They also aren't as likely as other wild bears to run off when encountering humans, O'Meara and Yourkowski said.
"The bears that come to the falls are somewhat habituated to humans because the humans are sitting there and watching them all the time. That makes them not leery of hunters," Yourkowski said.
O'Meara, a longtime Alaskan who likes to hunt, said there's no challenge in killing a McNeil River bear.
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