Hunting Washington Forum

Cubs will stay with their mother for up to two years until she kicks them out. After that, the juveniles will often stay together for a bit. Adult Toms don't tolerate other Toms, females, or juveniles, unless the female is in heat. @bearpaw Maybe Dale will chime in.

Yep, momma with grown cubs.  I tracked a trio in fresh snow where all three had the same size adult tracks.  After tracking them for 300 yards, I finally noticed that one of them walked a fairly straight route, and the other two consistently swerved back and forth across the straight one's tracks, veering to a stump on one side, back across to check a log, etc.  It was a momma and two still curious grown cubs, all with tracks the same size.
        Also, it appears that two of the cats in the pic have juvenile bars and spots on the inside of their legs.

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Thanks all. First Sitka for me, and first time on Kodiak. I held out until late in the trip for this one. Biggest that was killed or seen. Not a lot of points to add up, but he exceeded my expectations. The bases are 7-1/4" around and the spread is 18".
 Plus, I love beefy eyeguards. Had a big body and fairly worn teeth. Going to send a few in for aging and see what they say.

We have been using a lot more pork belly around the house. Going to have to give this a try for sure!

Momma with kittens is the answer. Saw 3 in one drainage last year. Killed the largest, which was a 1yr old tom according to dfw aging. But no doubt in my mind it was ultimately a trio of mom with kittens that hadn't flown the cool yet