Emergency Prep · Wildlife
Bear Cubs
State Game Wardens and Extreme Danger
The one course where the answer is almost always 'walk away and call the warden'. 10 modules on the treed cub and the mother you can't see, the 24-hour walk-away mandate, activating state game wardens, the lethal returning sow, car-strike triage when the mother is confirmed dead, heavy steel crates only, never feeding or watering a cub, 'fed bears are dead bears', parasites and claws, and the multi-acre world of professional bear rehab.
About this course
A crying bear cub alone in a tree is the most convincing orphan in the forest, and it is almost never one: the sow sent it up and is watching from the brush, and she is the single most dangerous animal you will meet this year. This course is built around restraint. You'll learn to walk 300 feet away and wait 24 hours, to report to the state game warden rather than touch the cub (private possession is a felony), to understand why professional rescues bring armed security, how to search the brush after a confirmed road kill, why only a welded-steel crate contains a cub in a vehicle, why feeding or watering it is both fatal and habituating, what 'fed bears are dead bears' really means for suburbs, and what a real bear rehab looks like — acres of forest, zero human contact, a year-long soft release.
What you'll learn
- The treed cub: why the mother is almost certainly watching, and why you never approach the tree
- The walk-away mandate: 300+ feet, 24 hours of observation, no intervention
- Reporting to state game wardens with coordinates and condition; felony possession laws
- The returning sow, armed professional rescues, and confirmed-orphan car-strike triage
- Heavy-gauge welded steel crates only; never feed or water a cub; 'fed bears are dead bears'
- Parasites, claw and jaw danger, and the multi-acre, zero-contact world of professional bear rehabilitation
Who this is for
Hikers, campers and rural homeowners in bear country, road crews and first responders at vehicle strikes, hunting guides, and rehab volunteers who need to know exactly where their role ends.
Course outline (10 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 10 lessons