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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: NWTFhunter on March 30, 2009, 06:25:33 PM

Title: How many have seen........
Post by: NWTFhunter on March 30, 2009, 06:25:33 PM: Any of you that hunt the NE corner of the state for turkey run into any grizz's over the years ?

My buddy and I spotted a huge sow with 2 cubs a few years back...... earlier that morning we came across a huge pile of poo.... It could have been left by Yelp, now that I know a little more about his poo tactics.....
But this pile had no shirts sleeves or socks around it....LOL

Anyways, she was across a large ravine and feeding with her cubs so we didnt feel much threat.
We are now very careful in that area because we know that there are at least 4 of the big bears in da woodz
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: Wacenturion on March 30, 2009, 06:30:42 PM: Quote from: NWTFhunter on March 30, 2009, 06:25:33 PM
Any of you that hunt the NE corner of the state for turkey run into any grizz's over the years ?

My buddy and I spotted a huge sow with 2 cubs a few years back...... earlier that morning we came across a huge pile of poo.... It could have been left by Yelp, now that I know a little more about his poo tactics.....
But this pile had no shirts sleeves or socks around it....LOL

Anyways, she was across a large ravine and feeding with her cubs so we didnt feel much threat.
We are now very careful in that area because we know that there are at least 4 of the big bears in da woodz

Yelp takes his used socks, half shirts, sleeves etc, out with him.....could have definetly been him. :chuckle:

To answer your question....no....only Black Bears.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: NWTFhunter on March 30, 2009, 07:11:03 PM: I know to never pick up gloves anymore, and to always kick over the lunchpail laying in the road...LOL...

Yep she was a big girl !!
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: yelp on March 30, 2009, 09:23:39 PM: :dunno: Laugh it up...I see I will have to be creative this spring. :chuckle: I haven't seen any grizzlies...or their poo...but it reminds me of a story in a land far far way... :)
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: walt on March 30, 2009, 09:43:53 PM: Me neither, just blacks. I have a buddy that swears he did last summer up near Salmo. I have heard a few other second hand stories. I think one was shot last year by a hunter that misidentified it.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 30, 2009, 10:50:02 PM: My mom wons some property up there. One of the neighbors down the road swears she saw one while cruising timber a couple of years back. Nothing confirmed though...
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: NWTFhunter on March 31, 2009, 02:56:57 PM: Up around where Pathfinder ?

We saw ours east of Chewelah.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: Big10gauge on March 31, 2009, 03:06:16 PM: There's been grizzlies in that area ever since I cam remember. They come and go from Danville to Newport. I saw a sow and 2 cubs on my place up there 9 yrs ago, I told the GW and he asked me how I knew it was a Grizzly, I told him I've seen enough of them in Alaska that I can pretty much tell the 2 apart. I believe that they finally got some pictures of grizzlies on trail cams in the wedge area and were verified. The Selkirks have a fairly constant population of them.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: BC CHASER on March 31, 2009, 03:20:49 PM: I tried to run one down East of Oroville a few years ago. I bet you he was 500 lbs., big for an interior griz. I talked to a couple of USFS workers and they had seen the bear as well. We have also seen tracks in the NE where we WT hunt. Where we hunt in MT is full of them and it is kind of funny following their tracks in the snow and going in the same direction as they. Two buddies that live in MT had to kill one while bow hunting 3 years ago.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 31, 2009, 03:41:40 PM: Quote from: NWTFhunter on March 31, 2009, 02:56:57 PM
Up around where Pathfinder ?

We saw ours east of Chewelah.

Up Silver Creek over by Deep Lake. It is mountain land. Not populated.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: NWTFhunter on March 31, 2009, 04:24:58 PM: Not sure where Silver creek is but I do know where Deep lk is. Have some friends out past Deep lk and they havent seen any around thier place.

The same thing happened when we saw ours.. we took pics and sent them to WDFW...... they said no that is a color phase blackie....... Oh ya right !! I guess they couldnt see a HUGE hump across her back !!!
Later they did confirm that indeed we were correct.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: skipper on March 31, 2009, 04:27:35 PM: I have friends that have one on video in Colville the game department took a copy of the tape
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: boneaddict on March 31, 2009, 04:28:37 PM: Yes, several, but not turkey hunting.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: jackelope on March 31, 2009, 04:29:42 PM: Quote from: NWTFhunter on March 31, 2009, 04:24:58 PM
Not sure where Silver creek is but I do know where Deep lk is. Have some friends out past Deep lk and they havent seen any around thier place.

The same thing happened when we saw ours.. we took pics and sent them to WDFW...... they said no that is a color phase blackie....... Oh ya right !! I guess they couldnt see a HUGE hump across her back !!!
Later they did confirm that indeed we were correct.

post the pics.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: NWTFhunter on March 31, 2009, 07:06:22 PM: Let me see if I can get them from my buddy... they are on his memory card.. If not I can take a pic of a pic.
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: yelp on March 31, 2009, 07:24:27 PM: Give a new meaning to yelping..what you are really saying is come here free meal..meal on a stick (Decoy).. :) It would be interesting to see a grizzly eat a feather flex!
Title: Re: How many have seen........
Post by: NWTFhunter on March 31, 2009, 07:31:02 PM: LOL.... one bite and I think the old girl would have spit it out.......... Lucky for us she was way way across the other side of the Mt.