400 pounder

[boneaddict]

Photo courtesy of the USFWS.  476 pound Washington grizz




What to take from it......not that there are grizz here in Washington, we already knew that.....but for all of you to know what a 400 pound bear looks like.

Those of you claiming your 200 pound blackie is a 500 pounder, well you are just plain silly.

[Machias]

 

[pianoman9701]

And this is just a 2-year old.

[WapitiTalk1]

Yikes. Hope he’s knocked out good 

[RockChuck]

  look at the size of those paws!!

[boneaddict]

85% of their weight is in their front end.   What a machine!

[timberfaller]

And his food source is going to be what???  Remember, he is NOT a herbivore!!

IS he/she a transplant trouble bear from Yellowstone???  

[Jonathan_S]

They are sure a cool animal.

Can't imagine seeing the 600# black bear I heard about last week 

[boneaddict]

A huge percentage of their diet includes willows/ willow roots.  perfect habitat now in the cascades and pasayten now that they have all burned and willows are coming in solid. 

[boneaddict]

THey have one in Athol  (man Its just fun to say that) that is being a real Athol I guess

[ctwiggs1]

Yikes. Hope he’s knocked out good 

I've been on a few cougar trips with WDFW. 

Always funny to see someone get a bit freaked as the tranquilized cougar starts to wiggle a bit.

[LDennis24]

So what's the story behind this bear Bone?

[gaddy]

Hate to run into something like that in thick stuff hunting 

[boneaddict]

Its an article about Montana grizzlies moving into neighboring states.  If I recall right this was a capture over by the Pend Oreille. 

Hate to run into something like that in thick stuff hunting

Its very humbling

[Skyvalhunter]

So I wonder if it is then their policy to capture and collar them.