Photograph a bear in the wild

What on earth is the sick irony that our neighbor just informed us that there was a baby bear picked up at the end of our street a few weeks ago?! We live in the city! How on earth could that happen? Not only that but how could I possibly not be here to witness it and get a picture?! What is UP with that?! Sick twist of fate….irony…whatever you choose to call it, it sucks! That is just not funny….......not funny at all.

Well I already photographed a wild moose cow and her calf about 3 years ago while I was up in NH. My husband just about died from fear she was going to kill me, but I guess my ignorance was my protection. I just calmly and slowly walked right up to her and started taking pictures. She let me get about a foot away from her and she and the baby just kept on eating. It was amazing….....I was so close I could feel her body heat and wanted so badly to pet her neck but I wasn’t that stupid. Normally I would never do such a careless thing as walk up to a moose but we had seen this one several times during the week while we were there and each time she let me get closer and seemed to have no fear which is why I chanced it. We nicknamed her Lucy. I can’t wait to go back…...but MEANWHILE I would really like to photograph bears in the wild. Although I would never walk up to one like I did the moose.