How big is this GRIZZLY?
- Thread starter Demonical
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I swear, those park bears are far more dangerous than regular 'bush' bears, because of their habituation to people, and how stupid people act around them.
Time for a bear story.
I have a buddy who was with the RCMP (now retired), and one of the few guys who actually had both Banff and Jasper postings in his career.
He told me of a time when he was on the Parkway, and came across a tourist 'animal jam'...cars lined up for half a mile. He passed to the head of the lineup to see Mrs. Tourist with a loaf of bread and a camera, feeding a grizzly out the window of the camper truck, while Mr. Tourist was sneaking around the camper truck with Baby Tourist in his arms....when Corporal Bud says "WTF ARE YOU DOING!?!?!", Mr. Tourist responds indignantly "I'm going to put Baby Tourist on the bears back, so Mrs. Tourist can get a picture!" The dumb #### was convinced the bears were tame, and placed there for photo ops, and was highly pissed off that Cpl. Bud ran his ass right out of there....
Time for a bear story.
I have a buddy who was with the RCMP (now retired), and one of the few guys who actually had both Banff and Jasper postings in his career.
He told me of a time when he was on the Parkway, and came across a tourist 'animal jam'...cars lined up for half a mile. He passed to the head of the lineup to see Mrs. Tourist with a loaf of bread and a camera, feeding a grizzly out the window of the camper truck, while Mr. Tourist was sneaking around the camper truck with Baby Tourist in his arms....when Corporal Bud says "WTF ARE YOU DOING!?!?!", Mr. Tourist responds indignantly "I'm going to put Baby Tourist on the bears back, so Mrs. Tourist can get a picture!" The dumb #### was convinced the bears were tame, and placed there for photo ops, and was highly pissed off that Cpl. Bud ran his ass right out of there....
- Location
- South Cariboo, BC
I used to give tours on that highway 15 or 20 years ago. Some pretty big critters there alright. I wish somebody would have got out and posed beside this guy for the pic to help judge the size.
One year the weather had done something unusual and killed lots of vegetation high up, so we had lots more activity down lower around the Lake Louise area. One memorable trip had 3 adult grizzlies sitting on their rumps at the side of the highway eating berries, looked like people at a picnic.
This of course led to a huge bear jam with highway traffic backed up for miles. I had a vanload of japanese tourists that wanted to get out and go take pictures next to them. They got quite upset that I wouldn't allow them to do it.
I guess the bears looked so peaceful and unconcerned about all the people, and it was a national park, so they seemed to think it was tame animals like some sort of petting zoo. Now we had no shortage of tourists, and the bears gotta eat too, but I wouldn't let them get out because they hadn't paid me yet.
One year the weather had done something unusual and killed lots of vegetation high up, so we had lots more activity down lower around the Lake Louise area. One memorable trip had 3 adult grizzlies sitting on their rumps at the side of the highway eating berries, looked like people at a picnic.
This of course led to a huge bear jam with highway traffic backed up for miles. I had a vanload of japanese tourists that wanted to get out and go take pictures next to them. They got quite upset that I wouldn't allow them to do it.
I guess the bears looked so peaceful and unconcerned about all the people, and it was a national park, so they seemed to think it was tame animals like some sort of petting zoo. Now we had no shortage of tourists, and the bears gotta eat too, but I wouldn't let them get out because they hadn't paid me yet.
- Location
- South Cariboo, BC
Tumbleweed - When I was in the area that story was a local legend. We always figured it was fabricated like some of the internet stories we get now. The version I heard of that one had her spreading peanut butter on the bread she was feeding him.
canadian hunter312
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- Location
- Brant County
624.39 lbs. do i win a cookie?
- Location
- South Cariboo, BC
canadian hunter312 said:624.39 lbs. do i win a cookie?
Only if you promise to post video of a 624+ pound grizz eating it out of your hand.
uphere said:
Average polar bear
SIZE:
Males are 8 to 11 feet long and weigh 500 to 1,100 pounds but can reach as much as 1,500 pounds. Females are smaller, measuring 6 to 8 feet long, and weigh from 350 to 600 pounds, occasionally reaching 700 pounds.
so even being used to polar bears a nice grizz is the same size
44fordy said:
i'll do sober but your buying me a new gun to bury me with after my wife beats the crap outta me for being an idiot
she hates it when i get to close to wildlife.
just ask her about the couger incident near salmon arm B.C or the moose out side of tros rivere QC.
i damn near had her pissing her pants LOL
somewhere in my pic collection is a pic of me as a toddler playing with a leopard or cheetah * the one with the orange spots with black outline*
SignGuy said:i'll do sober but your buying me a new gun to bury me with after my wife beats the crap outta me for being an idiot
she hates it when i get to close to wildlife.
just ask her about the couger incident near salmon arm B.C or the moose out side of tros rivere QC.
i damn near had her pissing her pants LOL
somewhere in my pic collection is a pic of me as a toddler playing with a leopard or cheetah * the one with the orange spots with black outline*
You rock Signguy!! I think we should both go out and see how stupidly close we can get to the big bruin!!
Tag team!
(I'll distract her.....when she's not paying attention....you grab her wallet!!)
Not to be outdone by you'se fellers out west ........
Check out this griz shot this past weekend, just outside Sussex here in NB.
I know this fellow personally and have seen the bear myself. He wants me to cut it up for him, but I don't do bears.
Check out this griz shot this past weekend, just outside Sussex here in NB.
I know this fellow personally and have seen the bear myself. He wants me to cut it up for him, but I don't do bears.
SuperCub said:Not to be outdone by you'se fellers out west ........
Check out this griz shot this past weekend, just outside Sussex here in NB.
I know this fellow personally and have seen the bear myself. He wants me to cut it up for him, but I don't do bears.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp
- Location
- Daysland AB
hmm looks familiar
I heard it on the regional CBC radio this morning as well.Win94 said:....................Actually the whole story on that New Brunswick bear was on Canada AM this morn!!!!
Grizzlies are pretty rare here in NB, but I usually see a couple every year.
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