Found a nice grizz on my LEH hunt, but...

[ohotnik]

it was out of my allocated MU... So just pictures for me:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/Ohotnik/grizzly%20spring%20hunt%202011/grizz1.jpg



Lunch is interrupted:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/Ohotnik/grizzly%20spring%20hunt%202011/grizz3.jpg


Let me check it out:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/Ohotnik/grizzly%20spring%20hunt%202011/grizz4.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/Ohotnik/grizzly%20spring%20hunt%202011/grizz2.jpg

It is better not to argue with 375 H&H if you want to get old...

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/Ohotnik/grizzly%20spring%20hunt%202011/grizz5.jpg



Oh well, it is always next year... Hopefully.

[GrandA]

monster glad your honest too.

[srupp]

Great photos... see the 4rth large photo of the bear going sideways?? See how the head seems to be just "attached " to the body teddy bear style?? no neck.... good indication its a female...

great photos..

Steven

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Great photos... see the 4rth large photo of the bear going sideways?? See how the head seems to be just "attached " to the body teddy bear style?? no neck.... good indication its a female...

great photos..

Steven

Yep. Looks like a sow for sure.
A boar will have more of a "polar bear" neck.

Nice pics!

SSS

[ohotnik]

Thanks guys. Also found a grizz sow with last year cubs in my zone:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b115/Ohotnik/grizzly%20spring%20hunt%202011/grizz6.jpg

[jml11]

Great photos... see the 4rth large photo of the bear going sideways?? See how the head seems to be just "attached " to the body teddy bear style?? no neck.... good indication its a female...

great photos..

Steven

I was going to ask if people thought this was sow, that was my inclination before getting to the replies. Glad others posted up their thoughts already!

[kootenayelkslayer]

I was going to ask if people thought this was sow, that was my inclination before getting to the replies. Glad others posted up their thoughts already!

I would bet my Boston Bruins jersey that that's a sow!

[BiG Boar]

That would be a very hard bear not to shoot! If you had a tag. Looking at the pictures though I would also guess its a sow with the shoulders in the 3rd pictures being very narrow, plus the furry look rather than hair, and its face seems more pointy than blocky.

[shadow1982]

Great photos... see the 4rth large photo of the bear going sideways?? See how the head seems to be just "attached " to the body teddy bear style?? no neck.... good indication its a female...
Steven

Is that also true for black bear? thanks in advance

[ohotnik]

I was thinking that it was a boar - you can see a beard on the fifth picture! :-)

[srupp]

Good points Dave...the slender facial profile..sometimes guys miss..shoulders are not massive..correct..pointy nose not blocky right again..

I have seen males with such fuzzy coats younger ones... 3-4 year olds...

coming to van this summer...dinner??our turn..

cheers
Steven

[elkdom]

I guess when a large bear stands on all 4 paws, with rear legs slightly extended out at the rear and pisses directly under it's stomach ?,

then this posture would indicate that it is a female bear? :?

[nature girl]

Nice pictures thanks for posting.

[Barracuda]

Good points Dave...the slender facial profile..sometimes guys miss..shoulders are not massive..correct..pointy nose not blocky right again..

I have seen males with such fuzzy coats younger ones... 3-4 year olds...

coming to van this summer...dinner??our turn..

cheers
Steven

we noticed up in the mountains that pretty much all the bears had really long fur so they all looked fuzzy so it was more Size, shape and how they walked that gave hints . (cubs also helped confirm this)

[elkdom]

how "incredible" to hear this is a sow! lol
??? myself after filming this bear in this thread for 10/15 minutes, and as the Grizz fed away from us into the wind (as bears most often do), and to get this G bear's attention, I started making calf in distress bawls and mews, immediately, the Grizz turned and started approaching us in clear view,,watching us intently, casually feeding, but making an ever more steady advancement directly towards us,stopping to casually munch a bit of dandelions, at one point stretched out a bit and pissed directly under his stomach, several long hard squirts,,,, still kept stalking nearer, until about 40 yards from us ,after standing up his hind legs, twice and giving us the eye and sniffing and snorting, he decided to call off his stalk,

and now, some online , self certified,grizzly bear gynecologists, certify this Grizz is a female ! lmao!

[BiG Boar]

Let's see the video. Good learning experience. I would have guessed a female. Show us the video and prove us wrong. Better than these damn hockey players for the moment.

[jml11]

how "incredible" to hear this is a sow! lol
??? myself after filming this bear in this thread for 10/15 minutes, and as the Grizz fed away from us into the wind (as bears most often do), and to get this G bear's attention, I started making calf in distress bawls and mews, immediately, the Grizz turned and started approaching us in clear view,,watching us intently, casually feeding, but making an ever more steady advancement directly towards us,stopping to casually munch a bit of dandelions, at one point stretched out a bit and pissed directly under his stomach, several long hard squirts,,,, still kept stalking nearer, until about 40 yards from us ,after standing up his hind legs, twice and giving us the eye and sniffing and snorting, he decided to call off his stalk,

and now, some online , self certified,grizzly bear gynecologists, certify this Grizz is a female ! lmao!

What a nice way to say you were on the hunt...

People suggested in 'looks' like a sow...man some people get strung out on here...

[Camp Cook]

She has very big ears...

[Shade Tree]

I'm no gynecologist, but that's the first thing I thought...sow. Sow's will show aggression and bluff charge, not just boars.

[BillyBull]

I just like that you shared the pictures... given no cubs in tow and my lack of grizz experience, would go with big grizz and say thanks for the pics and the show.

[elkdom]

Let's see the video. Good learning experience. I would have guessed a female. Show us the video and prove us wrong. Better than these damn hockey players for the moment.

the pictures of this same bear were in my HBC photo gallery 2 days before Ohotnic posted this thread, we pretty much have the same pictures, matter of fact we were using identical cameras, lol

so look in the HBC Gallery, fill your boots, fill your pants, lol

this Grizzly bear is pretty much a carbon copy of my last years LEH Grizz boar shot in 7B,

the color is the same, the body shape is the same, mine was 7.5 ft, this one from this post is a bit bigger,,,

[ianwuzhere]

looked like a shooter- male or female-too bad wasnt in your region- good pix tho- beauty bear for sure!!!

[elkdom]

I'm no gynecologist, but that's the first thing I thought...sow. Sow's will show aggression and bluff charge, not just boars.

this bear did not charge or bluff charge, just looked us over,,

[mark]

Im certainly no expert at sexing G-bears.....but for comparison, heres a pic of a monster sow grizz I got pics of last fall! (Over 7")
I would of bet money that this was a boar before I saw her cubs!

http://www.huntingbc.ca/../photos/data/500/102_0107-1_Small_.jpg

[elkdom]

Im certainly no expert at sexing G-bears.....but for comparison, heres a pic of a monster sow grizz I got pics of last fall! (Over 7")
I would of bet money that this was a boar before I saw her cubs!

http://www.huntingbc.ca/../photos/data/500/102_0107-1_Small_.jpg

nice pic !

ohotniks grizz pic is a boar, we spent too much time and watched it leave alone, and watched him take a piss during the 15 minutes we photo'd him

[ianwuzhere]

mark the trees in that pic along with the fog makes it an eerie pic- something like a movie where grim reaper will appear just down that hill... Good pic- looks like u were pretty close- that ones gotta be a big boar rite? ;)

[mark]

mark the trees in that pic along with the fog makes it an eerie pic- something like a movie where grim reaper will appear just down that hill... Good pic- looks like u were pretty close- that ones gotta be a big boar rite? ;)

That was the 5th grizz in an hour......took that pic from 25 yards away......with the fog our visibility was around 75 yards.....yes it was an eerie walk off the mountain!

Heres the last pic I took of her before I dropped my camera, and raised the gun!

Heres some more pics... http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?56651-Recent-alpine-exp.&highlight=

http://www.huntingbc.ca/../photos/data/500/medium/102_0108-1_Small_.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/../photos/showphoto.php?photo=20628&size=big&cat=recent&limit=recent)

[BiG Boar]

the pictures of this same bear were in my HBC photo gallery 2 days before Ohotnic posted this thread, we pretty much have the same pictures, matter of fact we were using identical cameras, lol

so look in the HBC Gallery, fill your boots, fill your pants, lol

this Grizzly bear is pretty much a carbon copy of my last years LEH Grizz boar shot in 7B,

the color is the same, the body shape is the same, mine was 7.5 ft, this one from this post is a bit bigger,,,

dont know how to do that. You'd have to post the video for us to watch. Thats like saying look at the video I made for you in my photobook gallery...

[BiG Boar]

either way, beautiful bear like I said. I would have shot it.

[moose2]

Great pictures and nice looking bear guys from what you guys said about the urinating posture it sounds like a boar. If I had seen this bear and not had the info you provided I would have said sow because of the ear position. Most big boars ears are far wider apart on the head than sows. I was told if you could run a line from the inside portion of the ear down through the eye its either a small bear or a sow. I will post my boar from 2007 and trapmans from last year as a reference. The skull on mine dried at 23 2/16 making the BC book and trapmans was 25 13/16 BC book and all time B&C
My 2007 boar
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/griz_07_001.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:;)

Trapmans boarhttp://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/grizzly_1.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:;)

You can see what I mean about the ears being further apart on these than the one on the posted pictures.
Mike

[hunter1947]

You did a good thing this bear is a sow for sure ,very nice pictures you shot..

[mark]

dont know how to do that. You'd have to post the video for us to watch. Thats like saying look at the video I made for you in my photobook gallery...

Are you serious.....you dont know how to view the HBC gallery???????????
Click on "gallery" that should get you started!

[fester]

awesome thanks for the pics

[BiG Boar]

Are you serious.....you dont know how to view the HBC gallery???????????
Click on "gallery" that should get you started!


Found elkdoms pics of the grizzly. From his pics I could clearly tell it was a male. Joking. I couldn't find the video of it peeing. I think I tried to upload pics to the gallery once and gave up quickly.

If you can post the video for us to watch, that would be great. I have had 3 grizzly tags so far and have never had confidence in identifying them.

[elkdom]

You did a good thing this bear is a sow for sure ,very nice pictures you shot..

re-read the thread, I watched the bear piss on the ground forward and under HIS stomach, I was within 40 yards of HIM in the open, short grass,

at a glance, you can "SEX" a bear from some else's pics?

do you really believe some the stuff you post? or are you just "spooning with some of the other"online bear gynecologists" ?:-?

[elkdom]

Found elkdoms pics of the grizzly. From his pics I could clearly tell it was a male. Joking. I couldn't find the video of it peeing. I think I tried to upload pics to the gallery once and gave up quickly.

If you can post the video for us to watch, that would be great. I have had 3 grizzly tags so far and have never had confidence in identifying them.

I didnt video, I shot stills ,about 30 of them,

I hunted Grizz for 25 years before there even was an LEH for Grizz, in BC,
I have personally killed MANY, I have guided(20+ years) and partook in killing MANY more,
and out of participating in probably 45/50 Grizz kills, not ONE was a female, although a couple of sows were killed in those years, only in circumstance of camp-robbing Grizz or aggressive encounters,, these were not choices but necessity!

[Deer_Slayer]

I am guessing that bear in pic is a boar..maybe about 4 years old..still hasn't stretched out..has the blocky look still

[abbyfireguy]

Relax guys!! This is supposed to be enjoyable...I was going to say "Don't get in a pissing match" but thats just too bad of a pun!! LOL

[604redneck]

nobody wants a bruins jersey :P