Mr Brownie stopped by....

Oh I thought Billy. Or Matt. Or Bam, Gabe, Bear etc etc. Still really cool.

 

Very nice.

 

Me love Bears, at a distance!

 

Lol. I see that bottom pic and all I focus on is the land and trees. Always wanted to visit Alaska. The forest looks pretty thick.

 

I was thinking of the round brown worn by the state police or game wardens in many jurisdictions around the country.

Bears are cooler. I've driven thousands of miles through the north and west but never seen a live one.

 

We have a some times visitor Grizzly at our ranch, he is a 6 year old bundle of fuzz teeth and claws bent on cleaning out our entire crop of berries! He has never been aggressive, but we keep a safe neighborly distance and leave him alone, and he dosnt bother us! The 12 foot bear fence insures we remain friends!

 

Well BT, since the garbage can was empty you could have fed him snowflakes who think bears are all cuddly

 

What is his estimated weight? I have no experience with bears but do well with deer,and wild boar.

Jim

 

What kind of camera is that with a temperature display BT?

 

We have a black bear nosing around our place. Dogs throw a fit, he (or she) pays them no attention. Nothing in size compared to that brown, I'd guess 250-300lbs on this one.

 

We have at least one black bear roaming around eastern Iowa (Clinton county). DNR says it may have stowed away on a grain barge at a northern terminal and jumped ship here. Blackies show up infrequently in eastern Iowa. So far He/She has caused no trouble and has appeared for lots of photo ops.

 

I cant answer 100% dead sure on the weight, but being around bears a lot, I would say he is a solid #450 to #550 ish, looks like a lean summer weight bear, he will likely pack on another 100 pounds going into winter though!
Our Grizz hits the ground @ around #1000 pounds dry summer weight, he is a big boy, no real challengers to the food sources, and is old enough to have established his dominance in the area! He has produced two batches of Cubs that we know of, and his girlfriend stops in once in a while, usually with a fresh batch of cubs to show off! She isn't small ether, actually a very healthy looking momma, estimated to be around #900 or so pounds and about 4 years old!

 

Wow, that is impressive! In my ignorance I was thinking maybe 250# or so. When at the Ak state reserve on Seward Hwy the two Browns I saw looked right at 450# and there was another huge bear further back that I could only see the head of, but the previous two were very afraid of Would be dangerous facing that one.
Jim