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I’ll be pushing for a new bear release area at Zilker Park just across the river from beautiful downtown Austin! 😉

I think that second Grizz was saying, "I wants me some man meat!!!"

Probably find one, too, wearing a back pack and sneakers.

L.W.

That second one is going to be in the news come bow season. He’s ready to tear the head off the first human he can find. If we gotta have grizzlies that we can’t hunt, I’m all for capturing every damn one of them and fitting them with a gps collar, then having a app that will tell us users of the habitat they live in where every single one is so we can avoid it.

Years ago I was working a F&G FishTech summer job above Ruby, Alaska, and caught a ride down to Galena with a local fisherman- well fisher girl (and a damned beautiful one too!!!!) , making fish delivery. I had a canoe in storage down there I had to see about getting moved up to the camp for moose season. The boat was loaded pretty heavy, but up on plane, barely, throwing a big wake.

We came on a grizzly swimming the Yukon, and Valerie said "Watch this!", and went by the bear about 30 feet away. We just rolled that sucker!

When it climbed out on shore it was so mad it just pogo- ed up and down on all four stiffened legs, daring us to come ashore for a discussion about our behavior.

Later, we heard some rascally bear tore up a half-dozen fish camps that night along that stretch of river.

I'm sure it was just coincidence.........

Another case of what seemed like a good idea at the time that wasn't worth a schit! Funny as hell tho.

Some years ago F&G did some bear removal during spring calving season near McGrath, removing mostly black bears from an area to try to increase moose calf survival rate. They took all the single bears they could , leaving sows with cubs alone. Ended up moving 2-3 times as many as pre-effort estimated they would.

One bear they moved 60 miles was back a couple days later.

The experiment was fairly successful tho - calf survival went up significantly. Just a few weeks relief before the bear population filled back in was all it took for many more calves to become far less helpless.

LOL

Maybe add a shock function to the collars so they all get a jolt if they come within 50 yards of a person. Of course you'd have to sell or rent the human carried transmitters. Hmmmm, a business opportunity is slowly evolving in my mind.

Our ticks are meaner than that.

Probably already familiar stuff for those familiar with the Cabinets....

I was just up in the cabinets berry picking. People that dont live in grizzly country love them.

Cool. Definitely a fluff piece, but cool.

What was Irene doing when she was "killed by a hunter"? As Ron White would say, "That's an important piece of information" ! Notable in it's absence.

In one of the Sackett books is the statement (possibly paraphrased), " It's fascinating how filled up a country can get with just you and a grizzly in it!".

So true! I have several (brown bears- coastal version of griz- for neighbors. ). Mostly they are no problem- don't even see them- if one isn't doing something stupid like keeping poultry, feeding the dog outdoors or leaving garbage out. With more abundant resources, they tend to be more mild mannered than interior bears, I'm told.

Mostly - there have been at least 3 attacks in SC Alaska since this spring, which is unusually high.

According the bear gun threads, a 9mm could easily stop all that bear adrenaline.

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Not "easily".....in a pistol. A heavy bullet in a big fat rifle cartridge - then it gets better, in theory.

OK what's the new way to post video's ? - copying the browser addy , leaving the http// off , just copy the www. part always worked - hasn't worked in month's ?? Any help . . .



www.youtube.com/watch?v=46iF7If6pk4&ab_channel=TonyBoy

Dangerous sumbeeches. But oh, so many people feel good "just knowing there's bears." Thousands of miles away.

Under the youtube video it says "share" click/copy then paste using the full editor like you use to

They can be- it's a matter of perspective. I rather liked her at 100 yards or more, getting out of Dodge. Not so much at 3 yards.... where I had other concerns than taking a picture....

Closet I've been is maybe 10 yards of brush away. Not pleasant at all. Softly, softly.....

Thanks LH700 worked perfect !!!!

when in grizz country there is...at least for me....a heightened sense of awareness ....when you do see them you gotta admit its pretty cool.......bob

270Winchester: From what I have seen of Grizzled Bears throughout the west, Canada and Alaska... YOU, don't want one biting into and tearing at your flesh.
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