Giant Wa. bear track, is it Griz? You be the judge.

[landshark]

trail cam and find out

[Joe_Hunter]

Black bear no doubt
and a good one to boot

[norsepeak]

I kinda thought it was a giant blackie too, but the size and length between steps had me wondering.  The claws were hitting the ground and they were about 1.5-2" long, but they may not show good in the pic.  I'd like to go find him and get a pic, because he's got to be a huge bear.

[Joeman3285]

Gotta be black bear. If you try to draw a line between the pad and the toes, the line passes through the little toe (front foot).  My understanding is that that is indicative of a black bear.  With Griz, all the toes would be in front of the line.  my 

[MackPrince]

 
Looking at the pad arch I'd side on it being a large blackie. That would be a nice one to put a stalk on next Fall or Spring depending on the area.

[X-Force]

Blackie! for sure. i count 7 toes in the first pic. im with aneoakleaf that the back foot was stepping on the front track. still a good sized print!

[PNUTCHI]

Gotta be black bear. If you try to draw a line between the pad and the toes, the line passes through the little toe (front foot).  My understanding is that that is indicative of a black bear.  With Griz, all the toes would be in front of the line.  my 

You sir are correct.

[alanger]

Black bear. bigen too!

[yakimarcher]

black bear

[Axle]

Wouldn't measuring the width be a better guideline for size?

[boneaddict]

Big ass blackbear

[Pathfinder101]

Melted snow will make the print look larger than normal as well. Blackie.

 
And lack of giant dagger-like claws.  I'd say black bear also.

[Bigbuckhunter_1996]

giant blackie i would think a grizzlie would have longer claw marks in the snow

[norsepeak]

thanks for the visual PNUT, I was leaning towards blackie too, but just thought I'd put it out there.  When I took the pic, it had only stopped snowing about 2 hours before, so I know the track is not that old.  Sure would like to see this guy.  I know I'll be after him next year though!