Collared Bear - Updated - 7-6-09

[Pathfinder101]

I see collared elk all the time.  Never seen a collared bear...  Cool pics!

[saylean]

Never seen a collared bear either. Cool man!

[beardown]

cool pic, a buddy and I were hunting in Grays Harbor and he shot a collared 2-pt blacktail about 5 years ago.  Game warden stopped us on the way home and took the collar.  We wanted to keep it for a trophy, but he said it was property of wdfw.  It had no markings on it.

[stringflinger4elk]

look back I got that cougar picture up I am no longer a picture posting retard.   damn that was easy ... after I figured it out anyway 

[tlbradford]

It looks lke they need to get a bigger collar on that guy.  Very cool photo.

[billythekidrock]

It is the first collared bear I have seen as well.

Today I called F&W to see if they could give me any info if I told them where it was. The receptionist is some guy who is not all there, but eventually he forwarded me to D. Mortorrello (sp?) and I got his machine. I left a message but didn't hear back.

[bow4elk]

I've got four different collared bears on my cams in the past year.  I'd love to know what you hear back.  We might want to compare notes about this bear off-line.

[h2ofowlr]

They typically colar the bears that have been relocated.  It may have been a bear trapped in a residential area and taken up to the woods.  If it returns to the area they put it down.

[billythekidrock]

They typically colar the bears that have been relocated.  It may have been a bear trapped in a residential area and taken up to the woods.  If it returns to the area they put it down.

The way I understand it, they typically ear tag nuisance bears.

This bear and the ones bow4elk has pics of are way too close to residential areas to have been nuisance bears and released.

Like I said before....

Since it is on public land and I know they have had a fairly aggressive collaring program, I doubt he was a problem bear. It probably has more to do with timber damage and the Black Bear Project.

[bow4elk]

Agree.  I have photos of one with a large white blaze, not 150 yards from a house.  Look close and you can see his antenna.

[Pathfinder101]

AHHH !!!  Alien Bear!!

[Machias]

Men in Black!!  Cool photo!

[JackOfAllTrades]

AHHH !!!  Alien Bear!!

Illegal Alien? Quick, call DHS! Terrorist! Terrorist! Migrant worker picking berries! Has he got a green card?  

-Steve

[billythekidrock]

So Donny M. from F&W never returned my call but I was able to get a hold of the guy who does the collaring. He was pretty busy so we didn't talk long but when I told him where I saw the collared bear, he knew exactly which one it was since it is the only collared bear in this area. This bear is a 122lb yearling sow that was recently captured about a mile away.

Even though I knew the answer, I asked if these were nuisance bears or part of an active study. Of course it was not a nuisance bear. He said that there is not a lot of info he can share right now since they need 3-4 years worth of data to make any conclusive findings.

He did say that they were surprised to find that the CF bears home ranges were much smaller then the bears in the Cascade range.

He also told me that they have 10 or 11 collared bears in the CF.

[uncoolperson]

pack of bandaids and a 6pack of beer to the guy that put a leash on that.

Way cool sighting.