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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 25, 2020 7:40:58 GMT -5
MOUNTED GRIZZLIES TAKEN FROM THE SIERRA MADRE OF CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, IN 1901. FIELD MUSEUM OF CHICAGO. THESE ARE THE ONLY MOUNTED SOUTHWEST GRIZZLIES IN EXISTENCE.
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 25, 2020 17:18:24 GMT -5
DECLINE OF GRIZZLY BEAR POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST AS SUGGESTED BY WRITTEN ACCOUNTS.
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 25, 2020 17:26:05 GMT -5
WHY WAS THE GRIZZLY ALLOWED TO GO EXTINCT IN THE SOUTHWEST? THE ANSWER IS CATTLE, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE SOUTHWEST LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY.
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 26, 2020 20:53:27 GMT -5
ABOVE: THE FORECLAWS OF A MALE GRIZZLY FROM CHIHUAHUA. BELOW: THE FORECLAWS OF A LARGE MALE BLACK BEAR FROM THE MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS OF ARIZONA.
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Post by brobear on Mar 28, 2020 16:50:30 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 28, 2020 17:01:25 GMT -5
If Doug Peacock comes to this forum.....OMG. that would be awesome, i would even pay for that. But it is a long shot though.
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Post by brobear on Mar 28, 2020 17:09:03 GMT -5
If Doug Peacock comes to this forum.....OMG. that would be awesome, i would even pay for that. But it is a long shot though. I'm not expecting him. But it would be so awesome if he did join-up that I figured, why not give it a shot? |
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 29, 2020 9:44:36 GMT -5
SOME GRIZZLIES KILLED WEIGHTED FROM 700 TO 800 LBS.
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 31, 2020 7:09:25 GMT -5
GRIZZLY TAKEN NEAR CHLORIDE, NEW MEXICO IN THE 1880s.
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Post by tom on Mar 31, 2020 8:36:18 GMT -5
I feel bad for the burro having to lug that thing around.
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Post by brobear on Mar 31, 2020 8:38:14 GMT -5
I feel bad for the burro having to lug that thing around. Yep; smelly and drawing flies. |
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Post by brobear on Mar 31, 2020 9:26:40 GMT -5
www.dougpeacock.net/books Peacock lives in Emigrant, Montana, and spends considerable time in the Sonoran Desert, southeast Utah and with the grizzlies of Glacier and Yellowstone national parks. Married to Andrea Peacock, he has two children with whom he visits the wilderness and three cats who share his homes.
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Post by King Kodiak on Mar 31, 2020 20:50:20 GMT -5
LEFT-SKULL OF A LARGE MALE BLACK BEAR-RIGHT-SKULL OF A YOUNG MALE GRIZZLY FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA.
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 1, 2020 7:12:17 GMT -5
GRIZZLY NECK HAIRS (A AND B) COMPARED WITH THE NECK HAIRS OF SOUTHWESTERN BLACK BEARS (C AND D).
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Post by brobear on Apr 1, 2020 7:18:01 GMT -5
Reply #9 - the weight of a bear can be estimated by measuring chest girth... now if hunters would learn this formula, we might at least learn something from their wasteful killings.
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 1, 2020 7:27:56 GMT -5
Reply #9 - the weight of a bear can be estimated by measuring chest girth... now if hunters would learn this formula, we might at least learn something from their wasteful killings. |
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 3, 2020 7:12:18 GMT -5
1933-ARIZONA'S WHITE MOUNTAINS. THIS WAS SOME OF THE BEST AND LAST GRIZZLY COUNTRY IN ARIZONA.
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 6, 2020 19:14:21 GMT -5
1885: SOW GRIZZLY AND 2 YEARLINGS.
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 6, 2020 19:30:50 GMT -5
A BEAR BROUGHT TO BAY WITH HOUNDS, TWO AIREDALES, AND A POINTER. AFTER THE BEAR WAS SHOT, THE DOGS WERE REWARDED BY BEING ALLOWED TO "WOOL" THE CARCASS.
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 6, 2020 19:34:14 GMT -5
A GRIZZLY HARASSED BY HOUNDS IN A SPRUCE FOREST IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, IN 1918. NOTE THE TRAP ON THE LEFT FORELEG.
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