 2 times faster than their nearest predator? It's because at some point there was a North American cheetah.
@@scarybearattacks what predator you talking about being the North American cheetah?
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@@scarybearattacks that’s super interesting! Could you explain why dogs and bears made it in North America but cats in Africa? Genuinely curious!
The ending of LEGENDS OF THE FALL looked all cool and heroic, the old man going out with a knife in hand fighting his old bear nemesis in the forrest. But... I imagine it sucks terribly in real life in the real world.
Being g consumed while you are still breathing at the end of a long life?
Nope. Rather die eating cheesecake or playing with the grandkids as someone mentioned. No Valhalla for me I s'pose.
I believe Ike was certainly one of those guys who loved to hunt and getting paid for it too was just the icing on the cake. Not to mention the notoriety a person who did that line of work would achieve. Ike lived in an era when life was cheap,they hung cattle rustlers so killing a grizzly who has killed cows or someone's favorite horse is naturally going to be an option. The govt could have stopped paying the bounties so the bounties perpetuated the attitude of eradicating grizzlies. Difficult to judge Ike, but as Scary Bear Attack has shown again and again, problem bears will have to be dealt with. Ike was dealing with those bears like a boss!
I think Ike did what we all so often do, we don’t know when to retire. Then they promote a youngster over you, and we end up training them. Just retire and do something that’s more fulfilling. The only problem with Ike is that, he had the type job that if you overstay, and loose your keenness, it could get you killed. I’m glad the bear didn’t eat him!
All bears are happy and friendly, except for the one that eats you.
Isn't that the truth. LOL
Oh Scary Bear Attacks… You have such a way with words😌😌
The majority of comments seem to be able to realize the difference between the 1800's and present time. A few of the comments about "killing" something he did not understand. These people should thank god or whomever they pray to, that they did not live in a time when men had to solve problems without running to daddy government to save them. Judging actions of a man in the 1800's from the soft ass ways of 2022 is just foolish.
Back in those days , they thought they were doing the correct thing .But , going on alone will get a person killed with a wounded bear . It does not matter the species , either . Ike should have waited for others to come with him . 1 more thing , when all of these settlers and ranchers and farmers were having grizxly bears killed they were also wiping out the population of them until they were on the critical list of almost becoming extinct . In Montana , they are now protected .
That was my first thought. I wouldn't want to go in there looking for a wounded bear. I would've waited, more time to bleed out.
@@infogunvault6920 , yup same here . He should have known better .
Good job bear! These stories of indiscriminate bear hunting make my blood boil..😤😠
Love your work. Any chance you’d be Willy to share what we were listening to during the countdommm
I'm not sure. Sorry. Was it good?
@@scarybearattacks yeah, it was very mood inducing. Oh well; thanks for the reply and for calling in my
That was exceptionally written.
Thank you Michelle!
I belive he was doing a service.
It's too bad people had to move into the areas that were the bears homes, but it is what it is.
Poor Ike, may he Rest In Peace
Soon as I saw the picture of that grizzly I knew it was you🥰🎧🥰 Another amazing video.
Lol thank you😁
One way to win the coveted Darwin Award is to stubbornly ignore the CLEAR AND PRESENT warning signs of old age. The fact that the half blind, half deaf old hunter went alone into thick bush following a massive grizzly is pure, unadulterated stupidity. Apparently, not everything get wiser with age, tf was he thinking 😑
I’ve lived in Oregon for almost 30 years now. I live in a very rural area.
I remember as a kid asking my dad why people hunt. Why it could be “good”.
I remember my dad saying something like “well, it’s humane. They will starve in the winter otherwise so it’s better they get harvested”.
We live on the coast. It rarely snows. When it does it’s super brief. I just don’t believe that theory.
In reality we keep these animal population low to keep us humans more comfortable. In general. My opinion.
I feel bad for animals looked at as a menace because us humans breed and breed taking over their home.
@Pat Luxor I understand. But when you think about it… bears and their ancestors were here WAY before us. ❤️
It’s nice when we can all live in harmony. Really it’s often ruined (in my opinion) of campers leaving food out, and just taking over so much of their territory. I fear someday in the future that these animals will only exist in highly protected areas. I don’t have issues at all with these protected areas but I can tell you “wild” animals behave very different in these areas.
Oregon for example. I’ve lived in the wilderness for years here. Yet I’ve personally only seen a wild elk herd maybe 4 times in over 30 years. I’m not a regular hunter so.
But you go to our elk viewing area that prohibits hunters and it’s an elk view spot, you will see tons of elk. Just laying around, not afraid of humans at all.
The animals change when they are protected. I think it’s good and bad. Bad if it’s a carnivore animal for sure. We don’t want carnivores not afraid of people.
I don't know how this event affected the bear population in that area as I have no data on that. But, I don't agree with allowing anyone to go out and shoot any species without regulations. Of course, in the 19th century I don't think there were any at all. But surely overhunting has been the cause of many animal extinctions, or low numbers, and has upset the balance of the natural order. Messing with mother nature is never a good idea. We often don't see the negative affects until it's way too late. Thanks for another great video!
Thank you my friend!
Hunting fees are what is used to keep populations healthy. Modern day hunting is without a doubt responsible for saving many species. Especially in developing nations,think Africa. I don't hunt,am not interested in it,but without the huge fees to hunt a elephant there would be far fewer of them,perhaps even none. Ignorance is deadly.
I think he did the country a service. I lived around grizzlies all my life, and have seen the mayhem they cause. Now they reintroduced them back in idaho what a joke.
Why did they do that?
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Great video Mr. Scary Bear Attacks!
Thanks for the visit
I just recently found your channel.
Very scary stories, I got goosebumps
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Thanks so very much for another terrific video!
😱 cor the hunter becomes the Hunted, may he rest in peace, 🙏 another interesting video thanks 🖤
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I think in that time he was making a living the best way he knew even though very dangerous but sometimes you have to know when to quit especially when his dangerous job needed all his senses!
Need to be more like that brave man..Bear population has blown up
I don't blame Old Ike, because he was always there for the people,and I salute Old Ike
Fabulous as always thank you
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Great video as always 🧡
Thank you Luciana! Take care!
Old Ike gave back what he owed to Mother Nature.💪🏼😇
Great stories. Sorry for loss of human life. Definitely wrong decisions my early settlers to have killed of so many grizz, wolf, buffalo and other species. Natives lived and didn’t lack from these amazing predators. White man of course had diff way of life but still didn’t require to kill ‘em all off. Natives and settlers could have benefited much more from each other.
Agreed. All who came to the New World were not like the Pilgrims - God-fearing and respectful toward others.
Many came with greed in their hearts and were constantly despising the natives, taking advantage of them and breaking agreements.
Government officials especially, just as now, cared more about obtaining power and riches than serving the people.
Now we're reaping what we have sown, and looks like China is benefiting - for now.
Um noooooo I think you guys take a small minority of people and put everyone in that class. There wasn't a mc Donald's to drive you horse up to and get food. These people had cattle to protect . No electricity, a fence back then wasn't stopping a grizzly. God put a abundance of food on the earth . You ever watch a large male grizzly shredd 2 little grizzly cubs up . There running out of room in the lower 48 . Your going to see more bear attacks you probably never heard of.
Some "Native American" tribes would drive tens of thousands of buffalo over a cliff which killed all of them, then they would go and cut out the tongues and leave the ENTIRE remaining animal to rot in the sun. How's THAT for conservation.
I see no reason for grizzlies or any kind of Bear , they are an extremely dangerous predator, i wouldn't be upset if they were all gone, i see no use for them other than danger to human beings!
GOD put them here for a reason, your in there yard respect that. How would you react to someone in your home?
I don't scare easily, but just the picture in my head of a charging grizzly scares me to death.
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Never in my life have I heard a story that made me rise to my feet and gleefully cheer and feel happiness as I did when I heard this one.
This man was a horrible serial killer of a species that he DEFINITELY did not understand not care to and in the end he learned the hard way. I love it.
I'm thankful when I walk on my family's property I don't have black bears and wolves to rip me apart . If I happen to see any of the two while walking and knowing their children on the property it's a very high probability I'll shoot em
You sound like a democrat
You'd be singing a very different tune had you lived in his time, friend. When the loss of even one head of livestock to a bear can financially devastate your family and put survival at risk, you'd want someone able to make sure it doesn't happen again.
We live in a time where we are spoiled and have the luxury to put the lives of other species on some higher pedestal than our own, but back then times were much harder and Ike did a job that, while not pleasant, was a necessity for many folks on the frontier.
@@Syenthros well what went around certainly came around we can all agree.
Not sure how I'm going to shuffle off this mortal coil, but I guarantee I won't be a topic on this channel
Flip flops? Wouldn’t rocket propelled sneakers be a better option? 🤣👍🇬🇧
These stories have actually taken up a portion of my RUclips feed cause I've listened to so much of them
Also depending on how much the bears hunted livestock and got into food storages would determine if old Ike was a hero to the area but either way he is a legend that's a fact
Thank you!
1 bear just wants to survive, it is not there to profit like the farmers or the hunters it just wants to LIVE.
R.I.P the large Grizzly, i don't even care for "Old Ike" he was just there to profit and he got outsmarted in the end. i just wish the bison could have the same mentality as the bear.
It is always so much easier to judge yesterday and it’s hardships by today’s conditions. Those pioneers back then were doing all they could not only to survive but to thrive ... possibly not many choices and unable to judge unless standing in the times that prevailed and other man’s shoes !!
OD IKE IS A LEGEND. HE WAS EXCEEDING GREAT HELP. HE WAS NOT A COWARD..
"Sometimes you eat the ba'r, sometimes the ba'r eats you!"
He definitely was beneficial to humans ! Bears have all of canada's wilds and the highest most remote Rocky mountains to occupy. where humans rarely if ever, go.
it's because of people like Ike that bears get a healthy fear of humans. It's best for both parties if bears and humans never meet.
Salute to Old Ike who provided a great service to his fellow countrymen, and probably saved many human lives in the process
I'd pay you good money to narrate my last encounter with my ex girlfriend. "The ferocious bruin charged him and the young man managed to escape...thus time."
Lol I don't want to get picketed or blacklisted so I have no comment :)
Bears have to eat, but so do humans. In those times, men had to protect their food as much as bears needed to kill cattle...
He did a great service to the people in the area . So sad that he was killed , another great video Thankyou for sharing
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That's what I call, BEAR 🐻 JUSTICE ⚖👏🙌. I DON'T feel sorry for this man who profited off the murder of animals
Great work. Keep it up.
Thank you my friend!
I believe he did the ranchers and farmers a service by killing a predator that was taking their livestock. But in today's world there are hunters who kill for the thrill and the trophies. Don't see any honor in doing that.
I'm kinda surprised the ol' veteran grizz killer went in like that on a wounded beast like that!! Lapse of judgement in his older age, I assume...surprising nonetheless! The fella did a job that was very necessary at that time in our nation, and no I don't think he went overboard...wonder how many lives he saved from the number of grizzly he took🤔
Another great show!!!
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Maybe he underestimated the bear's intelligence
Chasing a wounded Grizzly alone into thick cover is a NO GO!!! . seems EGO takes the place of rational decision making....
Something like "pride comes before the fall."
I would say a bear bounty hunter losing his life to one of the many bears he hunted is just, and evidence of karma
love this channel just need more content. I been watching all vids on other channel as well. looking for more content
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Thank you too April!
Another terrifying story! Great job. No matter how many times someone encounters a bear or even kills one, it should never be forgotten just how smart and cunning those mighty creatures are. Old Ike was performing an essential function. There are still bears in certain areas such as Yellowstone and Glacier national park, so some have been preserved. There can be a balance between humans' need for safety and animals' need for habitat.
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Sometimes you get the bear. Sometimes the bear gets you.
I love it when these bear hunters get munched on by the bear
I am glad I stumbled upon this channel. Very intense, nature is absolutely brutal
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Heya Scary, again a triumph ! A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, eh. Those docile Ole Guernsey cows would be easy pickins' for Ole Griz. As to your question, fresh milk or Bear steaks and a nice rug, I like milk in my tea.
I'm confused about the line between Bitcoins and Bear Attacks.....although Billy the kid certainly bid farewell to Deputy Bob in the Kristofferson movie...."Keep the change, Bob".
I'm a life long fan, Scary.
Keep 'em coming.
Ole Ike died in the saddle I guess . Better than the Betty Ford Clinic.
RIP old man Ike! Showed those bears who’s the real Apex predator. Mankind!
Great job as always, Mike. Griz usually prefer man once they kill and eat man. These guys werent Treadwell. They were there to live and raise families, just like the Inuets. Ike performed a useful and needed service against aggressive animals.
I don't blame Ike for doing what he did for a living. Now a days we know better and usually can use other means of bear control and killing them is a last resort. In his day they didn't have that knowledge or understanding so they did what they had to do to survive in the wilderness.
I've said before that hunting an apex predator is one of the most dangerous sports to participate in. A predator is a hunter too and when the hunt is on they know what you are doing.
After watching so many of these videos I’ll never go camping fuck that.