The first picture is from a day I spent with WGFD bear researchers. It was tranquilized, but obviously, I wasn't inclined to mother-up to it.

The last picture I called "Waving Bear," but a friend I showed it to called it the, "Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon," picture.

Nice photos, Tom.

PC

Maybe not everybody

Where were these pics taken?

How do I stay as far as possible from there?

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Maybe not everybody

Well, I do! Great pics! The last made me chuckle. The first pic is actually something I wouldn't mind doing. That's a really cool picture, man.
Thanks for sharing them, TMats.

Nice pictures, Thanks for sharing

The pictures were all taken on my ranger district, north end of the Bridger-Teton. The sedated bear was in the Mt. Leidy highlands S of U.S. 26/287, the others from various places on Togwotee Pass.

Cool, thanks for posting those.

beautiful! I love bears.

You like bear pictures? Here are a few of mine:

DSC_0152.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

DSC_0145.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Those were taken in 2007 in the Lutak Inlet near Haines, AK. The next was taken in 2014 at the Hidden Falls Hatchery:

DSC_9353.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

And here are a couple taken at a closed cannery at Kake, AK in 2014:

DSC_9117.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

DSC_9123.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

There are more located in those Albums if you want to check them out.

flashguy

I've watched a few bears on more than one occasion, and seen more than a half dozen others.
we even met one , very up close and in person.

and NEVER ever would I trust a single one of them,
not for a minute

Telephoto lenses are your friend....

flashguy

Our local picin'-nic basket thief. This is a few hundred yards from my house. You can see the lake by my house right behind him. My neighbor is inside her house probably 5 feet away from the bear, but behind a sliding door of course.

Very nice!

In my youth, catching a ride through a mid-spring sleet/snow storm in Teton N.P., I'd swear I saw a smallish dark lump of fur running beside the road. The van driver said it was not a bear, but it sure looked bearish to me. Would that have been possible? A baby bear running for mamma?

Late May 2017 I recreated that mid-'80s hitchhike adventure, this time by pickup truck. Yep, not yet camp-able for my 3-season tent and lack of decent gear. Snow and sleet. Down to 33˚ but dry in Mammoth, though. And to think in my early 20s I bedded down in a Tetons snow drift, nestled in a sleeping bag and vapor barrier.

Beautiful pics!

Here are a few of mine from my 5 years as an Alaska resident:

Mama and 2.5 year olds eating from fishermen's net:

Mama and nervous 1.5 year olds about an hour later:

Bear eating salmon he caught on Russian River:

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Nice pictures. It is amazing at how fast those animals are when they want to be. I was watching a video of a couple hunters in a tree stand,I assume about 30-40 feet up in the tree and you could hear the bear climbing the tree in what seemed like a couple seconds.

I'll probably die trying to pet a bear.