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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 8, 2019 3:33:36 GMT -5
Its not surprising the boss got hit by a train, in every pic he is on the train tracks, lmao.
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Post by BruteStrength on Apr 8, 2019 4:17:00 GMT -5
It seems like this bear just loves danger.
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Post by brobear on Apr 10, 2019 10:09:05 GMT -5
www.postindependent.com/opinion/merriott-column-the-last-griz-in-the-colorado-rocky-mountains/?fbclid=IwAR16yUI9hznPrm-NJQArmbfYKLwxbeuu45tXACqVfzTE2TGa3BbJ1XNNuYY Merriott column: The last griz in the Colorado Rocky Mountains Opinion | March 25, 2019 In the fall of 1979, I made an elk hunting trip to Colorado near Alamosa with a group of north Louisiana rednecks all on our first big-game hunt. At that time of my life I still thought I was Jeremiah Johnson and carried a genuine Hawken 50 Caliber (well, it is actually a Thompson Center Fire). I thought I was pretty good with it, as I could drill a beer can consistently at 50 yards. I had not mastered reloading on the run while dodging an arrow or running from a wounded grizzly, but I digress. When we arrived in southwest Colorado for the hunt, the big news was that an outfitter somewhere near Pagosa Springs had encountered what was the last grizzly bear in Colorado and killed it by hand with an arrow. Whether he shot it with his bow and arrow illegally, or killed it by hand, it was apparently the last griz in the Colorado Rockies. Makes me wonder if some of us will see in our lifetimes the last mountain lion, black bear, moose or maybe even elk? There are no wolves, buffalo or wolverines and not many lynx. On the face, this hypothesis seems far-fetched. However, just last year in a major paper produced by the World Wildlife Foundation, it was reported that we (humanity) have wiped out 60 percent of the mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970. This is a result of the vast and growing consumption of food and resources by the global population (now estimated at 7.7 billion from 3.7 billion in 1970). For those of you who may be math challenged, that’s more than double in only 50 years — about the time since our big elk hunt (we killed nothing — big snowstorm and another story). This leads me to the conclusion that we need a real sea change in our way of thinking about our relationship with all God’s critters. As most of you know, a few weeks ago a mother lion and her three mature cubs were killed in West Glenwood — for being too close to people? Isn’t the inverse of that also true if there are now 7.7 billion of us? A male moose was shot recently by CPW for acting too aggressively toward people. So, wait, let me get this clear, we reintroduce them to Colorado in 1978 and now we are killing them for getting too close to people? I’m just saying, isn’t the inverse also true and should there be consequences? Another option would be that we accept the responsibility of caring for the animals we brought back to Colorado, as well as the ones we have inherited. Dart the moose and have a vet check it out to see if it’s in pain or has some kind of disease. After all, we did reintroduce them here; we are responsible for them. Maybe we need “no people zones,” kind of like no-fly zones where wild animals get to be wild animals without having to interact with people. It would appear it is becoming more and more hazardous to their health anyhow. As a side note, the elk population in North America once numbered 10 million, and now it is one-tenth of that. And here in the Roaring Fork Valley we are killing their natural predators, lions and bears, systematically in an experiment to increase their number while letting vehicles drive 75 mph at night in wildlife crossing zones where the animals come down low to seek food. What are we thinking? Or maybe we are not? At least not outside the proverbial box. I saw four elk slaughtered a couple weeks ago near the Habitat Restore. Again, I think it is time to rethink our responsibilities. It’s not just to people, it’s also to the animals. The two-strike policy for bears may no longer be a best practice. It is our obligation to make sure we humans are held accountable and take care of our trash. If we don’t, the fines should be high enough to pay to transport the bear to Yellowstone, or wherever there is room for this bear. If we have allowed so many people to live in Colorado that there is not room for the lion, the bear and the moose, then we need to do some serious soul-searching. After all, not only are they sentient creatures that feel pain, but they are huge drivers of our Western Slope economies. So the apex predator grizzly is long gone — the last one slain in a fight with an outfitter. It lost its place in the Colorado Rockies it once called home. Make no mistake, it once ruled like no other in God’s creation. Which one will go next? It’s up to us. If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem. Frosty Merriott spent seven nights camping with “griz” in a tent in Katmai. He is a CPA in Carbondale, former Carbondale Town Council member and a current member of the Carbondale Environmental Board and the Chamber of Commerce Executive Board. He is a registered independent and considers himself a fiscal conservative but an original tree hugger from Louisiana. His column appears monthly in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. He can be reached at frosty@frostycpa.com.
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Post by brobear on Apr 10, 2019 10:10:00 GMT -5
Quote from above post: So the apex predator grizzly is long gone — the last one slain in a fight with an outfitter. It lost its place in the Colorado Rockies it once called home. Make no mistake, it once ruled like no other in God’s creation.
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 10, 2019 16:21:45 GMT -5
Quote from above post: So the apex predator grizzly is long gone — the last one slain in a fight with an outfitter. It lost its place in the Colorado Rockies it once called home. Make no mistake, it once ruled like no other in God’s creation. All i can say is, what a pity.
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 13, 2019 10:05:08 GMT -5
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Post by tom on Apr 14, 2019 14:31:37 GMT -5
Standing guard over a dead Bison. That will be one well fed Bear. He's looks like he's daring the photographer to come down and try an take it away from him...
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 14, 2019 15:44:10 GMT -5
Standing guard over a dead Bison. That will be one well fed Bear. He's looks like he's daring the photographer to come down and try an take it away from him... Yeah that is what it looks like. A bison killed by another bison by the way.
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 25, 2019 6:21:40 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 5:29:46 GMT -5
Never get bored of watching a grizzly bear go for bisons.
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Post by brobear on Nov 14, 2019 13:33:42 GMT -5
Ursus arctos horribilis is a subspecies of brown bear which is confusingly made up of various populations each living in different environments. The inland grizzly bears which live below the arctic tundra and a distance from the coastal locations are often referred to as "mountain grizzly bears". These brown bears were once plentiful in the lower 48 especially on the vast prairie. Before the invasion of European Americans, the number of grizzly bears has been estimated at being from 60 to 100 thousand. Today, there are few grizzly bears left below the Canadian border. These bears are mostly confined to harsh mountainous terrain. www.blueplanetbiomes.org/grizzly_bear.htmMost bears are found in North America and Eurasia. Grizzlies are found on the Alaskan and northwestern Canadian tundra. They are considered a subspecies of the brown bear. Most grizzly bears are found in the northwestern part of North America. The grizzly bear's habitat can include forests, mountains, meadows, and valleys. Grizzly bears have amazing physical strength and are surprisingly fast over short distances. They are very aggressive and have no trouble driving away predators like wolves and mountain lions. The grizzly also has a great sense of smell. The grizzly has a heavy, stout body, a big head, and short tail. It has a distinctive hump between its shoulder blades. Its nose is dished, and turns up at the end, unlike the black bear, whose nose arches down. Most are brown, black, or blond. The tundra grizzly is often creamy yellow on the back with brownish legs and underparts. They can weigh up to 704 lbs, be over 8 feet in length, and stand 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulders. They are well suited to the cold climate of the tundra. Besides having a thick, shaggy coat of hair, they have layers of fat to insulate them. When winter comes the grizzly will bed down in a den packed with leaves and sticks. It doesn't go into full hibernation, and will occasionally come out of its den. It doesn't eat during this time but lives off stored body-fat until spring. Grizzly bears have an amazing diet. Scientists discovered that 75% of the bear population live off plants alone. The grizzly will also eat insects, small rodents and honey. It is strong enough to kill a caribou and outrun a moose, but usually it doesn't hunt. It will eat abandoned kills made by other predators (by driving the predator away from its kill). Females have cubs at around age five. She will give birth to 2 - 4 cubs, but usually twins in January. They weigh about 1 lb at birth and will suckle until May. The cubs stay with the mother until age 2 and then go off alone and repeat the cycle. Their life span is around 25 years. The grizzly bear is a solitary animal because it doesn't need to form protective packs because it lacks natural enemies. The population of the grizzly bear began to decline since the early 1800s. Around the 1970s there were only about 300 grizzlies left in the United States, outside Alaska. The US Fish and Wildlife Service lists the grizzly bear as an endangered species, except in Alaska. The grizzly bear population is now increasing in Yellowstone Park. by Max S. 2000
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Post by King Kodiak on Jan 4, 2020 19:11:59 GMT -5
VAN-THE LEYENDARY BEAR. NOTICE HE IS FULL OF SCARS
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Post by brobear on Jan 5, 2020 0:58:14 GMT -5
The big cat never lived who could survive a confrontation with Van, the baddest bear on the Alaskan peninsula. Those old bears always have battle scars to wear like combat ribbons.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jan 5, 2020 6:37:41 GMT -5
The big cat never lived who could survive a confrontation with Van, the baddest bear on the Alaskan peninsula. Those old bears always have battle scars to wear like combat ribbons. Definitely brobear. Van would wreck any felid, modern and even prehistoric.
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Post by brobear on Jan 9, 2020 16:10:12 GMT -5
The mature male grizzly of the lower 48 averages roughly 500 pounds. The average grizzly she-bear 350 pounds.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jan 9, 2020 18:00:24 GMT -5
The mature male grizzly of the lower 48 averages roughly 500 pounds. The average grizzly she-bear 350 pounds. Well if you are talking about that chart, remember that is only for mature male grizzlies in Yellowstone national park. Other inland grizzly populations have different averages.
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Post by brobear on Jan 10, 2020 13:51:37 GMT -5
There is very little difference in size of the various Rocky Mountain grizzly populations, which cover all American inland population but the barren ground grizzly of Alaska and the Yukon grizzly of Canada.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jan 11, 2020 6:49:24 GMT -5
THE BOSS OF BANFF
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Post by brobear on Mar 5, 2020 5:30:28 GMT -5
www.stalberttoday.ca/beyond-local/grizzly-bear-out-and-about-in-banff-2136699?fbclid=IwAR07NDXg98mk3Y4qhGT8j76mEvuG-olKHSR2pxFi1diOcEwXpVd9aELAxmI It's that time of year again, folks! 🐻 It's also no surprise that this is the earliest grizzly sighting in the Banff area in at least a decade. As winters shorten due to the climate crisis, bears are leaving their dens earlier. That means more time out on the land looking for food and potentially crossing paths with people. It means they need connected habitat and bear-aware communities more than ever. BANFF – A Banff grizzly can’t bear winter any longer. A male grizzly bear, believed to be either The Boss or Split Lip, was spotted several kilometres west of the Banff townsite Friday (Feb. 28) – the earliest a grizzly has been recorded out of the den in at least the last decade. Parks Canada officials say a resource conservation officer out doing wildlife corridor work that morning came across large grizzly bear tracks, and then almost immediately spotted the bear about 50 metres away. “He popped up 50 metres in front of her; he likely heard her coming along,” said Blair Fyten, human-wildlife coexistence specialist for Banff National Park “When she made a little bit of noise, he just moved away from her and went in the same direction she was going, so she just turned around came back down to the road,” he added. “She never really had a really good look at him to determine who it would be, but it’s likely one of our well-known bigger males.” The two dominant males in the Bow Valley are No. 122, also known as the Boss, and No. 136, dubbed Split Lip for his disfigured mouth. Both bears are thought to have gone into their dens in November. The large grizzlies are in the 600 to 650-pound range. “They’re roughly the same size. They’re big guys,” Fyten said, noting they probably lose about 100 to 150 pounds over winter. “Unless you get a really good look at their face, it’s hard to tell them apart.”
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Post by brobear on Mar 7, 2020 9:05:29 GMT -5
www.enr.gov.nt.ca/sites/enr/files/bear_tracks_winter_96-97.pdf In May 1995 we started a multi-faceted, multi-year and multi-partner research program into the ecology of grizzly bears in the central arctic. This project will help biologists determine grizzly bear distribution, movement patterns, population units, critical habitats, food habits, and foraging behaviour. The core of this project is the capture and collaring of grizzly bears with satellite transmitters. This allows us to collect detailed information on individual bears through two summers. In order to meet the objectives of the study we need to spread the collaring effort throughout the 175,000 km study area. During the first two years of the study much of the collaring effort has 2 focused on the Lac de Gras, Lake Providence and Kugluktuk areas (see figure). These areas are now well represented and the information collected from these bears has been excellent. Many of these collars have been removed or will be this spring. We now need to focus the collaring effort in areas still under represented. Therefore, we hope to deploy 30 to 35 radio-collars around MacKay and Aylmer Lakes, between Kugluktuk and Bathurst Inlet, northeast of Contwoyto Lake and possibly east of Umingmaktok. To do so will require a coordinated effort with other research projects and with the mining industry. Co-operation among all our partners has been excellent and an integral part of the success of the project to date.
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