Caught a Kermode on my trail cam. Plus past few years of cam pics,lynx,moose etc.

[monasheemountainman]

No such thing. It's just a name the huggers hung on it.

Thank you! someone gets it! its a friggen pigment issue a genetic defect and its like oooo la la its a spirit bear bla bla

[ACE]

North Coast Timber Supply Area = Great Bear Rainforest
Kermode Black bear = Spirit Bear
Strait of Georgia = Salish Sea

More changes on the way ....

[Stone Sheep Steve]

No such thing. It's just a name the huggers hung on it.

Just like the GBR

[1/2 slam]

Just like the GBR

Yep....doesn't exist

[Ride Red]

The Kermode is a sub species of the black bear. Apparently only 1 in 10 have the white colour phase due to the double recessive gene.

[j270wsm]

Thanks for the info, I also thought they were a coastal bear and like you surprised to see them so far inland. I would presume they will breed with non Kermode black bears, it will be interesting to see what pops up in your camera in the next few years.

Im in elkford, 35min from southern Alberta. 5-6yrs ago I took pics of 2 white bear cubs in my parents back yard. One of them is actually in the Calgary zoo now.

Don't the regs say it's illegal to hunt a " white phase bear " ??

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Don't the regs say it's illegal to hunt a " white phase bear " ??

Yes it does. But what is white and what is blonde?
Go into a paint shop and ask for white paint.

Where does one draw the line?

SSS

[j270wsm]

I agree that they are not white bears but not sure if shooting one is worth the fight.

[S.W.A.T.]

The Kermode is a sub species of the black bear. Apparently only 1 in 10 have the white colour phase due to the double recessive gene.

Just like green eyes

[Walking Buffalo]

Sad to see more BC hunters stepping into yet another bear trap....