Dan_Miller Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 This link from today's Seattle Times. Seattle Times NOCA Grizzly bear article. This is extremely cool to my way of thinking! Perhaps it's time to get a 'Bear Bell' concession going in the Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisedByPikas Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) I wonder if it was the same bear I saw in the area last fall on the sahale arm. I assumed it was a black bear but looking again it does have a shoulder hump. Edited July 1, 2011 by RaisedByPikas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillA Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshiner Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Ditto! Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I hope they don't start requiring bear canisters. Climbing gear is awkward enough . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Wilderness just got a little more wild. As it ought to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson.g Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I will find and eliminate that menace before it destroys America! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanman Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Tyson- 1st you have some work along those lines at Squire Creek. The looming bear menace is significant indeed. MH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredSilly Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 I wonder if it was the same bear I saw in the area last fall on the sahale arm. I assumed it was a black bear but looking again it does have a shoulder hump. You should contact WDFW and send them your picture. It might be very helpful if can be id as a griz. Which is does look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 You should contact WDFW and send them your picture. It might be very helpful if can be id as a griz. Which is does look like. Yes, send the picture. Then the entire area of the North Cascades should be immediately closed off to human activity so that the endangered bears can recover. Estimating 7-10 - years or so....then later, closed off to climbers and hikers only during birthing season: which is spring to fall. However, since there is resource constraints and hiring freezes due to financial issues, may I suggest that all climbers should have to purchase a card to allow them access to the outdoors so that we can hire more Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife folks to ticket those who violate the ban on entry into the North Cascades and other wilderness areas where the endangered bear is struggling to recover and thus pay for the recovery that way? OK, I'm kidding....but watch this happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeezix Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Don't use your food bag for a pillow in your tent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billygoat Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 A bunch of us saw one below J-Berg about 5 years ago, but the Rangers in Marblemount said it was impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankazoid Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckaroo Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 I saw one also in 2008, on the SE side of J-Berg, about 100 yds away, luckily I was down wind from him. I already had my bivy laid out. I grabbed everything and hi-tailed it up to the col. I've been carrying road flares. It's what the Russian do because there's hella bears in Russia. A bear's primary sense is smell and the flare smoke inundates their olfactory making them effectively "blind" and they run. They also have an instinctual fear of fire. Plus it doesn't piss them off like bear spray does, and it's much more economical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I wonder if it was the same bear I saw in the area last fall Agreed, looks like a grizzley to me. Well done with the picture ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdizzle25 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 In Idaho we use grizzly pelts for toilet paper. Could be interesting if an actual population gets going in such a crowded area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
111 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Most EXCELLENT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisedByPikas Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I've gotten a few PM's from NCNP rangers asking about the bear in my picture so I'll just post the response from the NCNP bear biologist: Hello Bill, This looks like a black bear to me. The size, structure and shape of the head are highly suggestive of a black bear, as are the ears. This looks like a large(!) male, probably middle-aged (15????), based on the separation of the ears; they tend to get wider apart as they get older. When black bears get very large like this (he's ready for a good winter in the den, where he won't eat or drink for several months) -- they can get the appearance of having a shoulder hump. Also, the position of the head and the camera angle (angle of observation) can increase that appearance. It did make me blow the photo up to 400% though (good thing for high-resolution) -- just to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_Bentley Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Interesting. I was up there about 4 years ago and an old man who lives on CRR (and has for 50 years) said he spotted a grizzly cub about 4 miles from the parking lot. I was skeptical but now it's confirmed that he did indeed see a griz and not a black bear. Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Word on the street (from NOCA in Marblemount) is that the NPS is going to require bear canisters starting soon in the Cascade Pass/Boston Basin area and perhaps elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wastral Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Saw 2 grizzles on the north side of miners ridge 8 years ago gorging themselves on huckleberries. Same day nearly had a black bear run me down as it was loping down miners ridge to the next huckleberry patch. Needless to say, we both SWERVED aside quite quickly. Not afraid of bears. Just moron humans. Plenty of those around FAR closer to home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisedByPikas Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Word on the street (from NOCA in Marblemount) is that the NPS is going to require bear canisters starting soon in the Cascade Pass/Boston Basin area and perhaps elsewhere. I guess we need to stop reporting bear sightings and clean up any bear scat/paw prints we find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xhen Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Word on the street (from NOCA in Marblemount) is that the NPS is going to require bear canisters starting soon in the Cascade Pass/Boston Basin area and perhaps elsewhere. I guess we need to stop reporting bear sightings and clean up any bear scat/paw prints we find. There's a saying in the old country: shoot, shovel, and shut up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Partial bear sighting on the wind farm I'm working at in NH... Rotting bear skull, YUM! Grab me an eyeball with some chop-sticks and add a bit of soy sauce and wasabe... Black Bear Rotting Eyeball Sashimi. YUM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
num1mc Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Too bad it's a head shot. That would be an ideal starter for a masticated Euro mount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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