That looks like 2 prints, one front and one rear. We had a young black bear walk across our patio about a week ago. My neighbor had bags of trash in the bed of his truck. First bear I've seen here in 10 years.
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jlrhiner
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How am I late to a bear and a bigfoot's (bigfeet?, bigfootsies?) thread?!?
I need to pay closer attention.
1 question. How did the bigfoot get paint on his foot? Someone thought he was huffing. Aren't there laws about that? Didn't anyone check his ID before he bought the paint? Inquiring minds, you understand.
I need to pay closer attention.
1 question. How did the bigfoot get paint on his foot? Someone thought he was huffing. Aren't there laws about that? Didn't anyone check his ID before he bought the paint? Inquiring minds, you understand.
amazingflapjack
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a 900 pound bear is a tremendous size critter. As big as most Kodiaks...or larger. A bow would not be my arm of choice for any bear. A fellow killed a grizzly that was attacking his son. One shot with a bow(elk hunting). It just wasn't that bear's day. Cut a carotid artery. Fish and game still accused him of using his son as bait so he could kill a bear...Yeah..right
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TomkinsSP
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Just a reminder. The National Park Service reminds people not to take 'selfies' with Bears. (I am NOT making this up.)
They warn people out here also. Don't mess with the Buffalo. Last summer some Chinese fellow got his wife up next to a big Bull Buff and he stuck a horn through her side..Darn near killed her. 2000 lb critter..go up and pet it!? yep Darwinism at work. I won't even get up close and personal with a 1200 lb cow that knows I feed it...or even a 150 lb deer.
Yup, far more people killed by cows and horses than bears. Years back some Frenchman got killed by elk in Yellowstone, bunch of idiots taking pictures, basically surrounded a herd in a meadow and they stampeded down his piece of trail. Morons. I got some whitetail does that hang out close around my place. Basically ignore me, but, I am careful never to corner one or spook them. Anyone who has ever seen the does fighting would give them respect.
Funny buffalo story: Guy I know bought a bull buffalo calf and raised it up. Him and mamma get a divorce. She gets the place and the buffalo. Along a comes new boy friend with new truck. The bull don't like the new truck and trashes it. Guy tells me how bad he feels about that.
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keith44spl
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Phil,
When ol Billy Bear crosses my path and don't step aside,
he could wind up a rug in my lodge. And I ain't kiddin none.
Oh, maybe a lit'l bit...
All My Best,
Dave
When ol Billy Bear crosses my path and don't step aside,
he could wind up a rug in my lodge. And I ain't kiddin none.
Oh, maybe a lit'l bit...
All My Best,
Dave
1morethan8
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On May 21st 2000, 50 year old Glenda Ann Bradley of nearby Cosby Tennessee became the first person killed by a black bear in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
I was told it was a mommy bears with cubs... it's hard to believe more hasn't been killed the way tourist act!
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has more black bear per square mile than anywhere else in the US.
I was told it was a mommy bears with cubs... it's hard to believe more hasn't been killed the way tourist act!
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has more black bear per square mile than anywhere else in the US.
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Fishslayer
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On the story of the bowhunter and her guide. Follow up.. Lady shot an elk with the bow. They were field dressing it when the bear grabbed the lady. Guide came to her defence with the skinning knife Stuck the bear a time or two Bear let the lady hunter go and grabbed the guide. Chewed and clawed him a bit. Finally let him go and disappeared Although many bear defenders would say they never make unprovoked attacks it does happen. They thought the bear wanted the elk meat...the easy way. Personally I don't ever need to kill any bears at this point of my life..I do think that the bears in our area need to have a little fear of man. They seem to have none. We also seem to have more bear attacks than areas where they are not protected by the ESA. I try to leave them strictly alone but would like to be able to elk or deer hunt without possibly being on a bears menu
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amazingflapjack
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I just think that those new fangled compound bows are not sporting(!)
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...perhaps Yogi was returning from his art class...
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The ""huffer"" might'a pinched a 5 gallon bucket from a nearby lowes and got caught with his pants down (by the bear) when he was trying to snort through a straw. He panicked and ran-upsetting the 5 gallon can-the bear-only wanting human-stepped into the white goo-and now-you know the rest of the story.
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That might have ended badly, you could have stepped in scat.
Speaking of scat, bears love blueberries & you haven't lived until you've come across a purple steamer.
A purple steamer!!?? Talk about descriptive language! Gotta remember that one.
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