I was grinding out some XP on my burglar/cook today (in order to get him ready to head for Lone Lands and complete the cooking quest with Darq) and I decided to try my luck against the bears over in Hillshire farms (ruins).
There are always some backpacks to be picked up and I figured that a variety of blue targets would net me a steady flow of decent XP while the ground spawns provided some cash flow.
I spotted my first backpack, resting up against the opening to one of the caves and as I approached (in stealth) I was ambushed by 7 bears at once. Two mothers. two curious and three juvenile.
I was stunned as soon as I turned to run and needless to say, my lvl 13 burglar (who had not yet felt the sting of retreat) died!
So thats it! War is declared. From this day forward, when I see a bear, it dies! Smokey will be smoked at each and every opportunity. Yogi will end up in the picnic basket. And BooBoo... well, lets just say he's gonna live up to his name!