Anyone seen the bears on the golf course this mornin's news? I only saw the three in the background after a second dose of laughter!
The Bear necessities of life!
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Yeah, funny how they only leave a few scraps though! Warning graphic link not suitable for the faint hearted,
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mattic
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The last time I was in Kelowna in British Columbia the wildlife guys had a panic one morning.
In the local school field a female black bear wandered in and was sunning itself next to the play equipment.
They all turned up and armed, watched it for a good while to make sure it had no cubs hidden away somewhere, darted it and took it back to the forest.
Problem solved.
In the local school field a female black bear wandered in and was sunning itself next to the play equipment.
They all turned up and armed, watched it for a good while to make sure it had no cubs hidden away somewhere, darted it and took it back to the forest.
Problem solved.
Bandit Country
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I believe he's actually a victim of this big boy. The story I heard (back in 2004) is that this was the largest grizzly shot up to that date in Alaska. The lad in the picture is/was a Forest Ranger out for some recreational hunting when he was charged by the bear. He had a 7mm WinMag Semi-auto (?) and emptied the magazine into it. Although it fell over it was still twitching so he reloaded and gave it another full magazine. In the follow up they back-tracked the bear and found the body in the other picture. The PM on the bear found 3x.38special bullets in the body, which they reckon the naked rambler had fired as they found an empty .38 near the body. The PM also revealed the remains of at least one other human in the stomach.
Apparently they've stuffed this one and put it on display in Anchorage airport as a reminder of the potential dangers of hiking in the woods. According to the story I read the bear was just over 1,600lbs, stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder and 14' to the top of his head. I'm no expert but that sounds like a very big bear? Perhaps some of our American/Canadian members could confirm/deny this story?
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Bandit Country
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Yeah, but it's on Google - so it must be true....?
mattic
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I thought all facts were only on wikipaedia?1?
Cootmeurer
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Just be careful looking for more information. Several years back my son and I were web searching "bear hunting" before our first hunt. Turns out "BEAR" also means large hairy gay men, and some of the websites we stumbled across seared some images into the brain that may never come out!
49ERIC
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NICE one finnbear ,,, Just shows what '' CUTE '' can Do , might bring some back into the real world
I don't know about that bear but I have seen local grizzly that have been stuffed and posed standing that exceed 9 feet at the head. JAYB and I used to frequent a shop that had it. It can make you feel awful tiny.
Nothing like trying to sleep in a nylon tent knowing that there is a grizzly rummaging through your camp site.~Muir
Nothing like trying to sleep in a nylon tent knowing that there is a grizzly rummaging through your camp site.~Muir
Andy, I have a lot of Atlantic wet between those bears & me & any tent I might put up for Sika!, Might suffer from a ram raid by badgers tho'!!
alberta boy
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It's been a bad year in Alberta for bear attacks . I was watching the news today and apparently Fish & Wildlife will not shoot the Grizzly Sow . I think that's a good decision , carnivores are a part of life here , 99% of the time confrontation can be avoided . The Bear did what Bears do , it wasn't a predatory attack . Rick just had some real bad luck , I can't think of a worse combination , a Sow with a cub guarding a kill and from what I've heard , he surprised her at close range . I hope it was quick ,and he died doing something he loved, I can think of worse ways to go . My thoughts go out to his family.
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bewsher500
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Giant grizzly is one for some record books, but not Alaskas | Alaska Dispatch
its just a shame that they don't go to the trouble to measure anything else about them after shooting them
skull size is not an absolute measure of size of animal
its just a shame that they don't go to the trouble to measure anything else about them after shooting them
skull size is not an absolute measure of size of animal
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