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Had me a visitor yesterday.

Merlinnv12Merlinnv12 Member Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭✭
edited June 2022 in General Discussion

After having lots of Whitetail deer, moose, elk, turkeys, bobcats, coyotes and 2 wolves wander through my property, I was graced with this great creature the other day.

Took a short video of him and pulled this still from it. He went behind my game camera so didn’t get a shot of him on it. Moved the camera back so if he comes through again, maybe I can get one.

“What we’ve got here, is, failure to communicate.”

Comments

  • sxsnufsxsnuf Member Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful, thanx for sharing! What part of the country?

    Arrivederci gigi
  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 59,969 ******

    a big boy there

  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,233 ✭✭✭✭

    nice visitor and photo thanks for posting


    thank goodness we do not any around here my wife would be trying to make a "pet" out of it 😲 she was just out in the yard trying to make buddy's with a Racoon offering up marshmallows 🤨 and looking for the skunks evening visit




    side note I find it funny just a couple hours ago I was thinking back as a young kid traveling in the smoky mountain's and watching the people feeding the black bears . and of course the bears had learned people were going to pass out food . times were different and I have to wonder how many people were injured while out side there car for that special photo or movie moment

    way before news and internet was 24/7 instant news

  • Merlinnv12Merlinnv12 Member Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭✭

    I am about 90 miles west of Spokane. 24 miles south of Kettle Falls on Lake Roosevelt.

    It is a Cinnamon bear, a member of the black bear family. Looks like a Griz but it’s not.

    There are also Cougars in the area. I haven’t seen one yet but my neighbors have.

    “What we’ve got here, is, failure to communicate.”
  • sxsnufsxsnuf Member Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭✭

    Years ago (50?) I spent some time with friends up around Ione-Metaline Falls. It was pretty wild country back then. I spose now it's not so much but still beautiful I'm sure. I would see cinnamon phase bears in MT once in awhile, but blondies were more common.

    Arrivederci gigi
  • Texas1911DETexas1911DE Member Posts: 684 ✭✭✭✭

    ...Beautiful animal, regardless he/she could still bite holes in your skull, crush it...then have you for lunch, or maybe dinner...

    ...I had a Black Bear wonder thru my camp one night, checked everything out, glad he wasnt interested in coming into the tent with me...

    ...I saw a guy being dragged 100' IN his sleeping bag one night before he managed to get out 😁😲 bear had clamped down on the foot end of his sleeping bag....seems he had put a bunch of jerky and dried fruit in his sleeping bag to keep it safe 😁...stupid is as stupid does...

    ...The coolest sighting I ever had was down in Big Bend...a Mountain Lion was circling camp about 50 yds out one night...had heard him growl and found him with a flashlight, theyre a lot bigger in person!...

  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭

    I remember more than a few afternoons in north Idaho with a mama black bear and cubs enjoying the huckleberries along the path between my cabin and the barn. Horses always ate late on those days.

  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,449 ✭✭✭✭

    Signal that the Bear Stock Market isn't over. Dow was down 638 Today .

  • Merlinnv12Merlinnv12 Member Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭✭

    Speaking of huckleberries. Back when I lived in the Seattle area, there was a treeless ridge behind my house that was covered in huckleberries bushes. When they were ripe, there would be at least six bears grazing on the berries. I had loads of fun buzzing them with my Cessna 140. Those bears can run when they need to! I wish I had taken videos of it.

    “What we’ve got here, is, failure to communicate.”
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