Griz or Black Bear?

[2rocky]

Curious what folks think.....

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[ccc23454]

Deffinately a black bear, grizzlies travel in packs.

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[YukonGold]

Wow. That is a tough one. The only grizzly-ish quality I see is the potentially dished face. Everything else is black bear. I'm going with black bear.

 

[rmyoung1]

I think that’s a good-sized black bear

 

[Rack Daniels]

I’ll be the idiot.
The close up photo looks too grizzly-ish for me to take the shot in a hunting scenario.

 

[Bhoesl]

I’m 95% sure that’s a black bear. But the other 5% would keep me from shooting it if hunting…

 

[MNElkNut]

There is a hump. No there isnt. Maybe there is? Kinda dished face, but not really. Tough one. 68% black. 32% griz

 

[MTLabrador]

Face shape matters way more than a shoulder hump. That’s a griz, lots of NW Montana grizzlies are more solid colored like that in my experience.

 

[idelkslayer]

100% grizz. Not even close.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

I put it in the would not shoot category also, but Its a tough one. That head and face in the close up just looks to much like a griz.

 

[Ben Lamb]

C'est Un ours grizzli.

Pass.

 

[Fire_9]

Definitely a griz in my mind. No way I’d be able to talk myself into shooting

 

[jdf]

Definitely grizz

 

[MNElkNut]

After a couple of the MT guys chimed in, I am changing my guess to 92.14% griz.

 

[Bulldog0156]

Grizzlebeary

 

[D4570]

I'd shoot it in a heartbeat. It's a brown-phase black bear. Even at that range, you would see 4" claws. When you see a grizzly, there is no doubt. Like if you think it's a wolf but not sure, it's not.

 

[Point Creep]

I'm not shooting that one unless it's comin right at me.

 

[Wildabeest]

Better question: Is that a Great Pyrenees or a polar bear?

 

[INMT]

Bad pictures to go off of. But the dished shaped face and smaller rounded ears I would believe grizz.

I definitely wouldn’t shoot if I were bear hunting.

 

[Perlodid]

I'm surprised how many people think that's a black bear. The photos are definitely poor, but that face shape is so grizzly I wouldn't need anything more than these pics to decide there's no way I would think about shooting that thing