Chased this bear back into his den.
BEAR COUNTRY
I found the key to happiness...
Surround yourself with animals and stay away from idiots.
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Upon reaching this tree, I suspected this was a wet sow...but only through the tel-photo lens and getting up close was I able to determine this for sure.
Imagine shooting this bear at a bait sight - at a tree - or across a canyon - then walking up to the dead bear to realize what you have done. Not only have you killed a female, but you have killed all of her cubs as well. In this case...she had three.
These cubs were born last January in the den and weigh about 15 pounds. They would die without her. (You can actually see this sow's wet nipples).
You will never see cubs this size with the sow until they are much older. This is why there are so many orphan cubs. I was just lucky enough to find the three of them some distance away from her in a place where she had hustled them up another tree.
Imagine shooting this bear at a bait sight - at a tree - or across a canyon - then walking up to the dead bear to realize what you have done. Not only have you killed a female, but you have killed all of her cubs as well. In this case...she had three.
These cubs were born last January in the den and weigh about 15 pounds. They would die without her. (You can actually see this sow's wet nipples).
You will never see cubs this size with the sow until they are much older. This is why there are so many orphan cubs. I was just lucky enough to find the three of them some distance away from her in a place where she had hustled them up another tree.
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Stormy (left)
- After taking these two pictures, I noticed
- the elk shed in the brush
Frank balancing on drop-off bank
Then I found the other side to the elk shed not far
away from the first one
away from the first one
Finished
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"Blue" (out of Boomer & Libby) - One year old
First bear race and tree - May 2020
First bear race and tree - May 2020
Below - Blue (top) & Dixie
Finished
Cutting through spring drifts to get
to bear country
to bear country
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Stormy and Blue - pups out of Boomer and Libby (11 mo. old)
treed on a bobcat
treed on a bobcat
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This 8 to 10 year old MATURE TOM (along with ANY female lion) are NOT the cats to kill. These old toms know the ropes and are vital to keeping the continuum of the species going. They are the glue that holds it together. Without these mature animals staying alive, you only create dysfunction.
It took the hounds half a day of cold-trailing and 8 miles in deep snow to tree this big tom. The track was 1 -1/2 days old. I snow-shoed the whole way up...took some pictures... leashed the dogs up...then snow-shoed back.
Magnificent animals such as these...should never be stomped on...only revered.
This 8 to 10 year old MATURE TOM (along with ANY female lion) are NOT the cats to kill. These old toms know the ropes and are vital to keeping the continuum of the species going. They are the glue that holds it together. Without these mature animals staying alive, you only create dysfunction.
It took the hounds half a day of cold-trailing and 8 miles in deep snow to tree this big tom. The track was 1 -1/2 days old. I snow-shoed the whole way up...took some pictures... leashed the dogs up...then snow-shoed back.
Magnificent animals such as these...should never be stomped on...only revered.
December 14, 2019
Started a bobcat - But treed a bear!
Started a bobcat - But treed a bear!
Boomer & Libby's - 6 mo. old pups - already running
and treeing
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6 year old boar
10 year old boar
5 year old boar
Old homesteaders cabin where I sometimes spend the night
The young deer you see on the road below...was being chased by a lion and slipped off the icy bluff to it's death.
Conditions were extremely slick that day.
Conditions were extremely slick that day.
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