Paw print identify help. Confirmed bear on my cam

[Brutus]

Yup, cub in front.

Its even more surpsing, as its east of Regina.

I have seen bears in the valley on trail cam a few years ago. Just didn't expect it at my house. (Acreage all by our lonesome)

1997, I seen myself a big black bear near Woolsley in.the Que Appelle River Valley. Of course that summer we also seen about half dozen elk in the very same area.

Native communities near there tend to leave bears unmolested. Here in the north there is no such local superstitions amongst most natives.

 

[hobophobe]

I take it that you don't have many bears around there.

I used to see them all the time when I was in Nipigon, ON...and I lived in town.

I had a 400 pound sow eating my neighbour's garbage in my front yard one night. The idiots always left it out on the street all week long.

I kept mine inside until garbage day.

Yeah , pretty quiet on the bear front. I had heard the lore that they are out here. But outside of the fact we are on the edge of a large valley, its the praries and farm land.

 

[hobophobe]

1997, I seen myself a big black bear near Woolsley in.the Que Appelle River Valley. Of course that summer we also seen about half dozen elk in the very same area.

Native communities near there tend to leave bears unmolested. Here in the north there is no such local superstitions amongst most natives.

Yup, close to wolseley, west a bit. Haven't seen any elk yet. Pile of moose around though

 

[XCR User]

Could be a wolverine or a porcupine depends on the paw distance

 

[Grain]

Could be a wolverine or a porcupine depends on the paw distance

Keep reading.

 

[MapleSugar]

Yeah , pretty quiet on the bear front. I had heard the lore that they are out here. But outside of the fact we are on the edge of a large valley, its the praries and farm land.

Yeah, that would explain it. I've never heard of them on the prairies either.

They seem to like treed areas best.

 

[Ardent]

Bears were all over the prairies historically, they just don’t do great these days when there’s nowhere to hide.

 

[hobophobe]

Yeah I think even until the late 50s there was some grizz kicking around Central sask.

 

[MapleSugar]

Bears were all over the prairies historically, they just don’t do great these days when there’s nowhere to hide.

I meant to say that I haven't heard of any in the last 100 years or so.

I'm sure that they used to feast on the buffalo when they roamed the prairies.

Forests and mountains make much better hiding places now.

 

[Ardent]

It’s certainly us, not the habitat… This is on Grizz by the fella that wrote A Beast the Color of Winter amongst many other great reads, and it translates well to the current discussion. In many areas, bears historically were viewed as too strong of competition.

As things and understandings mature, they’re moving back into some of their former range. It’s something to celebrate, as people who appreciate the wild side.

“Ursus arctos is an adaptable omnivore able to live in a variety of habitats… …we’ve come to envision grizzlies as naturally most at home in cold northern forests, rugged mountains, and tundra—places we haven’t yet overrun.”

—Douglas Chadwick