Boog is a bear who enjoys the domesticated and pampered life in the garage of park ranger Beth, who has raised him since he was a cub. One day, when the town hunting fanatic shows up with a one-antlered deer named Elliot, the seer becomes friends with Boog and intends to show him the wild life. After a misunderstanding, Boog and Elliot released into the wild where Elliot must teach Boog all about the wild and how to survive for himself.