Author Topic: Nooksack River Black Bears UPDATED W/ PICS AND VIDEOS (Read 11341 times)

shanevg · « **on:** June 29, 2010, 11:15:05 PM »

Well now I'll actually tell the story.

Alecvg and I headed up into the hills for a quick trip after work. It wasn't long before Alec spotted the first bear.

It wasn't long before we immediately spotted two more bears. The second bear was a big brown/red color phase that was sleeping under a tree. The third was a much smaller bear way up high and hidden under a tree. That is the first time I have ever seen a bear sleeping like this.

We decided to see if we could get any closer. Right as we were moving into the trees to make a sneak on the bears, Big Red stood up. We thought maybe he had spotted us. Once we were within a couple hundred yards we figured out what made him stand up. A fourth bear had come out of the trees and was beginning to feed.

Notice how he has some hairless spots on his rump. I wonder what that is from?

I got some video of this bear as well. He fed back and forth through the meadow twice. He would feed until he got close to the first bear we met (which had moved uphill and closer to us by this point) and then he would run and feed in the other direction until he crossed paths with Big Red. Eventually he just moved up hill a ways and stayed out of the two bigger bears ways.

Nooksack River Drainage Black Bear #1 (small bear) - 6/29/10

Nooksack River Drainage Black Bear #1 (small bear) - 6/29/10

Eventually Big Red fed out closer to us and we were able to watch him for about half an hour before we backed out and headed to the truck. We were able to watch 4 total bears, 2 of them were feeding within 200 yards of us for over half an hour. None of the bears had any clue we were there.

Nooksack River Drainage Black Bear #2 (brown color phase) - 6/29/10

Nooksack River Drainage Black Bear #2 (brown color phase) - 6/29/10

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #1 on:** June 29, 2010, 11:59:26 PM »

Thats a big bear and kinda has a hump like a grizz

NWTFhunter · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2010, 12:07:08 AM »

First.... That is a

for sure.
Second... I think the hump is visible due to the position of the shoulder....?
Third.... Depending where on the Nook, it could be some inter breeding ?

bow4elk · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2010, 12:16:23 AM »

Great bear. Yes, posture is causing the hump. Just a shooter black bear, easily makes P&Y too!

jager · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2010, 12:33:42 AM »

OOOoo Boy! That's a big-un!

GoodFella · « **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2010, 12:40:20 AM »

Beautiful...That bear hasn't missed any meals. I'm hoping thats the trend this year with such a mild winter.

robb92 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2010, 03:51:59 AM »

Very nice bear!!!!

addicted · « **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2010, 04:47:15 AM »

boy howdy thats a bruiser

markts · « **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2010, 05:11:31 AM »

That is a

for sure, great pic where are the rest of em

Gobble · « **Reply #9 on:** June 30, 2010, 05:51:48 AM »

What a bruiser

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #10 on:** June 30, 2010, 05:56:20 AM »

Small bear save him for seed.

zackmioli · « **Reply #11 on:** June 30, 2010, 09:05:35 AM »

daaaaaaaaaamn!

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #12 on:** June 30, 2010, 03:58:27 PM »

A nice looking bear.

blindpig · « **Reply #13 on:** June 30, 2010, 04:40:40 PM »

Man he looks long. Nice one!!!!!!

Austrian Hunter · « **Reply #14 on:** June 30, 2010, 05:04:24 PM »

Nice Bear, thanks for posting the pic

Wea300mag · « **Reply #15 on:** June 30, 2010, 09:12:55 PM »

That bear is so long it looks photoshopped. He would look real good as a full mount in my house. The taxidermists on here see $$$$ when they look at that bear, lots of length there.

bear · « **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2010, 09:19:27 PM »

Quote from: Wea300mag on June 30, 2010, 09:12:55 PM

That bear is so long it looks photoshopped. He would look real good as a full mount in my house.

It would be some pretty good photoshopping.

alecvg · « **Reply #17 on:** June 30, 2010, 09:42:56 PM »

It deffinatly is not photo-shopped, the length really stood out to me too. Hopefully Shane will post the other pics of him!

shanevg · « **Reply #18 on:** June 30, 2010, 09:51:49 PM »

Posted more pics!

Bearhunter · « **Reply #19 on:** June 30, 2010, 09:54:33 PM »

Wow thats the first thing I thought as well, very long bodied what tell this fall and he will put some serious weight on and make for a true trophy for a full mount! Nice color as well.

Wea300mag · « **Reply #20 on:** June 30, 2010, 10:02:47 PM »

Nice work shane, love the pics and video. I think the one with the raw rump has be doing a lot of rubbing in that area.

Bearhunter · « **Reply #21 on:** June 30, 2010, 10:06:42 PM »

Or breeding! Haha. Did you guys see any elk or elk sign up there yet, maybe different area than Im thinking but looks similiar anyways. Usually theres several nice bulls up there....

shanevg · « **Reply #22 on:** June 30, 2010, 10:30:48 PM »

Quote from: Bearhunter on June 30, 2010, 10:06:42 PM

Or breeding! Haha. Did you guys see any elk or elk sign up there yet, maybe different area than Im thinking but looks similiar anyways. Usually theres several nice bulls up there....

this is a different area than you are thinking.

PacificNWhunter · « **Reply #23 on:** June 30, 2010, 11:04:32 PM »

Nice bears!

Lowedog · « **Reply #24 on:** June 30, 2010, 11:26:02 PM »

That one with the hairless spots is the bear from the movie The Great Outdoors!

mkcj · « **Reply #25 on:** June 30, 2010, 11:37:55 PM »

That's what I was thinking if it had a bald head it could be the bald headed killer bear of Claire county that John candy scared away

BLUEBULLS · « **Reply #26 on:** July 01, 2010, 07:07:21 AM »

Quote from: Lowedog on June 30, 2010, 11:26:02 PM

That one with the hairless spots is the bear from the movie The Great Outdoors!

got him with the shotgun lamp

nice pics!!

Ray · « **Reply #27 on:** July 01, 2010, 12:43:18 PM »

Great looking bears and a refreshing break from this place called work.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 01, 2010, 01:07:49 PM »

very nice pic of some fine bears

sheephunter · « **Reply #29 on:** July 01, 2010, 08:18:08 PM »

great pictures Shane, love the last video

shanevg · « **Reply #30 on:** July 04, 2010, 05:07:25 PM »

We went in again this weekend and saw three of the four bears again. Unfortunately they were not as close as last time. Here are a couple pics.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 04, 2010, 06:14:00 PM »

thanks for sharin still nice photos

saylean · « **Reply #32 on:** July 07, 2010, 10:55:20 AM »

Ya sure do get into them Alecvg. Thanks for posting. Ole Red looks like he should make another appearance on Huntwa in the head competition...

Good luck with it if you chase him.

shanevg · « **Reply #33 on:** July 07, 2010, 10:16:10 PM »

Got in there one more time this weekend and saw one of the bears. Crappy pic, but he's there.

alecvg · « **Reply #34 on:** July 09, 2010, 02:54:29 PM »

Went back in today, without Shane, but with my dad, saw one really nice bear that we haven't seen before. Got within 120 yards but the pictures all turned out crappy, so I doubt I will post them... but it was another great day in the hills!

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