Re: Strange Bear Encounter
A couple more photos, the imgur link didnt show, and yes the bear has a big yellow tag on its right ear.
http://imgur.com/w1vV8or
http://imgur.com/u8nEC8l
Re: Strange Bear Encounter
Either it wins the freeze tag award or there is something else funny going on....any sign of it being field dressed around there....kind of a weird spot for it to be....very weird
Re: Strange Bear Encounter
Could be shot but not dead (yet). Unusual behaviour could mean something is wrong with the animal -- sick, injured etc
SB
Re: Strange Bear Encounter
No signs of any field dressing going on. No spent shells that we could find (we looked) . Also i didnt state, we were only gone from the animal for maybe 20-30mins maximum before we returned and it was gone.
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Maybe just a heavy sleeper??
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Sleeping off the effects of being tranquilized and ear tagged ?
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I'd guess the effects of recently being ear tagged....or assuming the ear tag is older, and you did hear a gun shot the night before, maybe he was up to no good in somebody's camp and injured as a result
Re: Strange Bear Encounter
With those big looking ears I'd say he's a younger bear, maybe even first year on his own without mom, which makes them more prone to trouble (looking for easy meals where they shouldn't be) so ear tag could be fresh from just having been tranquilized and relocated due to being a nuisance somewhere else...
Re: Strange Bear Encounter
Betting he has a ketamine hangover.