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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #45 on: August 16, 2024, 09:24:51 AM »
Those white chest blazes really reminded me of the Asian black bear, closely related to our American black bears.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_black_bear
I've never seen a blaze quite like that on an American black bear! 

Thanks for sharing, Pathfinder, and congratulations to your son! 

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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #46 on: August 18, 2024, 08:40:22 PM »
On the way to the tree stand. I have seen him on camera but, haven't seen him in person.


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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #47 on: August 18, 2024, 09:01:38 PM »
On the way to the tree stand. I have seen him on camera but, haven't seen him in person.


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It's really a crappy situation.


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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #48 on: August 30, 2024, 09:15:37 AM »
Got this guy (my first bear) a week ago today.

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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #49 on: August 30, 2024, 09:18:23 AM »
He was a bowling ball with a pretty big head. I’m guessing at least 4 years old

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« Reply #50 on: August 30, 2024, 09:33:43 AM »
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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #51 on: August 30, 2024, 12:06:04 PM »
Great color on that bear!
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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #52 on: August 31, 2024, 04:11:27 PM »
I've been striking out all month.

I came into some red huckleberries near a creek. Do bears eat these?


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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #53 on: August 31, 2024, 06:20:27 PM »
Yes, bears LOVE the purple berries Dana. Not thinking those are huckleberries sir, were u above 4K?  That’s kind of the line for hucks.
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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #54 on: August 31, 2024, 06:49:45 PM »
Red Hucks.  I would figure bears would eat them.  I was just reading about grizzlies loving the blue variety.
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« Reply #55 on: August 31, 2024, 07:09:29 PM »
Red hucks?  Didn’t know that, thanks for the course correction gentlemen. I stand corrected Dana and CT.
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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #56 on: August 31, 2024, 09:17:16 PM »
Red hucks?  Didn’t know that, thanks for the course correction gentlemen. I stand corrected Dana and CT.
https://nativeplantspnw.com/red-huckleberry-vaccinium-parvifolium/

No where near 4k but, the area those are in looks just like the images in that link.


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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #57 on: September 01, 2024, 04:32:30 AM »
Red Huckleberries exist on the wet side from sea level on up. I got them in my yard at a little over 300 feet in elavation.
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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #58 on: September 01, 2024, 10:08:30 AM »
The wife put a good one down last week during the lightning storm. Man was it raining hard getting it out. 190# gutted est around 220 total

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Re: 2024 bears
« Reply #59 on: September 01, 2024, 10:11:07 AM »
Then I finally got a chance yesterday on a really nice bear. This bear had a solid layer of fat and good size. 253# gutted estimated around 290# total. Perfect bear. They get a little To hard to move around when they get bigger then this.

 


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