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Just wanted to share a Brown bear, from the tip of her nose to tail ~ 6ft. weight ~220. When DOW banded her they said she was a good size (for colo) and was anywhere from 8-15 years of age (WOW!). They pulled a tooth and will get her exact age in 6 months. From the front range.
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I thought the DOW didn't acknowledge Browns exist in Colorado?
Is that a brown colored black bear?
Although I know a few Browns were released for reintroduction, I thought it was hush hush so the public would not get their panties in a twist.
I say lets all remove the warning labels and let nature take its course.
That would be a brown colored Black Bear.
They would not be releasing Brown Bear into Colorado, they would release Grizzly Bear in CO.
Brown Bear is a member of the grizzly family found on the coast of AK and BC
Nice bear!
Isn't that backwards?Originally Posted by thedave1164
I believe the species is brown bear and grizzly was a sub-species?
Browns historically were founds throughout northern Eurasia, US, Canada and down into Mexico. Human pressure pushed them into extreme areas away from the public.... which went primarily north.
There are many sub-species or browns like:
Kodiak
Grizzly
American Brown
Eurasian Brown
Kolyma River
Kamchatka
Atlas (extinct)
Gobi
Himalayan
Amur Brown
Marsican
Northern Caucus
Mexican (extinct)
Siberian
Tibetan Blue
Syrian Blue
Hokkaido
Bergmans (maybe extinct)
Sorry for the hijacking of the thread.
Back to the original post-
Is that just a brown colored balck? Cool bear!
I say lets all remove the warning labels and let nature take its course.
The way I saw the DOW's paper work is that they had three colors to choose from. They are all the Black Bear family-
They have the ability to be black, brown or cinnamon. Up hunting we did see all the colors. Which I was expecting to see more blacks than anything else. I saw more of the other colors.
I was shocked.
Bear Hunt
I believe but am not certain that only for deer that you can hunt your own property without a license. Bear I am sure you need a license.
What a sad day... Poor bear... am I next folks huh? HUH?! lol.
Looks like a great catch. Congrats!
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