Grizzly bear population out of control

I've lived here in the Swan Valley since June of 1963 and spent my whole life in the woods, rivers and lakes, but mostly in the mountains. I've fished and hunted mostly for whitetail deer, elk, and grouse since I turned 12 years of age.

On Nov. 13, 2023, I went to hunt one of my favorite places just south of the town of Swan Lake. I had just got into the woods a few hundred yards when a huge sow grizzly came around the corner at about 26 yards on the old logging road I was walking. She reared up partially and charged me. Lucky for me it was a bluff charge. 

When she went back to where she appeared she joined her two full grown sub-adult cubs. I stood my ground with my measly 30-06 rifle and hollered at them to leave three times. She and her cubs took turns checking me out four times before finally leaving. I'm just lucky to still be alive, because if she'd kept coming so would have her cubs that stood almost as tall as her.