Biggest blacky prints, grizz beware!

[browningboy]

A friend and myself went to my cabin this weekend to do some work etc and took a day off to go to our secret lake for a days fishing, as we were getting close the rain started for a bit making the roads pretty slick, well in any case lots of prints were to be had, but once at the lake the sun cleared up things and had a wicked day, in any case fast forward to the end of the day and on the way out seen a few dozen rabbits then came across the biggest blak bear tracks period ( well for me), I’ve seen alot of grizz tracks but these were huge, I put my size 12 beside the rear track and my foot looks tiny, the bear was a 16” easily, and then the front was 8” across easily.. Weatherbyman will post the pics as i still cant figure it out...
in any case a 7ft + bear there easily...

[Weatherby Fan]

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/WeatherbyFan65/IMG_0729_zpschdxrses.jpeg (http://s1087.photobucket.com/user/WeatherbyFan65/media/IMG_0729_zpschdxrses.jpeg.html)
http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/WeatherbyFan65/IMG_0727_zpsm2jhunqi.jpeg (http://s1087.photobucket.com/user/WeatherbyFan65/media/IMG_0727_zpsm2jhunqi.jpeg.html)

[browningboy]

Thanks Don!

[Weatherby Fan]

Thanks Don!

Your welcome Bernie, yes sir those are some decent size tracks, I bet he's eating fawns and calfs daily right now !

[IronNoggin]

Big Boots for sure!

Here's a comparative shot for you:
Size 12 Kamicks next to the bear's tracks:

https://i.imgur.com/JStBTpU.jpg

That one went 7'6" with no stretching involved, and scored just over 22 inches.
Methinks you have one very much worth taking a closer look at on your hands... :wink:

Cheers,
Nog

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Track looks like a grizzly to me. A pretty good one at that.

[browningboy]

Track looks like a grizzly to me. A pretty good one at that.

It's a blacky 100% as no claw marks and pure blacky characteristics, no grizzlies in that area as well

[Wild one]

Yup grizz look at iron noggins pic that is a black bear track. Look at how the toes are more offset on the front paw vs inline in the first pic

Its a better indicator then the claws most look for

[Wild one]

It's a blacky 100% as no claw marks and pure blacky characteristics, no grizzlies in that area as well

If it’s on the mainland there is always a chance of grizzly just might be really low numbers

In the end unless you find the bear standing in the tracks we can only use our own personal judgment

[BromBones]

Toe marks follow the contour of the pad & faint claw marks about 1/2'' from the toe. Black bear, and a big one for sure.

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Grizzly all the way, no doubt about it.

[tigrr]

Black Bear all the way no doubt about it. If you know your bear tracks. Grizzly toes are longer and a line can be drawn between toes and pad. This one the toes curve around the pad no space.
http://westernwildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/beartrack_id.png (http://westernwildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/beartrack_id.png)

[tigrr]

Oh and it is a big bear. I wouldn't shoot this old guy cause it would be too hard to chew!!

[Jelvis]

tigrr nah hice, real good the way yah laid it out with the track chart
Jel -- awesome post by tigrr folks -- shows it the way it is, no need to guess -- there it is --

["No Choke"Lord Walsingham]

WTF kinda Black Bear is this?!

Beware ~The thing's liable to treat a Man like his name Hugh Glass!!! If it happens to you just recall Mr. Glass was a man and he did live well past that day.

[browningboy]

Headed up in a few weeks to go fishing again, hoping to see it to take some pics, just know it’s a big *******!

[thedarts]

Cool pics . Thanks for posting.

["No Choke"Lord Walsingham]

Hope the pic hunt goes well, it'd be rad to see that Bruin!

[IronNoggin]

Oh and it is a big bear. I wouldn't shoot this old guy cause it would be too hard to chew!!

Actually that might well not be the case.
The one I posted the tracks of above was downright delicious!!

https://i.imgur.com/f8qx8pz.jpg


In addition to the 165 lbs of pure fat which we of course rendered, there was a LOT of great hams (tender & juicy!), backstrap chops (the same!) and mountains of pepps and smokies.

https://i.imgur.com/ZJyXJyA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/NRCnRJE.jpg

In fact I know of another about this same size that will be the subject of great interest this fall. ;)

Best of Luck on the pix hunt Browning Lad!
I would enjoy seeing a few of that fellow myself!

Cheers,
Nog

[LBM]

Actually that might well not be the case.
The one I posted the tracks of above was downright delicious!!

https://i.imgur.com/f8qx8pz.jpg


In addition to the 165 lbs of pure fat which we of course rendered, there was a LOT of great hams (tender & juicy!), backstrap chops (the same!) and mountains of pepps and smokies.

https://i.imgur.com/ZJyXJyA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/NRCnRJE.jpg

In fact I know of another about this same size that will be the subject of great interest this fall. ;)

Best of Luck on the pix hunt Browning Lad!
I would enjoy seeing a few of that fellow myself!

Cheers,
Nog

Congrats that is one heck of a bear.

[ACB]

Sure looks like a Black Bear, on a spring Grizzly the front tracks would have claw marks 1.5-2 inches outside the toes. Their big tracks, but in the mud looks like they were push out a bit. Tracks are a pretty good indicator of size and so is stride, but sometimes you just don't know,I know a guy thats 5'6" and has size 12 feet.