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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Ridgeratt on June 08, 2024, 01:46:16 PM

Title: He's back!!
Post by: Ridgeratt on June 08, 2024, 01:46:16 PM: The Grizzly that was tagged last year is back in the neighborhood.

https://www.krem.com/article/life/animals/stevens-county-grizzly-bear-returns-last-seen-breaking-chicken-coop/293-4d94a776-95f0-4430-8582-dbfa0443014f

Stevens County grizzly bear returns, last seen breaking into chicken coop
According to the sheriff's office, grizzly bears are listed as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act.

STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. — The Stevens County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) says a bear that was trapped north of Colville last September was found breaking into a chicken coop north of Chewelah Sunday morning.

Once the bear was captured, the sheriff's office says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife released the bear at a relocation site on the Colville National Forest in the Selkirk Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone in northeast Pend Oreille County.

The sheriff's office said the bear was trapped last September in the Onion Creek area. The sheriff's office also said the bear came back to Stevens County in the late spring.

According to the sheriff's office, grizzly bears are listed as "threatened" under the federal Endangered Species Act.

The sheriff's office also said the bear "appears to remain wary of people and is searching for easy sources of food in addition to normal seasonal bear foods."

The sheriff's office is asking people to remove or secure all bear attractants on their properties and protect small livestock and chickens with electric fencing.

You are also asked to report grizzly bear sightings at 360-902-2936 Option 1 or the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office at 509-684-5296. You can call them at 509-684-2555 after hours.

On the morning of June 2nd, a bear was observed breaking into a chicken coop in an area just north of Chewelah. In the...

Posted by Stevens County Sheriff's Office on Friday, June 7, 2024
Title: Re: He's back!!
Post by: timberfaller on June 08, 2024, 01:48:50 PM: Let the fun begin!! Is the ole saying! because YOU can't fix STUPID when it comes to government and its cronies!
Title: Re: He's back!!
Post by: Cougartail on June 08, 2024, 02:19:33 PM: Nothing to worry about! It SEEMS to be wary of people. (Until it's not.)
Title: Re: He's back!!
Post by: Born2late on June 08, 2024, 02:32:33 PM: But we were told they will stay up high and eat berries and roots🙄
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Post by: str8meat on June 08, 2024, 05:36:03 PM: And how many times are they going to sit in pee before they start lifting the seat?
Title: Re: He's back!!
Post by: Ridgeratt on June 08, 2024, 06:19:25 PM: Quote from: Cougartail on June 08, 2024, 02:19:33 PM
Nothing to worry about! It SEEMS to be wary of people. (Until it's not.)
On the morning of June 2nd, a bear was observed breaking into a chicken coop in an area just north of Chewelah. In the...

Sounds to me like he likes chicken. Not many free range wild birds on the east side.
Title: Re: He's back!!
Post by: Loup Loup on June 08, 2024, 09:23:00 PM: Two falls ago I was shown gamecam pics of two different Grizzly’s in that area. Appeared to be a sow and a boar. One of fellows there said the boar tracks went right down the gravel road right past the Onion creek school. Tracks were evident in the dust.
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Post by: pashok23 on June 08, 2024, 10:27:53 PM: He seems friendly
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Post by: LDennis24 on June 08, 2024, 11:14:18 PM: Quote from: Born2late on June 08, 2024, 02:32:33 PM
But we were told they will stay up high and eat berries and roots🙄

Yeah there's soooo much food available to sustain a grizzly bear population that they are coming down and eating chickens in someone's back yard! :tup:
Title: Re: He's back!!
Post by: kodiak06 on July 19, 2024, 07:47:49 AM: I'm not familiar with the area but bears always go to lower elevations in spring/early summer. That's where the first green shows