Depends on what kind of bear. We only have black bear where I live. I have seen two bear in the wild. The first time I was a teenager and I was about a hundred yards from the bear and I just stopped and watched for a bit then quietly left. I don't think the bear ever saw me.

A few years back my then husband and I were at a shooting range and I was walking downrange to look at my target and I heard a bear growl. I was about twenty-five yards away from the bear that was behind the brush near a creek. I walked back to the shooting stand and we packed up our guns and went home.