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I'm 100% with you, Nathan! I have seen 3 for sure, zero B.S. in my lifetime, one with a witness. Also had several other situations where I was sure there was one nearby.There are many contrarians in the Hunting and Fishing World, and in any slice of any population there are going to be naysayers. Keep wearing out boots, you'll someday get your picture. But by that time you will gained have so much respect for them as a species, that you will share with only a selected few. Walk a mile in their tracks.The overall impression is "That's an ape, not a bear." Then, once you gain perspective on the nearby surroundings, "Wow, that's TALL!" Like, no way that's a man, either.Judge my story as you will. But 2 of us saw it. I know what I saw, and I get hell for my story all the time. Most might think it would be cool to see one. We were scared as hell all night and left for home as soon as the sun came up.
Quote from: 30.06 on August 11, 2025, 11:17:45 AMI'm 100% with you, Nathan! I have seen 3 for sure, zero B.S. in my lifetime, one with a witness. Also had several other situations where I was sure there was one nearby.There are many contrarians in the Hunting and Fishing World, and in any slice of any population there are going to be naysayers. Keep wearing out boots, you'll someday get your picture. But by that time you will gained have so much respect for them as a species, that you will share with only a selected few. Walk a mile in their tracks.you must’ve seen them before cell phones with cameras?
I'm 100% with you, Nathan! I have seen 3 for sure, zero B.S. in my lifetime, one with a witness. Also had several other situations where I was sure there was one nearby.There are many contrarians in the Hunting and Fishing World, and in any slice of any population there are going to be naysayers. Keep wearing out boots, you'll someday get your picture. But by that time you will gained have so much respect for them as a species, that you will share with only a selected few. Walk a mile in their tracks.
I believe only saw these tracks in the snow butHuge stride Came up out of the Hamma Hamma River drainage walked the road for a bit and back down
Heard tree knocks while hiking up Pete’s Creek Trail at Col. Bob roughly 20 years ago. My lab was extremely curious and kept sniffing the air intently until I had to pull him away.
Quote from: MADMAX on August 11, 2025, 05:57:01 PMI believe only saw these tracks in the snow butHuge stride Came up out of the Hamma Hamma River drainage walked the road for a bit and back down Interesting trackway and thank you for sharing, I have a good hunting buddy who found set of prints in that area. Did you find these in winter and what direction did it go? ( up or down )
Quote from: NathanFooter on August 12, 2025, 12:19:00 PMQuote from: MADMAX on August 11, 2025, 05:57:01 PMI believe only saw these tracks in the snow butHuge stride Came up out of the Hamma Hamma River drainage walked the road for a bit and back down Interesting trackway and thank you for sharing, I have a good hunting buddy who found set of prints in that area. Did you find these in winter and what direction did it go? ( up or down )That snow had melted and ref froze a few times from the week before storm that came in and dumped all kinds of little pecker pole trees down the NF 24 Road I was picking my way down to the bottom to turn around because I made a mistake even going down that way it was so icy I looked out my window and saw the stride of those tracks. They had come up the hill from the river on the left, walked not very far and then went back down to the river. The funny thing is when I tried to match the stride I was like doing Spread my legs as far as I can, and my junk was on the ground, and I still couldn’t match it my buddy was laughing his butt off.Neither of us knew what it really was one can only guessI’ve showed those pictures to all my friends and nobody can say that’s a personWasn’t running, footprint itself wasn’t very big. It was all the stride for me.
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Quote from: mountainman on August 12, 2025, 10:32:20 PMHmm? Those are very interesting, I would love to know more about this trackway.