Boxer, if my 6 month old niece lived on POW, she'd have seen more BIG bears (and likely more dwarfs) than me.
I was on POW island briefly once for some water rescue training back in 2004. There were constantly bears on the beaches. The night before we flew out, I wandered around town and into the adjacent timber. I was amazed at the number of bears I saw. I saw more bears at random (and mature bears at that) in those few days than I would in a couple years of actually looking for them in Montana/Idaho/Wyoming.
I saw some Sitka deer too, and they were small compared to the mulies I am used to. That's why I always get a kick when Boxer goes off about his bears vs. anyone else's. It's like comparing his Sitka bucks to my Montana Mule deer bucks. Yes I realize the deer are two different subspecies and the bears technically are not (or maybe they are...I dunno), but comparing a salmon fed SE Alaska bear to a bear from most anywhere else is just dumb.
