I’ve spent nearly my entire life in grizzly bear country. Very few people have had more bear encounters than I have, a result of decades spent in the wild and twenty years living alongside and raising a grizzly bear named Brutus. Those two worlds, my time in the wild and my years with Brutus, come together every time I meet a bear in its natural habitat. My understanding of their behavior, body language, and instincts runs deep, but I also know firsthand that no one is exempt from bad luck in be