IDFG Bear Identification Guide

[idelkslayer]

a closer view of the paw and claws since the previous image didn't come out large enough.

 

[OregonSteeler]

I'd shoot em both then release the one on the left...

 

[mike.adams.467]

So to be clear. Despite the IDFG response and these still images from a video, you are maintaining your position that this is a black bear?
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If it's really the same bear......

 

[idelkslayer]

If it's really the same bear......

I think you are trolling at this point. I'm not sure if it is possible to post a video so I took screen shots from the video that IDFG sent me of the bear going from the exact standing position that is in the guide and your OP, and then several more screenshots as the bear drops to all fours, moves and then stands again. I'm beginning to think you wouldn't know a grizzly bear if came up and bit you.

 

[flyfisher117]

Do I really have to pay $25 to take this test?

 

[mike.adams.467]

Do I really have to pay $25 to take this test?

I didn't. Maybe because I already had a license?

 

[CamoPirate]

The test is free

 

[flyfisher117]

I didn't. Maybe because I already had a license?

I for the life of me can't get access to the test. I just get redirected to their online hunters Ed course and asked to pay $25 before starting.

Oh well I went and took Montanas test and uploaded it to my certifications.

 

[Navaluk]

Not surprising coming from IDFG. Black bears. Left, 2-tone muzzle, narrow not dish shaped face/head, jet black hair. No indicators that the left photo is a grizzly. Right photo, 2-tone muzzle, narrow not dish shaped head/face, white chest blaze, no long claws on the bear's right "hand" and the flank hair is typical of a color phase black, not a grizzly. No indication the right is a grizzly except that it is not jet black.

My guess.

 

[idelkslayer]

Not surprising coming from IDFG. Black bears. Left, 2-tone muzzle, narrow not dish shaped face/head, jet black hair. No indicators that the left photo is a grizzly. Right photo, 2-tone muzzle, narrow not dish shaped head/face, white chest blaze, no long claws on the bear's right "hand" and the flank hair is typical of a color phase black, not a grizzly. No indication the right is a grizzly except that it is not jet black.

My guess.

I suggest you read the entire thread; especially post 31, 36, and 40.

 

[mike.adams.467]

I suggest you read the entire thread; especially post 31, 36, and 40.

And then we can argue about it some more......

 

[idelkslayer]

And then we can argue about it some more......

You got a laugh out of me on that one.

 

[Navaluk]

I just gave my analysis based on the two photos in the initial post. I am not interested in the truth of the matter, or I would say i want more views.. If I wanted to shoot either animal I would want to see the front claws since it is infallible