Bear at High Bridge Flow Trail
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What’s the difference? The whole area is surrounded by forest
serviceguy
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People are dicks, MTBers are people hence MTBers are dicks. Some are more a dick than others...dicker, dickerer
Give a fair warning in case of a close sighting is the right thing to do IMHO, if that student in West Milford had listened to the hikers warning that there was a bear on the trail he would probably be still alive, and so would be the bear that killed him. You can bring a horse to the water but you can't make it drink.
Doesn't matter how many bears are out there, they're still wild animals and I will always welcome the heads up that one maybe closer than usual.
Cassinonorth
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Yeah totally the same density of forest, there's no roads surrounding High Bridge at all.
You're right, good point bud.
It was a serious question. Voorhees and that other wildlife area are less than a half mile from there. Sure it isn't Stephens, but it also isn't like seeing a bear in Trenton.
Cassinonorth
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Certainly not a city, but there's some residential streets in the immediate vicinity and the flow trails are a relatively small tract of land for a bear to be in. Everyone has different tolerances to wildlife, a notice is a good thing so people can avoid them if they don't feel comfortable.
mwlikesbikes
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At least it’s not in 6 Miles
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6 Miles Has a Bear
6 Mile Has a Bear Ok on Saturday we were riding the trails at 6 mile. We took Red trail to blue trail, red trail then blue back to red to 27 lot. We came up on some odd looking dung, crap or whatever you like to call it. It was not horse crap, was not dear crap, was not human crap, and was...
Piston Honda
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Speaking of 6MR, I smell cucumber there more than previous seasons.
At least it’s not in 6 Miles
6 Miles Has a Bear
6 Mile Has a Bear Ok on Saturday we were riding the trails at 6 mile. We took Red trail to blue trail, red trail then blue back to red to 27 lot. We came up on some odd looking dung, crap or whatever you like to call it. It was not horse crap, was not dear crap, was not human crap, and was...
i think we all owe RonC an apology after that one. 🤔
washedupbmxer
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I encountered a bear on Chip's Trail late morning this past Saturday on 9/18. Fortunately for me, it scooted away when I dropped an f-bomb in astonishment. I was alone and maybe 20 yards from it when we saw each other so I don't think I had much of a chance if it decided to show any interest in me. I have been riding trails for 40+ years. I live in Lawrenceville now (originally from Brooklyn), so a bear encounter is unique for me. Do people who ride in bear country normally carry anything with them for such encounters? I would definitely like to be better prepared for the next time.
Epilogue... Later that ride I wrecked at the drop-off near the pink flamingo. With help from @thegock (and his friend who's name I forgot in the fog of my injuries) I was able to get back to my car in the lower nassau lot. I was bloodied and had duct tape around my knee to cover the layer of fat exposed by one of my cuts. There was a family with 2 small kids getting ready to ride so trying to warn them about the bear without making them think I was actually attacked by said bear was a lot of fun.
By the way, I can't thank @thegock and his friend enough for their help. I was lucky you guys were there to help me.
Epilogue... Later that ride I wrecked at the drop-off near the pink flamingo. With help from @thegock (and his friend who's name I forgot in the fog of my injuries) I was able to get back to my car in the lower nassau lot. I was bloodied and had duct tape around my knee to cover the layer of fat exposed by one of my cuts. There was a family with 2 small kids getting ready to ride so trying to warn them about the bear without making them think I was actually attacked by said bear was a lot of fun.
By the way, I can't thank @thegock and his friend enough for their help. I was lucky you guys were there to help me.
thegock
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Ur welcome---that was Russ doing the nurse work. We saw another guy in the lot in which we parked after I left you at ur car Saturday, who also saw the bear on the "original" Nassau trails. How many stitches did you get on ur knee?
This picture is of the ledge about 48 minutes before you launched:
