You can make wildlife watching fun for yourself and safe for the animals you watch by observing a few basic behaviors. You'll enjoy the animals the most when you observe them undisturbed in their life activities. Wear subdued, natural colors. Be unobtrusive, move slowly and quietly and hide behind boulders or vegetation. Learn as much about them as possible before trying to observe them, such as where and when they are found.
Most animals are usually most active and visible while feeding in early morning and late evening.
If you're taking pictures, use a 400-millimeter lens. Don't feed the animals. An excellent pamphlet called A Guide to Ultimate Wildlife Watching expands on these points and can be obtained from the Forest Service or Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, addresses listed below. These large bruins originally inhabited the prairies along streams. Now they roam open woods and meadows foraging their diet of grasses, roots, berries, insects and occasionally young elk or deer.