I agree with the road kill etc and the biggest being habitat destruction, but key word being hunters...and sure optics etc are great, but the majority of kills according to what I've read, are still within 100 yards...
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Great pics. Thanks for sharing.
Great photos Doug...sitting there patiently with your Kodak camera..or maybe kodiac"..lol
Really missed being out there this year...and yes folks there really are that many predators out there..no wonder the unglazed are struggling.
Thanks Doug
Steven
This pic is epic and also my desktop background...thanks Chilcotin Hillybilly
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m...psjcwbyk8v.jpg
Predators take down what ever they can, taking down the old and sick is an urban myth. Predators have to eat 365 days per year, and they harvest wastefully and totally unregulated all year round for as long as they breathe...humans can't compete with them for efficiency of killing game animals.
Just stumbled on this thread. Epic pictures Chilcotin Hillbilly. Hoping to avoid that G Bear on my moose trip up there this year, he looks way to political! haha
^^^^ Yeah! Just saw the bump. They are great pics, especially the bear. Cougar's a close second.
The brown g bear hugging the tree..
Look at the muscle crease on the face..
The small ears set on the side
The nose is short.
The nose is big coffee can round
The arms are not tapered. .elbow above, below..stovepipe..
No wrist leg comes straight out side of paws..no taper, no wrist..
The color of the bigger bears..older bears does tend to get darker
Coat like a worn out fur jacket. .
Ruppinsky belly..
Only item not shown is width of skull..
Srupp
The brown g bear hugging the tree..
Look at the muscle crease on the face..
The small ears set on the side
The nose is short.
The nose is big coffee can round
The arms are not tapered. .elbow above, below..stovepipe..
No wrist leg comes straight out side of paws..no taper, no wrist..
The color of the bigger bears..older bears does tend to get darker
Coat like a worn out fur jacket. .
Ruppinsky belly..
Only item not shown is width of skull..
Notice the presence of a neck...male
Srupp
Cougar meat is excellent , tastes between chicken and pork use to hunt them with my dogs on the north end of the island.