So why does Yogi Bear bother making elaborate traps to steal food. If you think about it he's a bear. Just showing up and walking up to any campers would probably get them to scatter. Also if the park, was famous for having a talking Bear named Yogi, wouldn't people show up specifically just to feed him. He would be knee deep in all of the food he ever wanted.
Old head history. People used to go to Yosemite to feed bears by hand. A lot of them were used to people and people didn't fear and respect them. Wasn't until people started getting hurt by bears on that when they started the whole "don't feed the animals campaigns." We take it for granted now, but wasn't always like parks are today.
That's where the joke about Yogi and Booboo come from. People thought it was cute, not some "Gimme the basket or get your ass kicked" strongarmed robbery