[JohnnyB]

I've encountered four black bears in the last week while walking in the Okanagan. One encounter was not fun as I came across two bears that seemed to either be involved in a tussle or in mating. Was going along a bit of single track on a steep slope and thought I was hearing atv engines or something in the distance around the bend in front of me, but it turned out it was the noise of these two bears who then came around the bend facing right towards me about thirty feet away with a lot of huffing. The bigger one had its head down and was staring straight at me huffing a lot and then just took its first steps to charge at me when I blew my air horn at it, which stopped it, and then blew three more times which caused it to decide to walk away.

The other interactions I had were all totally peaceful and non-confrontational, but that one interaction was certainly an adrenaline rush.