2025 spring bear thread

[Schutzhund]

Sow

How can you tell exactly? I'm trying to learn. I drew a bear tag for next spring and I'm soaking up all the info possible. Thanks

 

[Sask hunter]

How can you tell exactly? I'm trying to learn. I drew a bear tag for next spring and I'm soaking up all the info possible. Thanks

Sow has pointy nose and smaller paws and ankles. Big boars especially squared off nose and you’ll notice big paws, ankles and forearms

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

How can you tell exactly? I'm trying to learn. I drew a bear tag for next spring and I'm soaking up all the info possible. Thanks

It’s rump is way bigger than it’s dainty chest, tapered legs, Shaped like a Pear (previous pic).

 

[Schutzhund]

Sow has pointy nose and smaller paws and ankles. Big boars especially squared off nose and you’ll notice big paws, ankles and forearms

It’s rump is way bigger than it’s dainty chest, tapered legs, Shaped like a Pear (previous pic).

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Good lesson! ...gonna be hard to forget the pear analogy in the field after seeing that. very helpful though, thanks

 

[Dave N]

It’s rump is way bigger than it’s dainty chest, tapered legs, Shaped like a Pear (previous pic).

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She must have cleaned out the Piggly Wiggly!

 

[ccc23454]

First one of year i have heard of

Grizzly bear mistakenly shot and killed by a hunter in Bonner County in North Idaho

On the evening of May 9, a hunter shot and killed a young female grizzly bear he mistook for a black bear. The bear was killed in the Priest Lake drainage of Idaho’s Panhandle

idfg.idaho.gov

 

[Potsie]

First one of year i have heard of

Grizzly bear mistakenly shot and killed by a hunter in Bonner County in North Idaho

On the evening of May 9, a hunter shot and killed a young female grizzly bear he mistook for a black bear. The bear was killed in the Priest Lake drainage of Idaho’s Panhandle

idfg.idaho.gov

Of course it’s f@cking Priest Lake.

 

[ccc23454]

Of course it’s f@cking Priest Lake.

We usually have one every few years, my favorite is our large carnivore biologist shot one by mistake while bear hunting maybe 12 years ago, can't make that up!

Killer of grizzly fined $10,000

Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Luke Ellsbury, who shot a grizzly bear, will pay $10,000 in restitution.

www.codyenterprise.com

 

[Sask hunter]

Not a bear but a cool picture

 

[El Jason]

We usually have one every few years, my favorite is our large carnivore biologist shot one by mistake while bear hunting maybe 12 years ago, can't make that up!

Killer of grizzly fined $10,000

Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Luke Ellsbury, who shot a grizzly bear, will pay $10,000 in restitution.

www.codyenterprise.com

I feel bad for the guy. Hard mistake.

 

[Sask hunter]

Dumped out beaver scraping from 30 beavers. The bears like like it a lot it’s all they have been eating. Downside is they grab a piece and leave. Extra downside is don’t get any Bette pictures of a bear I would like a closer look at

 

[Potsie]

We usually have one every few years, my favorite is our large carnivore biologist shot one by mistake while bear hunting maybe 12 years ago, can't make that up!

Killer of grizzly fined $10,000

Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Luke Ellsbury, who shot a grizzly bear, will pay $10,000 in restitution.

www.codyenterprise.com

The one that happened last year that was the reasoning behind the ID testing now was pretty funny actually. The guy called F&G looking for guidance because he couldn’t tell 100% black bear vs grizz. F&G took a look at photos and said game on bud, that’s a BB.

Ya, nope, it’s a grizz.

 

[roger1shot]

Has anyone shot the Underwood
44 mag .Underwood 305 gr bullets ?
If so what was the recoil like?
l have the rubber finger grips.That came off a .454 .l got the grips at a gun show.aThey seem to tame down the recoil. Shooting the Harndy 225 gr red tip bullets.