Grizzly Bear Encounter!!!
Wow what a way to start a fishing trip, this Grizzly got really close!
https://youtu.be/E2q6SPv17z4 |
Yesterday at Lower K? We were watching you from the pontoon boats.
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Cool videos. Glad it was a positive experience!
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Very bold when there is food around.....they gotta eat too.....better a dead fish than a fisherman:)
Paint ball gun? Pepper spray paint balls? |
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Yup, in todays Alberta, always bring a gun and bear spray in the backcountry. Probly more griz now than ever since AB was settled. Be especially on guard in the late season as the bears are trying to put on fat, and even more so on bad berry years.
Sure hope the griz population starts getting managed. I support sound wildlife management. |
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Balanced???? Another grand ideal
Not balanced then not sound. Simpleton stuff really when you have all the data and tools. Need more farmers and ranchers running the government. Balanced, generally common sense folk that always get the job done |
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Cool video and experience! Probably a little close for comfort though, lol.
We just got back from 12 days at Elkwood and I can't remember the exact day (it had to have been close to the day of this video), but from a spot at the Canyon day use area we watched a bear a saunter down the dam (too far too tell if black or grizz), hang out at the water for 10 minutes, then saunter back up into the willows. Didn't see it again. Also had a grizzly walk across hwy 40 (not far from Peter Lougheed PP turn off) on our way to Elkwood, and then another on our way back home today not far from the Highwood Meadows day use area. Glad our encounters weren't as up close and personal as yours though! |
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Tell Jason Nixon, that there is to many grizzly in the back country
https://www.alberta.ca/jason-nixon-bio.aspx |
Brave man
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Actually, there were way more grizzlies before settlement. One person back in the early 1800's mentioned in a day's ride he counted over 40 grizzlies. He was riding in the bragg creek to longview area. In 1871 a Hudson's Bay Company report is interesting. The report only mentions Southern Alberta (pre-province.) 750 grizzly skins were acquired that year just from the Cypress Hills area. Most were unprimed summer bearskins as they were shot off of horseback. Many of the bear skins were of an immense size. The report mentioned that there were many more bears taken that year in the area but the skins went to other traders. The HBC also took in 1500 elk skins from that area in 1871. Other traders also took in more elk skins. |
Where would someone get a book or where'd you get that information from love reading about the old Expeditions that came through western Canada
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The museum in Winnipeg keeps all the HBC records and info. Some of the websites I go to to read for free are: https://Archive.org http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html https://folklore.library.ualberta.ca/ Here's an example. This a a short read about a guy that went up the North Sask river and explored Modeste creek by Drayton Valley in the 1870's. The guy has to eat his dogs and barely makes it back to ft. Edmonton. https://folklore.library.ualberta.ca...=85&Current=25 Here is Rev. Rundle's book for free online. The mid 1800's. He was around central Alberta. http://albertahistory.org/wp-content...RTY-EIGHT1.pdf |
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I wouldn't want to live in those times, but would be a pretty cool visit...... |
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Enjoy. http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...idbits+alberta |
Sorry for the derail with my earlier posts Ricky. Your encounter worked out ok thankfully. A bear can cover that much ground in about 2 seconds if it decided to.
If you are fly fishing where there could be grizzlies you'll will have to start watching your back cast. Snagging a grizzly (sneaking up on you) by the nose or lip on the back cast would be a challenging fight. |
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No problem at all, interesting info thanks for sharing! Yep I dont think my 6wt is up for the task haha |
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