Endangered Grizzly Bear Photo Thread

[sacountry]

Also since I no longer qualify as a lurker of the thread I wanted to jump in here (I don't do Forums normally) but regardless this unlimited endeavor is a pretty sweet deal and I have already meet some amazing like minded people because of it.

This year I have spent 16 days in there between scouting and hunting I loved every bit of it and am itching to get back out there I can totally see how it consumes a guy. I saw a G bear every trip in there until hunting season so that was pretty cool. even sent Shawn a cool vid of one flipping rocks at 9500 feet in July! what I don't understand is how I saw zero trash all summer then I came in there after a week of unlimited hunters were in there and saw trash all over the place. I got to one spot where some people had set up a camp and left tooth flossers all over the place along with burnt jet boil cans and peak refuel trash. Ill add pictures if anyone knows where there is a Gunnies that sells Peak I would guess that it is out of state because who craps in their own back yard like this? I did pack their trash with me for the next few days just drives me nuts that this still happens....

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Did the Peak have a price tag that said Gunnies? I'm lost in the connection to the store. If those pics showed Gunnies, then there is but one store in Orem, UT. They have a Facebook page. I would not hesitate to post it on their social media...."hey I was in the Church and picked up after one of your customers. Not the kind of advertising a store would want"

 

[Gerald Martin]

Shouldn’t be too hard for a warden to connect the dots between a NR tag from Utah in that unit to Gunnies sales receipts and write a littering ticket.

 

[Oak]

I got to one spot where some people had set up a camp and left tooth flossers all over the place

Clearly an Instagram influencer.

 

[TBoschma]

His bottom photo of the tops of the bags has a yellow "Gunnies" tag on the corner. I agree- a little public shaming for a good cause is something I'll always get behind. I believe he found that trash in the Beartooth, too, if I read his post right.

I did find it in the Beartooths

 

[winmag]

Depending on the unit, and part of the unit, there are overlapping seasons for wolf, goat, elk, and deer. It’s a wild goose chase.

Also punishing a retailer for the actions of their customers is a bit unrealistic.

 

[520 Road Sow]

Such crimes should be subject to such penalty.

 

[sacountry]

Depending on the unit, and part of the unit, there are overlapping seasons for wolf, goat, elk, and deer. It’s a wild goose chase.

Also punishing a retailer for the actions of their customers is a bit unrealistic.

Not to punish the retailer, clearly it's beyond their control. BUT....if I owned the business, which I don't, and I'm a proponent of leaving it better than I found it, which I am, then I would put the picture up in my store with a message of....Don't be this guy....which I would do if I owned the business.

 

[BradA]

You guys have been doing some work on here I was gone without service for eight days chasing otc archery elk and just got caught up being over ten pages behind!

Congratulations to @USMC hunter for the ram. Could you share some pictures of the rams skull with us from the side view?

 

[sacountry]

The idea of an unlimited grizzly hunt is a pretty cool idea. I had not thought of that one.

As in like, shoot as many as you want unlimited?

 

[sacountry]

No. @YoungGun mentioned it might be a good option to do an unlimited permit quota hunt like the bighorn sheep hunts if and when grizzly hunting is reopened someday. Not declaring war on the G Bear.

I was being a little tongue-in-cheek given the overpopulation of grizzlies up in my neck of the woods. Wouldn't ever actually consider a war on the G bear... on wolves, different story, but FWP is already sounding the trumpet on that one.

 

[Potsie]

This thread continues to go off track. Perhaps I’ll start a new one dedicated to Unlimited Sheep hunting.

Because in 136 pages it's never gone off the rails???

 

[Irrelevant]

This thread continues to go off track. Perhaps I’ll start a new one dedicated to Unlimited Sheep hunting.

Considering there are guys with 33 posts in this thread alone compared to your grand total 33, I'd pump the brakes on the moderating

 

[520 Road Sow]

Considering there are guys with 33 posts in this thread alone compared to your grand total 33, I'd pump the brakes on the moderating

You never know who is behind the name...... he might know something.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Considering there are guys with 33 posts in this thread alone compared to your grand total 33, I'd pump the brakes on the moderating

Heck, I think I have nearly 33 posts in this thread and the closest I have been to an unlimited area is driving down I-90 at Big Timber. I would be happy to share my expertise though.

 

[winmag]

Heck, I think I have nearly 33 posts in this thread and the closest I have been to an unlimited area is driving down I-90 at Big Timber. I would be happy to share my expertise though.

*Googles Big Timber*

 

[520 Road Sow]

If a new thread is started this one needs to be erased, it'll make @Gerald Martin happy that we have a clean slate with 0 landmarks and no deets available to the creepers who never chime in

 

[Irrelevant]

You never know who is behind the name...... he might know something.

I'm all for hearing all he knows, but I disagree that this thread should be killed. It's wandered a bit from time to time, but has stayed remarkably true to itself for a very long time.

 

[recurveman]

Good place for me to jump in here! I actually just got back from a week in the Church on a successful sheep hunt! I like the idea of the Church being an unlimited area because of the way Idaho does their draws and you have to remember that its a true OIL state so that might keep some age class in there. I don't know how the outfitter pool would play into that I can totally see a concern. The great thing about that country is its lack of accessibility where we killed a sheep this year it took us a solid two days of packing to get it to the airstrip then from there had to catch a plane given a day of bad weather I could see getting a ram checked in even in 72 hours could be a challenge. So really I don't know the best answer but would be cool either way! I know my grandpa hunted back in the Frank in the day when it was open and over the counter ( he also killed an unlimited ram in 1982) something I strive to follow his footsteps in one day!

Believe I listened to a podcast this morning that sounded very similar to this adventure.

 

[520 Road Sow]

It's been a fun thread to follow and be a part of, I'll take the blame for a significant amount of derailments. It's all good fun and part of the adventure in reading others adventures even if they share way too much info, only post camp photos, eat bad salami or snap ankles.

One thing is for certain, only the ram knows and momma tooth only allows a select few to find out where the ram lives.

BTW I can't take credit for only the ram knows, a much more knowledgeable young man and accomplished sheep hunter than I owns it.

 

[shines@times]

I’ll try to leave the most well known peaks out of the background when that day comes.

You can take inspiration from an old Pink Floyd album "Obscured By Clouds." (Or smoke, in the case of The Tooths)