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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: SWHUNTER on September 26, 2010, 06:49:54 PM

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Post by: SWHUNTER on September 26, 2010, 06:49:54 PM: :)
Title: Re: What do you reckon happened to this fellers foot?
Post by: scoyoc5 on September 26, 2010, 06:51:37 PM: OUCH! wth.... Someone else posted something about a bear that was limping pretty bad

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Badly wounded bear between White Pass and Red Pass (Glacier Peak area)
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A few days ago I was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and saw a black bear with what appeared to be a broken front leg. He was very near the trail and only about 1/2 mile from a trail crew camp. He obviously was having a rough time, and I think he poses a potential threat to both the hikers and the trail crew.

I'm from Alaska so I don't know the current bear seasons and whatnot, but I hope someone in the area can go in there and find and finish him. Seems like the right thing for the bear and the people using the area.

I am an active hunter as well as a hiker, so this isn't hunter bashing. Still, I hope we will all try to think twice, get in close, and fire those clean, one-shot kills from a solid rest.

The wounded bear was about 1/2 mile north of White Pass along the Pacific Crest Trail, feeding on berries out in the open.
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Post by: billythekidrock on September 26, 2010, 07:00:18 PM: What ever it was, it was recent.
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Post by: saylean on September 26, 2010, 07:00:49 PM: Looks like someone took a pair of brush clippers to that poor thing. Seems awefully clean cut. Maybe a trap? I dont see that as a bullet wound...who knows?!

My bro got one a few years ago, only had three legs...tough animals.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 26, 2010, 07:01:19 PM: thats crazy :yike:
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Post by: ICEMAN on September 26, 2010, 07:03:39 PM: Holy cow, what caused that!?
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Post by: bighorns2bushytails on September 26, 2010, 07:04:47 PM: Alien Experiments on bears now? :dunno:

--bh2bt
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Post by: hirshey on September 26, 2010, 07:05:15 PM: Quote from: ICEMAN on September 26, 2010, 07:03:39 PM
Holy cow, what caused that!?

Wow! :o
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Post by: PolarBear on September 26, 2010, 07:08:42 PM: That's what happens when you hook up with the wrong chick!!!!
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Post by: markts on September 26, 2010, 07:20:52 PM: Looks very fresh, dont see how a trap would miss a toe :dunno:
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Post by: CoryTDF on September 26, 2010, 07:23:40 PM: Wonder if he chewed them off :dunno:
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Post by: chester on September 27, 2010, 12:03:07 AM: Hoof rot :chuckle:
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on September 27, 2010, 12:57:54 AM: I am thinking he chewed them off.

Was the only toe remaining broken at all?

I am wondering if he was caught in a snare?

Or maybe he damaged the toes some how and chewed them off due to irritation.
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Post by: high country on September 27, 2010, 05:03:42 AM: his momma told him if he flipped off anyone one more time she woud chop off his toes...........guess she was not the fibbing type.
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Post by: ICEMAN on September 27, 2010, 06:04:13 AM: Bad bad case of athletes foot? :dunno:

Maybe he stepped in something good, mmmmmmm, honey...... :EAT:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on September 27, 2010, 07:02:50 AM: Looks like it could hurt
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Post by: agchawk on September 27, 2010, 07:47:42 AM: WTF?! I have no idea! I've never seen anything like that before in my life.
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Post by: Kain on September 27, 2010, 08:33:32 AM: Frost bite from last winter? Crushed under a rock? :dunno: Looks like the toes died and fell off or were chewed off.
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on September 27, 2010, 08:50:09 AM: I'm goin with crushed/cut off by a rock. Maybe hit by a big rig? (run over by tire) Even the one remaining toe looks to be broken. Doubtful to be a birth defect as the wounds are unhealed. A snare would normally get the whole foot. I think there would be other signs if it was result of frostbite, (more loss of fur around the toes).

-Steve
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Post by: dirty24d on September 27, 2010, 09:58:01 AM: I would guess some type of injury whether it be rock smashing or a tendon issue that led to the dragging of the toes infection probably set in and became painful leadeing to the bear performing surgery on himself. Tendon issue are common in hunting dogs, greyhounds, and animals that cover rugged terrain at high speeds. It's kind of like the people you read about that have to cut off one of there limbs to escape a rocklside or accident. Humans / Mammals's are capable of performing incredible acts of self mutilation when they sense it is the only way they are going to survive.
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Post by: snocobearhunter on September 27, 2010, 12:38:46 PM: was talkin to the old man about it he said back in the day trapping they would find bear toes in the traps every once in a while
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Post by: FC on September 27, 2010, 12:43:49 PM: Looks like it hurt!
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Post by: MuleySniper on September 27, 2010, 12:45:42 PM: Think of it this way, maybe he'll get a four finger discount if he rugs it? :chuckle:
MS
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Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on September 27, 2010, 12:56:38 PM: Pedicure gone bad? :dunno:
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Post by: FC on September 27, 2010, 03:31:58 PM: Quote from: MuleySniper on September 27, 2010, 12:45:42 PM
Think of it this way, maybe he'll get a four finger discount if he rugs it? :chuckle:
MS
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Post by: norsepete on September 30, 2010, 08:11:49 PM: I suspect a illegal poaching operation.
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Post by: mdbuck5x5 on September 30, 2010, 08:26:17 PM: To me it looks like he chewed them off :bdid: but thats just my :twocents:
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Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on September 30, 2010, 08:30:08 PM: I would suspect a snare that didn't work properly, that wire can be nasty, or a snare used for smaller game such as a beaver or something, and he got his paw stuck...