I got ran up on by a black bear while fishing. My buddy was sleeping next to the fire while I was awake on the shore.

Thankfully I had already caught a few catfish as it was more interested in what I caught than in me.

So I tossed my bucket of fish on the ground toward the bear, quickly woke my buddy up, and left our supplies there.

We came back later armed to get our supplies and the bear was nowhere to be found.

I guess the thing to learn there is to not be made out of food the bear likes.