title: Understanding Michigan Black Bear: The Truth About Bears and Bear Hunting
author:  Richard P. Smith 
description: "Everything you ever wanted to know about black bears is contained between the covers of this book... You will come away with a far greater understanding of black bears." Betty Sodders, Michigan Out-of-Doors Magazine<br /><br />"I know of no one better qualified to write about the black bear in Michigan than Richard P. Smith. He has put together the best report on the subject that I have ever seen. In layman's terms he discusses bear habits, bear hunting, bear research, bear attacks and just about everything else you might want to know about these fascinating animals." Ken Lowe, former editor Michigan Out-of-Doors Magazine.
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  In the Wilderness
  
  
    
    
  HOW I KILLED A BEAR  
    
  LOST IN THE WOODS  
    
  A FIGHT WITH A TROUT  
    
  A-HUNTING OF THE DEER  
    
  A CHARACTER STUDY (Old Phelps)  
    
  CAMPING OUT  
    
  A WILDERNESS ROMANCE  
    
  WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL PLEASURE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # In the Wilderness
  
  
  ### Charles Dudley Warner
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### HOW I KILLED A BEAR
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  So many conflicting accounts have appeared about my casual encounter
  
  
  with an Adirondack bear last summer that in justice to the public, to
  
  
  myself, and to the bear, it is necessary to make a plain statement of
  
  
  the facts. Besides, it is so seldom I have occasion to kill a bear,
  
  
  that the celebration of the exploit may be excused.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The encounter was unpremeditated on both sides. I was not hunting
  
  
  for a bear, and I have no reason to suppose that a bear was looking
  
  
  for me. The fact