Noise? Bear?

[gbrown@gdbrown.net]

Hello,

I previously posted a thread about a good spot for a first time hike with a dog. Just wanted to thank everyone again for the different trail recommendations.

We ended up going up to Cascade Pond in the Blue Mountain area. Great place. Dog and others had a great time.

My question is.. Is this area known for bears. I was under the impression that while all of the Adirondacks have bears, the most seem to be around the high peeks region..

Reason I ask, about 3am last night we were in our tent we heard what sounded like someone throwing big rocks into the very still pond. (It is amazing what you hear on a calm night and no wind. The pine needles falling hitting the tent really stood out.)

I doubt it was a bear, as although the ground was very soft and quite due to all the rain in the area, I would think that we would have heard much more noise then we did. Just curious as to what the sound could have been… There was no splash, like when a dog jumps in off a dock, etc.. Just sounded like someone throwing big rocks into the pond… We heard something moving around out there, but not as loud as I thought I bear would be.

Any advice on what to do if we did see a bear outside? Make noise, just remain quite?

(we had a food hung pretty far off in the distance, and nothing was bothered.)


Jerry

[Mavs00]

The area between Inlet and BML (Blue Mt. Lake) has nore bears than the HP area. We almost always see bears in this area (hiking or driving). It's always been that way.

Any advice on what to do if we did see a bear outside? Make noise, just remain quite?

Ummmmmm, Roll over and go back to sleep. It's what I always do . So long aas food is safely stored away from camp.

[sacco]

i've also seen numerous bear and signs of them in that area - some within a mile of cascade.

nothing against the bears, but i would shout/make noise. no way that i could get any sleep with a bear poking around my camp, especially if i had my dogs with me.

[redhawk]

They take the "problem" bears from the High Peaks and relocate them by Indian Lake. That's what I have been told.

Might have been a beaver you heard too.

And if you see a bear outside? Stay inside.

There was a thread awhile back titled "Dealing with Bears or how not to!"

http://adkforum.com/showthread.php?t=366

It had all good information. I made it sticky so it's always viewable, you might want to check it out.

[Creekwader]

[Reason I ask, about 3am last night we were in our tent we heard what sounded like someone throwing big rocks into the very still pond. (It is amazing what you hear on a calm night and no wind. The pine needles falling hitting the tent really stood out.)

I doubt it was a bear, as although the ground was very soft and quite due to all the rain in the area, I would think that we would have heard much more noise then we did. Just curious as to what the sound could have been…]

If it were me, I would have jumped into that old leaky rowboat (that was there when I fished it in 1996) with my flyrod and a mouse pattern and gone after the big trout that were making those splashes!!

[Muddler Mike]

...could've been bigfoot playing around.

in all seriousness, something that sounds like a big rock being thrown into a pond is more likely to be a beaver or trout than a bear as mentioned before.

I camped once at Terrell Pond behind Blue Mountain and was woken up around midnight by a bear nudging my arm with his nose from outside of the tent. It seems he was sniffing around for the pair of apples I mistakenly left in the top pocket of my pack from the rest of the food I had tied up. All's well that ends well, but I can atest to bears being in the Blue Mountain area.

[Adk Keith]

I'm with Redhawk. I think it was beaver slapping their tail. When something is bothering them they can do it for quite a while.