Post by: boneaddict on May 30, 2007, 10:17:38 AM
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Post by: boneaddict on May 30, 2007, 10:18:23 AM
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Post by: high country on May 30, 2007, 12:59:59 PM
I saw one that went about 5' during the spring season that was similar in color and had some very light streaks, had to pick it good to be sure it was right species. we are lucky to have so many different colors of bears in the nw I have seen every color except the blue bear.
Post by: boneaddict on May 30, 2007, 01:30:34 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on May 30, 2007, 05:22:12 PM
Nice bear. Looks like billythekidrock's elk have been to idaho :chuckle:LOL
Post by: saylean on June 11, 2007, 11:28:48 PM
Thanks again.
Saylean
Post by: boneaddict on June 12, 2007, 07:36:29 AM
Post by: mossback91 on January 06, 2008, 10:59:09 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on January 07, 2008, 05:50:17 AM
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I got a question about the "Color Phase". Is the phase permanent, yearly or what?
"Do bears' coats change color?
Yes, a bear's coat can change color - from brown or cinnamon to black. This generally happens in the juvenile or sub-adults years. Changes seen in older bears are usually attributable to bleaching, where the tips of the hairs are lighter than the base."
"Why would black bears be different colors if they are all the same species?
While the causes are not perfectly clear, there is evidence to suggest that coat colors vary as a mechanism of camouflage or due to climate and habitat."
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AS in blue your talking like silver/graysih right??
"What is the rarest color phase of American black bears?
While white is the rarest color phase, a very uncommon and particularly beautiful color phase of the black bear is the blue-gray or glacier bears of southeastern Alaska, northwestern British Columbia and the southwest Yukon."
From here http://www.americanbear.org/FUR.htm
Post by: Houndhunter on January 07, 2008, 12:50:36 PM
He wasn't very big
wasnt very big is right, he's still got milk drippin from them lips
Post by: Bigshooter on January 07, 2008, 10:18:24 PM
Post by: saylean on January 07, 2008, 10:33:58 PM
Post by: boneaddict on January 08, 2008, 10:21:41 PM
Post by: jstamp on January 08, 2008, 10:46:14 PM
I woulda shot it... ;)
ME TOO
Post by: actionshooter on January 09, 2008, 06:13:09 PM
Post by: Idabooner on January 09, 2008, 08:58:03 PM
Idabooner has seen one, a blue bear that is. He'll have to tell that story.
Boneaddict would have been about a year old when his 8 year old brother and I were hunting up out of 25 mile creek, about 10:am it started dumping snow big time. Didn't want to get that kid to wet so were calling it a day, had just started down the road when I seen where something had slid off the bank into and across the road, fair size bear tracks and no snow in them. It was so close I had to try for it, can't leave the kid so I put an old man size plastic slicker on him and drug him over the hill on the track. It was very steep and slick for a long ways, nothing makes more noise than a kid in a cold plastic slicker with the sleeves dragging the ground. We were hurrying but the tracks were getting snow in them, then we come to less steep ground and the air was full of honey bees, the bear had knocked over a 18 inch dead snag and ripped it open to a honey bee nest, there was lots of honey and the bees were still mad, the tracks leaving were fresh again, the terrain was open timber with buck brush. I was dragging the boy with one hand and rifle in the other moving as fast as possible when I caught movement ahead, the wet BLUE BEAR was 75 feet facing me, before I could get a shot he jumped off the log he was on and disappeared. I knew the game was over but I checked out the tracks to learn what happened.
We had spooked him off the honey tree, he went 200 yards, took a big dump and come back his track to check us out. A few feet from his dump was another and another, 5 or 6 all very fresh dumps, I back tracked a couple of them, it appeared they had come off the hill on different finger ridges and had a meeting there then all went their own ways. I would have liked to spend more time there checking it out but had to get that boy out of there, it was dark when we got back to the road, with a very tired but dry boy.
It's always been a question to me what happened that day, was it a bear cross roads and the sudden change in weather sent them to lower country all at the same hour? I went back a couple times next year but missed the magic hour, it was a hell hole in there and most bears would have been safe, but for a blue I would have figured out a way to get him out.
Have any of you guys seen a similar thing?
Post by: ICEMAN on January 09, 2008, 09:14:28 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on January 10, 2008, 05:36:18 AM
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Post by: JoeVon on January 10, 2008, 01:03:38 PM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 10, 2008, 01:08:54 PM
I just got to thinking. I've only seen one bear out hunting. Of course I don't get a whole lot of cubs into mount, lol. So I have never seen a cub up and personal. I was just wondering are Bear Cubs color phased from birth or is ths something they aquire when they begin to reach adulthood?
I mean can you tell what color a cub is going to be as an adult?
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on January 10, 2008, 01:16:22 PM
We saw those cubs the next season in alomst the same place and were able to ID them.
Post by: boneaddict on January 10, 2008, 01:18:00 PM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 10, 2008, 01:20:21 PM
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on January 10, 2008, 03:25:32 PM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 10, 2008, 03:55:03 PM
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on January 10, 2008, 03:56:50 PM
I had a pet Blackie when i was young. Mom ended up putting her foot down when my brother and i had it wrestling too much...she was afraid it was getting too rough. They're not much for cuddling, and they eat ALOT!
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on January 10, 2008, 04:00:50 PM
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