bwaites
Well-Known Member
How tough is it to tell the difference between a grizzly and a big black bear in brown color variant? I can tell them apart easily in the zoo, but have never seen a grizzly in the wild.
Three local hunters were up in the Selkirks recently and took a bear they believed to be a big black bear in brown variant.
On the way out, some other hunters commented on the nice grizzly they had taken. (Grizzlies still being protected in the lower 48, this caused them some consternation!)
It was indeed a grizzly, and they are in deep kimchi.
I have a hard time believing that they couldn't tell the difference, but thinking about it, in rough terrain, with cover, I guess I can almost understand the error.
It goes along with the "don't shoot what you aren't absolutely sure about" lesson, the shot was supposedly at about 250 yards, and the 3 guys are relatively experienced hunters, although none had ever taken a bear.
So how hard is it to tell them apart?
Bill
Three local hunters were up in the Selkirks recently and took a bear they believed to be a big black bear in brown variant.
On the way out, some other hunters commented on the nice grizzly they had taken. (Grizzlies still being protected in the lower 48, this caused them some consternation!)
It was indeed a grizzly, and they are in deep kimchi.
I have a hard time believing that they couldn't tell the difference, but thinking about it, in rough terrain, with cover, I guess I can almost understand the error.
It goes along with the "don't shoot what you aren't absolutely sure about" lesson, the shot was supposedly at about 250 yards, and the 3 guys are relatively experienced hunters, although none had ever taken a bear.
So how hard is it to tell them apart?
Bill