And yet again, another grizzly shot while charging hunter in Idaho

[Kenn]

Tough to co-exist with a critter that is intolerant. Maybe if you kill all the cranky ones the species will evolve into a more tolerant one.

Anyone that loves the grizzly needs to be given a cow moose for a yard pet.

Good policy for humans too.

 

[Drm22]

Man read my recent thread. I think there are a lot more close encounters that are never reported. I had two in three days in NW WY after not really taking it very seriously and then starting to wonder when that dude from GA got chewed on.

I have thousands of miles in the Alaskan backcountry and have been within a stone's throw of brown bears more times than I can count. Out by Yellowstone a few weeks ago was the first time in my life I've ever had a really bad feeling about both the number and disposition of bears.

Way more encounters than reported! A small fraction (just the ones that involve dead bears) make the news. I hunt and know a lot of other hunters that hunt the unit, and most of them have grizzly stories. I ran into my first this year, about 5 miles from this spot. Definitely have to stay alert these days!!!

 

[MulemanMT]

I have hunted elk north of Yellowstone Park for 30 some years and bump into grizzly bears every so often. I had one pop his jaws at me and not leave at about 40 yards but the rest of them have taken off if it finds out I'm there. I've had an elk quarter taken by a grizzly and a few other experiences with them. They are impressive animals. I respect them but wouldn't hesitate to shoot one if needed.

 

[velvet muley]

Judge gives feds 45 days to decide on Yellowstone grizzly bears’ ‘threatened’ status - WyoFile

The order's Jan. 20 deadline means the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s long-awaited grizzly bear proposal will likely come as the second Trump administration begins.

wyofile.com

 

[Article 4]

I live in N Idaho and hunt in G Bear country in 3 states nearly every year. Frank Church, The Bob, and a few other spots. There are places in September where we don't even call elk anymore. We surmise that like a gunshot, the bears are learning to track the sound and come to it. Had a buddy on the back side of the park get charged and the bear actually did too good a job and ran past him down the hill and didn't come back up. He didn't know the bear was there until it was on him.
Lucky enough to only have 1 close call with a bear within 100 yards and luckily we were downwind and saw it first. After cleaning my shorts, we tracked our way out and let the bear do its thing. Luckily I have never had to make that call to defend why I had to kill a bear. Hope I don't have to.


I have seen maybe a handful of bears within 500 yards. I spoke with Game and Fish while in the belt mountains 3 years ago and the statement was "there are likely 2 or 3 times as many griz out there" than the surveys find. Until we have a season and manage the bears too, encounters could get even more western.

 

[Loggerdude]

Stop all the cow hunts and 6 months hunting pressure and everything would get better even the bears