Grizzly Bear on Highway 83 Seeley Lake MT

[6mm Remington]

Unfortunately this old guy had a collision with a car on Highway 83 in the Seeley Lake Montana area and lost. I sure hate to see animals go completely to waste like this whether it's a deer or anything else.

They estimated it weighed 640 pounds. Thought you folks would like to see this. The population must be doing well up there.

David

 

[LCH]

That does look like an old bear. I hunted there in 2014 and had several locals, including Dan O on this forum stop and warn me about the grizzlies. I didn't see any that trip though.

 

[.280 Remington]

He looks dark enough to be lucky he survived black bear season

 

[MT_elk]

Looks like an old warrior. Thanks for sharing the pic.

 

[SteveE]

He looks dark enough to be lucky he survived black bear season

+1. That is the blackest griz I've seen.
640 pounds is alot of bear.

 

[TRS_Montana]

Too bad. What a neat looking bear. Wonder what the car looks like. Can't imagine too many people take their car to the shop because they hit a grizzly bear.

 

[sneakypete]

Great post David!

 

[ElkHunter11]

He looks dark enough to be lucky he survived black bear season

Darkest grizzly I have ever seen, cool looking bear! Sad he had to go out that way.

 

[----]

Maybe 15 years ago someone shot a similarly colored one in this area thinking it was a black bear.

A couple years later a hunter in the same area killed a giant black bear in self defense. He thought it a grizzly and self reported. When the warden showed up he helped him tag and load it, and the guy ended up with quite the trophy.

Huge variations in colors of both species, for sure. That area's incredibly thickly vegetated, and there's tons of bears. You've got to be on your toes and ready to make snap judgement calls.

 

[Jwill]

Any public outrage over a "hit and run"?

 

[TheSurveyor]

Is that missing hair old scares or from the crash? Probably a stupid question but....

 

[James Riley]

Is that missing hair old scares or from the crash? Probably a stupid question but....

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[6mm Remington]

That I don't know for sure. Some look to be scars but some sort of looks like road rash to me.

 

[MoGreen]

Good Riddance

 

[LCH]

Good Riddance

You're telling me. I hear grizzlies are just about as bad in NY as they are here in Indiana.

 

[James Riley]

Good Riddance

I know, right? When I think of all the comments in the thread "Temporary Hyalite Target Shooting Prohibition Permanent Proposal" and the idea of getting rid of wolves and grizz, the west is rapidly becoming the east. We're getting there folks! Keep up the good work.

 

[MoGreen]

No, the west started to get as bad as the east when the liberal eastern city folk started to fund the re-introduce EVERYTHING initiatives. :hump:

They're dangerous animals and they hurt a lot of people, which only seems to be escalating.

 

[----]

No, the west started to get as bad as the east when the liberal eastern city folk started to fund the re-introduce EVERYTHING initiatives. :hump:

They're dangerous animals and they hurt a lot of people, which only seems to be escalating.

Tell me more about these grizzly reintroductions.

 

[MoGreen]

In terms of Grizzlies, none. But you have a lot of opposition to opening hunting seasons for them by the same people who supported the re-introduction of wolves. That is what I am saying. Trust me, the Libs back here drive me up a wall as they do many people in rural NY The city centers are anchors and their influence (money) extends far past county lines and state borders.

 

[James Riley]

No, the west started to get as bad as the east when the liberal eastern city folk started to fund the re-introduce EVERYTHING initiatives. :hump:

They're dangerous animals and they hurt a lot of people, which only seems to be escalating.

Wrong. The west started to get like the east when they killed off all the wolves, grizz, bison and over-populate with humans. Reintroduction of grizz makes the west like the west, and less like the east.

Grizz do NOT hurt a lot of people. You want to see a lot of people hurt, then go back east where there are a lot of people: the *real* dangerous animals. Killing each other left and right and yet you don't see efforts to make the east like the west.