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Too true.

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Agree.. would have been different had they not been there..

Griz in Wyoming and Montana, imho, are way more dangerous than those in Alaska where they are still being hunted.. The ones in WY and MT have not been hunted since the early 80's..they have no fear of man.. and the populations have exploded.. but, Fish and Game will not release that info as it owuld be ammo to have a hunting season so they continue to stick to the bullshit narrative that there are 6 to 800 in the greater Yellowstone Eco System of over 2 MILLION acres.. my friend who has a small parcel of land..20 acres..had 17 diff ones caught on game cam's in 2017.. 17 diff bears..

Same happened in Glacier..they started collecting hair samples for dna testing to determine the number.,results were never released and study was discontinued.. political bullshit.. as is everything else these days..

Have a good friend who rode the parks and forest for 28 years for F&G in MT --he said there is 2 to 3 times the number they are reporting.. shocker I know, that a gov department would lie..

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Usually the "higher" the smell of their potential food, the better.
This really does concern me, though, as my wife's hiking group oft times goes to normal grizzly areas. Of course they all carry spray.
If my left leg wasn't so crippled, I'd go along with them, just to carry my rifled 12 bore.

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Griz were released through the state some time back .. inside source told me this a few years back.. all was kept hush-hush.. which is one of the reasons they are being seen in areas they have not been in for over 50 years.. that and the populations are really growning.. sows with twins, or triplets is not uncommon.. some with even more.. YET the number remains roughly the same as when I moved here 32 YEARS ago.. weird..

Why is it when you lie to the government its a felony, yet when they lie to you the citizen it's just politics??

Not sure if I posted this ..but here is another recent story..

A sow grizzly bear attacked a pair of hikers and their dog Aug. 10, at 8:30 p.m. in the Bear Creek area of southwest Montana. The attack took place near the town of Ennis and north of Yellowstone National Park, reports the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks and NBC Montana..

When with my family hiking, I am never without a bear stopper of one kind or another... my family never goes hiking as well without a firearm if I am not around.. simple fact of life.. even when I just ride out checking cattle I am always carrying.. truth be told, anymore is just as much the 2 legged coyotes as the bears..

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I agree about being armed, Art. I never go into the bush without a rifle or shotgun loaded with slugs. I like the Gualandi Dangerous Game Slug load.
It's a hardened slug from Italy, loaded here in Canada under the Challenger name. They shoot really well in my Mossberg's rifled tube. 496gr. at 1,610fps.
I have a 25 package of them, with accompanying wad for handloading, but haven't loaded up any as of yet. I still have 15 of the factory loaded slugs.
Black bears and I thought grizzlies as well, always have 3 cubs. The odd time, they will have 4. It is rare for all 3 or 4 to survive until the sow leaves the
winter den, but it does happen. I've seen black bear sows with 4 cubs and most in June still have 3. They are predated upon by other bears, of course &
with the wolf situation, they also are a problem.
3 years in a row, there were different sow grizzlies with 3 cubs each on the Babine river where I was fly fishing for Sockeye Salmon.
That is the first time I had seen that, as usually they only have one or two with them, by the fall, the others falling prey to boars or other problems.

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5 - WOW!
Each one of those sows I saw while fishing, had 3, 2 1/2 year olds.

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Think of that.. 3 cubs.. 4 years or less those will be producing, spreading out to new territory, etc... lots of bears... AND as stated the ones down here are, IMHO, way more aggressive as they never get shot or hunted.. no fear...

I should do an add for the Montana Department of Tourism..

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5 - WOW!
Each one of those sows I saw while fishing, had 3, 2 1/2 year olds.

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Think of that.. 3 cubs.. 4 years or less those will be producing, spreading out to new territory, etc... lots of bears... AND as stated the ones down here are, IMHO, way more aggressive as they never get shot or hunted.. no fear...

I should do an add for the Montana Department of Tourism..

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Well Ripp I think you should!
The country down that way must be extremely productive for bears (& everything else obviously ) for them to have such huge families.
Just goes to show you that all the panic these 'greenies' do is a load of codswallop - mother nature wouldn't be able to do so if wasn't so good!
Lets hope you get a few more tags for next year mate!

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5 - WOW!
Each one of those sows I saw while fishing, had 3, 2 1/2 year olds.

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Think of that.. 3 cubs.. 4 years or less those will be producing, spreading out to new territory, etc... lots of bears... AND as stated the ones down here are, IMHO, way more aggressive as they never get shot or hunted.. no fear...

I should do an add for the Montana Department of Tourism..

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Well Ripp I think you should!
The country down that way must be extremely productive for bears (& everything else obviously ) for them to have such huge families.
Just goes to show you that all the panic these 'greenies' do is a load of codswallop - mother nature wouldn't be able to do so if wasn't so good!
Lets hope you get a few more tags for next year mate!

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Your are correct..nature has a way of taking care of itself.. If the area could not sustain the current growth it would eventually correct on its own..The numbers have been increasing for 30 years or more.. There are a lot of big ranches, large tracts of state and Federal lands for those animals to move around in.. along with Yellowstone National Park..

Did a quick search, this gives a quick glance of how big it is..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Yellowstone_Ecosystem

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