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Color Phase of WA Bears?
« on: January 25, 2014, 03:43:50 PM »
Dug through the old posts expecting to find a similar one but didnt so I thought I'd ask. What does everyone notice about the average color of bears in different areas of WA? I heard that the westside averages 99% black 1% other and its like 70% color and 30% black on the east side. How about with the white crest? Heard that the coastal bears have a higher average of the white crest. Many people see different color phases on the west side? Do ya notice any difference north to south instead of east to west?

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2014, 03:47:21 PM »
I heard that the westside averages 99% black 1% other and its like 70% color and 30% black on the east side.
??? No way. I think that is way off :twocents:
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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2014, 04:10:16 PM »
I would say more color phase on the east side than the west.   Lots have a white crest.    :dunno:

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2014, 04:16:16 PM »
ive only seen 5 or 6 bears but only one of them was not black so id say that 70%color is not right

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2014, 04:19:27 PM »
Nah ...that's not right unless they are all hanging out in the area I live in ...I see a lot of colored phase bears on the wetside ... mostly chocolate colored ...

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2014, 04:20:04 PM »
 Just in one county here on the west side I can hunt a ridge with predominantly cinnamon, move across the drainage and hunt a ridge predominantly black. Move another ridge over that carries a large percentage with crests. Genetically very localized. No info on the east side from me.
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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2014, 04:20:32 PM »
Yeah, that's way off.   Probably less than 10, and closer to 5% color. 

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2014, 04:22:20 PM »
See, that's the problem.  I can see a buttload of blonde in one region, cinnamon in another, brown in one and black elsewhere.  Its very region specific.

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2014, 04:24:39 PM »
I saw 30 bear this year, and only three were colorphase that I can remember.

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2014, 04:25:21 PM »
Funny animals they are, one spot I hunt I see all color phases.
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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2014, 04:27:04 PM »
Yea I guess I never really thought about it in smaller regions being one way and the next area being another, makes sense though. One guy I had talked to was from farther east in the country. Grew up I think near the great lakes but I cant remember. He always talked like a white crest was a trophy no matter on the size of the bear because it is so rare. The only bear I have seen the chest of in the wild was the one I killed and it had a white crest.

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2014, 04:28:00 PM »
Two years ago I saw a sow with a blonde, red and a black cub.   It was cool.

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2014, 04:33:26 PM »
What color was she? I've seen chocolate sow with black and chocolate cubs.
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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2014, 04:36:42 PM »
She was black.

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Re: Color Phase of WA Bears?
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2014, 04:37:28 PM »
Heres a nice crest for ya


 


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