"A Fed Bear Is A Dead Bear"

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Safety of wildlife on Togwotee Pass starts with all of us - County 10™

U.S. Forest Service Bridger-Teton Forest Service & WYDOT share the following: This summer, a sow grizzly bear, known as Bear 863, and her cub have been highly visible along U.S. Highway 26/287 on Togwotee Pass, between Moran and Dubois, Wyoming. Over the past three summers, many people have had...

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Found this quote particularly interesting...

On several occasions, people have approached these bears very closely, and, in some cases, people have been almost close enough to touch them. Though Bear 863 appears to be more tolerant of people than most bears, there is high potential for her to respond aggressively and injure someone if approached too closely.

This article brought back some memories. Back some 30+ years ago, I worked at the Togwotee Mountain Lodge between Moran and Dubois in my teens. I took people out fly fishing though only allowed gratuity as I was not a licensed guide. As a server (under age) I received additional great tips as those I took fishing were typically lodge guests.
Anyhow, many griz, etc and many encounters, be I along the Blackrock or Buffalo. Thankfully, even at that youthful age I knew not to interfere with Griz, moose, etc.

Amazing how adults hold the insane potential to be absolutely moronic. Social media combined with *snowflake-ism has enhanced the self inflicted lunacy as I don't recall even the tall tales around the fires to match what we've seen from the outlets such as YouTube, etc.

 

[bullbugle307]

I didn't realize we required fishing guides to be licensed in the past. Learn something new every day.

 

[Losing_Sanity]

Makes me think of John Candy in The Great Outdoors feeding the bears with zagnuts.

 

[Hummer]

A related incident illustrates the consequence of thoughtless behavior related to wildlife. These folks learned the hard way that you can't leave the doors open with only a screen as protection when you live in bear habitat. The result of such carelessness is a dead bear and cubs dying or going to rehab.

Couple use baseball bat, punches to fight off mother bear, cub that broke into Pine home

PINE, Colo. -- A couple fought off a mother bear and her cub with punches and a baseball bat after the animals broke into their home on Monday night, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said. The bear was found Tuesday morning and euthanized, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. The sheriff's...

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Couple use baseball bat, punches to fight off mother bear, cub that broke into Pine home


Posted 11:16 am, August 27, 2019, by Chuck Hickey, Updated at 09:23PM, August 27, 2019



PINE, Colo. -- A couple fought off a mother bear and her cub with punches and a baseball bat after the animals broke into their home on Monday night, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said.

The bear was found Tuesday morning and euthanized, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.

The sheriff's office said the mother bear and her cub entered the home on Zurich Drive in Pine, about 10 miles southwest of Conifer, about 8:30 p.m. and began eating a loaf of bread.

As Jon Johnson and his wife, George Ann Field, were watching TV, they heard noises and went upstairs to investigate.

As Johnson turned a corner into the kitchen, he was face to face with the mother bear, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.

The mother bear then attacked the 71-year-old Johnson in what Colorado Parks and Wildlife said was described as a boxing match.

Johnson punched the bear while Field struck it with a baseball bat several times until both bears ran out through the screen door they used to enter the home.

"George Ann got behind and hit her with the bat, which is why the head print is in the wall," Johnson said.

Surveillance video shows there was a second cub outside that did not enter the home.

Johnson suffered numerous cuts and scratches to his face, chest and both arms but was not seriously injured, the sheriff's office said. He was treated at the home. Field was not injured.

Jon Johnson and his wife, George Field, fought off a bear that broke into their Pine home on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers searched for the bears until about midnight Monday. They returned with a U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services dog team on Tuesday morning.

It was the same dog team that was used to track down a mountain lion that attacked an 8-year-old Bailey boy last week.

About 5:50 a.m., the dog team found the bear in the immediate area and she was tracked for the next hour.

The bear was euthanized just before 7 a.m., about 900 yards from the home. The cub has not been found, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.

DNA samples will be sent to the University of Wyoming Forensics Lab to confirm it's the bear from the attack.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife policy says that when a bear attacks a human and there is injury, the animal must be euthanized.

Officials said bears are becoming very active in the foothills and mountains as they eat as much as possible before going into winter hibernation.

 

[ClearCreek]

I didn't realize we required fishing guides to be licensed in the past. Learn something new every day.

Starting in 1990 hunting and fishing guides were no longer regulated by the Wy. Game and Fish Dept. The Wyoming State Board of Outfitters and Professional Guides took over the responsibility of regulating outfitters and guides and they apparently had no interest in regulating fishing guides. So, since then only hunting outfitters and guides have been required to be licensed.

However, I have been hearing there is some talk of trying to require fishing outfitters and guides to be licensed again.

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