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British Columbia Sport & Outdoor Lounge => Hunters' Cabin => Topic started by: BCHunter on October 11, 2011, 05:21:45 PM

Title: bears
Post by: BCHunter on October 11, 2011, 05:21:45 PM

any local rivers that have bears eating salmon right now?

thanks

Title: Re: bears
Post by: Kype on October 11, 2011, 05:27:30 PM

Upper Pitt River has both Black and Grizzly ............ http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Grizzlies+expanding+their+range+could+come+North+Shore/5529404/story.html   :o

Title: Re: bears
Post by: Dave on October 11, 2011, 06:02:04 PM

Just curious ... your avatar suggests you use dogs for hunting bears.  Yes?  No?

Title: Re: bears
Post by: troutbreath on October 11, 2011, 06:15:37 PM

I'd have a real big dog for griz. :)
 Other than that I have a "bait Pug" for smaller game. If your using the urine masking scent, Pug is probably the champ.

Title: Re: bears
Post by: BCHunter on October 11, 2011, 06:34:54 PM

i use hounds to run bears and cats

Title: Re: bears
Post by: Sam6140 on October 12, 2011, 08:30:42 AM

There are Grizzly Bears this far south of British Columbia???  I always thought and heard they were more of a northern bear.

Title: Re: bears
Post by: Derp on October 12, 2011, 01:14:36 PM

lots of blackies on the upper coquitlam river

Title: Re: bears
Post by: brysonk on October 14, 2011, 05:57:30 AM

I took this picture driving down from jones in the early summer. You tell me but I think it kinda looks like a grizzly.
(http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m522/brysonk/100_0116.jpg)

Title: Re: bears
Post by: cutthroat22 on October 14, 2011, 02:10:29 PM

Quote from: brysonk on October 14, 2011, 05:57:30 AM

I took this picture driving down from jones in the early summer. You tell me but I think it kinda looks like a grizzly.
(http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m522/brysonk/100_0116.jpg)

Tough to tell from that pic.  Most likely a black bear. 

Any pics from the side to show the shoulders or a better closeup of the face to show the ears and nose?

You could try cropping the original high-res pic and enlarge it a bit and repost it.

Title: Re: bears
Post by: brysonk on October 14, 2011, 05:57:08 PM

ok here's a close up. Sorry it's terrible quality as it was taken at 5mp.
(http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m522/brysonk/100_0116-1.jpg)

Title: Re: bears
Post by: cutthroat22 on October 17, 2011, 01:23:10 AM

Looks like a black bear to me.

Title: Re: bears
Post by: Derp on October 17, 2011, 09:49:59 AM

Quote from: cutthroat22 on October 17, 2011, 01:23:10 AM

Looks like a black bear to me.

x10

Title: Re: bears
Post by: Matt on October 19, 2011, 02:24:08 AM

BrysonK, your bear is a black bear.  Cinnamon is one of the colourations common in the Lower Mainland, in fact, most of the bears in Pemberton are cinnamon-coloured.

Quote from: Sam6140 on October 12, 2011, 08:30:42 AM

There are Grizzly Bears this far south of British Columbia???  I always thought and heard they were more of a northern bear.

The grizzly is on the California state flag, range used to be all the way down to Mexico I believe.  The range is smaller today, but we have grizzlies in the Lower Mainland, they're just a lot more sensitive to people than black bears and tend not to be seen much.

Title: Re: bears
Post by: BCHunter on October 19, 2011, 04:42:10 PM

black bear,

Title: Re: bears
Post by: Tadpole on October 25, 2011, 06:43:22 PM

Yeah,long snout...blakie

Title: Re: bears
Post by: D.Sams on November 21, 2011, 03:07:09 PM

Another couple of indications:

Brown bears have more of a "dish" facial profile as well as shorter, rounder ears.