Awesome!

Really cool post. Trapping has always interested me, and I've tried it but never had much luck on anything other than coons. Some great old pics. Thanks for sharing!!

How often would you run across Grizzlies in those parts?

I have seen two Grizzlies in my life, both during the summer or early spring. This one I found along the highway about twenty miles from my home.

May 9 2009 Highway 35 north of Notikewin Park turnoff.


I've never even saw a track of one on my trapline although I'm told they did pass through it every spring and fall.

I was with my uncle on his line when we did came across a Grizzly track following his trail, That was during a Chinook in mid January, we never saw the animal that made the tracks.

The other Grizzly I saw was on the edge of a field not far from where I grew up.

They are around but avoid people as much as possible. They seem to prefer the high country where few people ever go.

Sad story, the Grizzly in the photo was a female, the following year she had two cubs, that summer someone shot her and left the cubs to fend for themselves.
The poachers were never caught and the cubs were put down by Wildlife officers because there were no rehabilitation places that would take them.

I was just curious

For people in that line of work, say you run into one and had no other choice

As in a charge

With no phone reception to let LE know, what do you do

I’m in Tx, so I am just wondering that would happen if that happened

Seems like I heard Brown bears were more pissy than Grizzlies

Or maybe vice versa

You need to post more, I like reading your stuff

The odds of running into a Grizzly one the line is about the same as getting hit by lightning in the bush.

Besides, a charge is not necessarily an attack. More often then not it's a bluff. If you stand your ground more often then not the Bear will back down.

A wounded bear, a Grizzly defending a kill or a sow defending her cub is a whole different matter.

A big part of surviving in the bush is about knowing your environment and the creatures that inhabit it. The more you know the less you need to carry.
More importantly, stay alert. Many a time I have backed away from a confrontation without the Bear ever knowing I was there because I saw it before it saw me.

Back away until you can't see the bear, then howl like a wolf. You will never see that bear again.

I never carry a rifle when I'm not hunting. Nore do I carry a compass, GPS unit, or cell phone. They are just added weight I don't need.

Think of it this way. Many of you wouldn't think to carry protection in the city but the odds of getting mugged in the city are higher then the odds of getting attacked by a Grizzly in Bear country.

Remember, it's easier to sell fiction then fact and most true outdoors stories are once in a lifetime experiences.

To answer your question, if it happened to me I would judge the situation before responding. If I were between a sow and her cub I'd back away slowly and only shoot at the last possible moment, if I had a rifle.

If there was no evidence of a cub or carcass nearby I'd stand my ground.

I acknowledge that knowing what to do in such a situation is next to impossible to know.And it's next to impossible to aim precisely at a target that is just feet away and closing at over 30 miles per hour.

The bottom line is, your odds of surviving are about the same with or without a rifle.

A neighbor of mine lost half his ear to a Grizzly after his dog tagged the bear and then ran back to his master. The neighbor was not alone. He had two armed companions. They were able to kill the Bear while it chewed on him, but none of them managed to get off a shot while the bear was coming at them.

This happened before Grizzly were declared an endangered species. The Bear had came into Camp late on night and was tearing into a tent when they shot and wounded it. They tracked it at first light the next day and didn't even see it until the dog bit the bear and then ran back to them with the bear in hot pursuit..

I've heard that too. But I can't say it's true because we don't have Brown Bears here. Just Grizzly and Black Bears in various colors.

We don't have coons here, or Skunks, Bobcat or Badgers. I've seen them further south but never this far north. We also have very few Fox. And no wild hogs.

Not so long ago it was legal to raise wild hogs for meat but too many escaped and caused problems so it was outlawed. Many thought the wild hogs could not survive on their own up here but they did. Fortunately an all out effort and deep snow put an end to their rein destruction PDQ.

very interesting info......

Wow, cool info

Thanks for the replies

Great story and pics sorry about your brother