text: Whatever Charley W.. But yet I step out my front door in Eagle River 6' and was charged by a monster Brown boar at 50' a few years ago. People have good cause to be  intimidated and wary by the takeover by bears due to the huge bear sanctuary surrounding the MOA. The best comparison I can conjure is like being surrounded by a bunch of serial killers, you just don't know when and where they're going to strike.   If I had a choice of how my ticket gets the final punch, I'll take a bullet any day over a bear mauling.