Grizzly Bear or Black Bear?

[steeleywhopper]

I agree with the shoot first! Looks to me like a big ol colored blackie. We don't need any of them griz here in washington anyway. 

[sivart33]

shooting before rly looking gets people shot.  i would have to be close to detrimine,  but from the first 3 pics looks like a griz then the last 3 do not.  so would have to be closer.

also why would you shoot and risk killing a griz?  well here in WA

[andrew_12gauge]

after those last 3 head up pics id say definately a black bear no hump present whatsoever in those last 3 plus his snout slopes straight down from his forehead instead of having the dished face look of a grizzly

[MuleyMadness]

Last year a friend of mine shot a near 500lb black bear in northern WA that had a slight hump on his back as well...without being any closer I would say it is a black bear.

We have seen griz in WA though near the canadian line.

[JoeVon]

shooting before rly looking gets people shot.  i would have to be close to detrimine,  but from the first 3 pics looks like a griz then the last 3 do not.  so would have to be closer.

also why would you shoot and risk killing a griz?  well here in WA

Pretty obvious its a bear...

[hard hunter]

I know that Idaho had a pic like that in there hunters safety presentation and it had the big hump and everything but it was a blackie.  The head being down like shown in the first three pics make the shoulderblades create a large hump.  At least that's how the head hunter safety guy and biologist explained it to me.

[scudmaster]

Last year a friend of mine shot a near 500lb black bear in northern WA that had a slight hump on his back as well...without being any closer I would say it is a black bear.

We have seen griz in WA though near the canadian line.

There have been Griz spotted in the Teanaway over the last 10 years or more according to the forest service and locals that live there.

[DeKuma]

I have seen one in the area between Teanaway and Liberty.  Gamie and I sat and watched it for a good half hour.  He assured me that they know they are there and to keep my eyes open.  This was near 10 or more years ago.

[girlwithbow]

Wlth that color and hump on it's back I would say definitely a griz.

Yeah with the hump I would agree

[Timber]

Today, I took my friend Eric back into the area where I saw the "grizzly" looking "blonde" black bear.  Eric really wanted to shoot the bear. We hiked back into the spot at daylight and saw a medium size "black" bear but no "blonde" bear. Eric decided he wanted to take the "black" bear. We put a stalk on him and got within 28 yds and Eric took him. It would have been a great bow shot.
Wouldn't you know it, as we were admiring the dead bear, the "blonde" bear came out of the trees below us, and ran across the hillside, maybe 100 yds away.
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[andrew_12gauge]

awesome video way to go!

[DeKuma]

Cool.  How about story and more pics?
Tell your buddy congratulations!

[PST]

The Fish and Game web page for Montana has a test you can take on identifying between Black bears and Grizzly bears.

[Bscman]

Shoot first..ask questions later.  My  .

shooting before rly looking gets people shot.  i would have to be close to detrimine,  but from the first 3 pics looks like a griz then the last 3 do not.  so would have to be closer.

also why would you shoot and risk killing a griz?  well here in WA

Pretty obvious its a bear...

Sorry, but I have to comment here...remarks like this are part of the reason people are so ruffled up and anti-hunting. Shoot first, ask questions later is exactly the cause of all that trouble from the recent Sauk Mtn. incident.
Furthermore, Grizzlies are a protected species and shooting one would lead to a myriad of problems, including fines in excess of $12,000.

Joking or not, I have a hard time tolerating comments like this.
Remember, this forum is open to public criticism and all sorts of people can be reading these comments...giving false impressions and building more "hate" for hunters and what "they" *think* we are all about--especially with the recent attention we hunters have been getting in the media lately.

[Timber]

Here is a picture of Eric's bear. It measured 5'4" from nose to tail. He's looking forward to eating this one, his last bear was full of worms.
The stalk worked out great. We spotted the bear, came in from the side, lost sight of it at about 200 yds, kept closing in until we were at the spot where we had last seen it, then it appeared to our left at 28 yds unaware of our presence. Eric then shot it through the lungs with a 300 Win Mag.

Oh by the way, my biologist friend thinks the bear in question is a black bear.