Bear dens

[rottik9]

I am in the cold lake area and see a lot of bears, I do not see a lot of caves or what I think of as good winter hold up areas. Where do these bears hold up for winter? Any pics of dens?

Ty

[artie]

There was a video on here last year of a grizzly digging up a sow black bear with cubs and the grizzly killing one of the bears. What surprised me was the black bears had a shallow den in the pushed up debris next to a road.

[calgarychef]

They don’t need a very big hole to hibernate in. I usually find them on a dry hillside, river valleys and lake shores are good spots.

[Hawkhills]

On more than one occasion a culvert has become a bears den.

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[Smoky buck]

Sometimes they den in slash piles even

[rottik9]

Thanks for the information, I will now have more to look for. I dont hunt them, as I dont eat them. I was just curious.

[buckman]

I saw one in a Beaver dam on a slough bank.

[robson3954]

I’d assume blow downs that pull the root ball and create a hole would be places to look too.

[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by buckman

I saw one in a Beaver dam on a slough bank.

One has to wonder , how many don't make it through the winter ?

Grizz