Why don't bears attack deer?

[NorX]

Happened several times now where I've either shot a deer or just scared it away and it runs straight past a bear without the bear even flinching. A bleeding deer would be a prime target for a bear. It just gets frustrating that I loose my kill because I can no longer follow the blood trail without a considerable risk of being mauled.

[pavelsu]

I wondered that myself. Deer are just too fast for bears, I think, so they don't even bother. Now if a deer SHOT a bear like I did, it would probably go after the deer.

[NorX]

Originally posted by pavelsu:

I wondered that myself. Deer are just too fast for bears, I think, so they don't even bother. Now if a deer SHOT a bear like I did, it would probably go after the deer.

This is another issue that needs to be addressed. If bleeding out the deer/bear/wolf wouldn't just run at full speed then suddenly keel over and die. It would be very similar to the players condition when it gets very low; slow movement, blurred vision, disorientation. If an animal has lost a lot of blood but is still standing you should be able to just walk behind it at a stroll until it finally passes out.

[NorX]

Originally posted by Gecko-GER:

Meh, bears are to slow to get a deer.

They would certainly follow the blood though.

[Derpy Catface!]

I'd like to see a couple wolves gang up on a bear. Now that'd be an epic battle to witness in TLD!

[NorX]

Originally posted by Gecko-GER:

Meh, bears are too slow to get a deer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBBmdays-c4

No they're not. Granted that one got a bit of help from a tree but deer are slower than elk and it's fairly clear from the footage that the bear would have caught up eventually anyway.

[NorX]

Originally posted by Gecko-GER:

We are not talking about lucky situations. Yes maybe a bear can take a deer, but it's not usual.
If you are lucky you can hit a rabbit at 300m with the bow, but we know you can't repeat.

I can't even hit a rabbit at 10m. Point I was making though is if a deer runs directly at a bear than the bear will percieve it as a threat and react accordingly. It won't just stand there moping about with no reaction.

[Avar Şagabutdin]

Bears should be able to attack deers or rabbits. Not in a frequency like wolves but there should be an aggressive behaviour. Its not realistic that they are only eating rabbits from your snare.

[SmithDoc]

bears are omnivores -they won't necessarily go after large game if they are well-fed by food that's less likely to put up a fight. they prefer smaller prey.

[Avar Şagabutdin]

Originally posted by SmithDoc:

bears are omnivores -they won't necessarily go after large game if they are well-fed by food that's less likely to put up a fight. they prefer smaller prey.

In Pleasant Valley, near the PV Farmstead you can see a bear not attacking the rabbit which is very close. Bears have instincts and normally the bear would attack/pursue the rabbit.

[Kid Delux]

"Bears can run at at 30 mph". I heard they can hit 40. Not sure, but that's a sprint, a short lasting sprint. They cannot catch a deer. And a shot deer does not get all blurry eyed or slow like we do in game when it is shot/wounded. It gets a shot of adrenaline and takes off full speed then it will (depending in injury and blood loss and such) will slow to a walk and start to stumble and cramp and fall. My guess is a bear would lumber to it's dead or incapacitated body when it was good and ready. If the deer is not mortally injured, it could go for miles. You should consider yourself lucky they let you (in this game) even get close to a deer with that home made bow. Let alone drop it dead. This game is practically hand feeding you deer. That elk in the video was either injured, young, starving or sick. And I've seen deer make better jumps than that failed one by that elk.

[Jester]

Bears aren't really hunters, they are mostly forager and scavenger. They are just too slow for the fast preys. They will however do passive hunting... that is mug a mountain lion or lone wolf for his kill, much like you. :p

[Dread Arkive]

Bears, the ultimate kill stealers.

[Jeckenn]

Once when hunting in BC Canada we got a deer that day, so we gutted it and left it laying there while we took all of our gear back to the truck so we could return and have less stuff to pack while we got brought the deer back to the truck.

When we got back to the carcas there was a badger there feeding on it and luckily one of the guys thought to bring his rifle because that little bugger would not back away from his prize until he shot in the air and scared it off with the loud bang from the gun.

[Lord Flenser]

bears should definitely be drawn to fresh (and not-so-fresh) animal corpses. I'd find it a good addition if I had to be on the watch for another bear while harvesting a deer or bear carcass.