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Title: cool brown bear track
Post by: chinook907 on August 17, 2013, 03:39:00 PM

Season opens in ~2 weeks.

Found these last night along a river.
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From a bit of a distance.  Love the claw marks from the track on the right.
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  (http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/chinook907/017crpd_zpsc738f7af.jpg) (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/chinook907/media/017crpd_zpsc738f7af.jpg.html)
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And the other track with a tape for scale.
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  (http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/chinook907/015_zpsc9faea45.jpg) (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/chinook907/media/015_zpsc9faea45.jpg.html)
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Title: Re: cool brown bear track
Post by: chinook907 on August 17, 2013, 03:41:00 PM

A couple more.
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  (http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/chinook907/010_zpse0738df1.jpg) (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/chinook907/media/010_zpse0738df1.jpg.html)
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Last one.
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  (http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/chinook907/008_zpsb4c5308b.jpg) (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/chinook907/media/008_zpsb4c5308b.jpg.html)
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Title: Re: cool brown bear track
Post by: tex-archer on August 17, 2013, 03:43:00 PM

I'd love to come to your part of the country. Nice find.

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Post by: Goshawkin on August 17, 2013, 03:55:00 PM

Those claw slices look pretty cool.

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Post by: chall on August 17, 2013, 04:10:00 PM

Wow , that's impressive! really cool !

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Post by: Shedrock on August 17, 2013, 04:33:00 PM

Nice, thanks for sharing.

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Post by: T-Bowhunter on August 17, 2013, 06:34:00 PM

Thanks for sharing!

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Post by: Wolfshead on August 17, 2013, 06:39:00 PM

That is so very cool!
Thanks for sharing

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Post by: John146 on August 17, 2013, 07:51:00 PM

Awesome and chilling all at the same time! What an animal.

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Post by: achigan on August 17, 2013, 07:57:00 PM

Have you ever taken  plaster cast of these? It'd be one way of having a bear in you man cave.

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Post by: tradarcher816 on August 18, 2013, 08:54:00 AM

That's amazing! Thanks for sharing

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Post by: damascusdave on August 18, 2013, 09:05:00 AM

I was talking with a couple of fellows yesterday who have had lots of experience with grizzlies and the work their claws will do...the way I understand things a Brown bear is essentially a grizzly on steroids...hard to imagine what those claws would be capable of doing powered by an even more massive bear

DDave

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Post by: jcar315 on August 18, 2013, 09:09:00 AM

Great pics.....thanks for sharing.

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Post by: Terry Green on August 18, 2013, 09:31:00 AM

Yes,...thanks for sharing....I'll be bear hunting opening day.....this pumps me up....even though we only have black bears here....

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Post by: centaur on August 18, 2013, 12:08:00 PM

Man, I loved seeing those big brownies when I was in Alaska. You live in some wonderful country. Hope you are packing a big handgun!

Title: Re: cool brown bear track
Post by: chinook907 on August 18, 2013, 05:36:00 PM

Thanks guys.

Achigan- I've looked into casting and may get some dental stone sometime and give it a try. The mud there was very firm, it would have cast well I think.

Pat - I will be carrying when the time comes, but fairly modest sized, a .41 mag.

Title: Re: cool brown bear track
Post by: Hopewell Tom on August 19, 2013, 06:10:00 AM

Very impressive sign. I'd be looking over my shoulder a lot...