Memorial Day 2013
With Memorial Day approaching, we just wanted to take a moment to remember all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
We also want to send a special thanks to the current men and women serving in the military for their ongoing service and dedication.
Best wishes for a wonderful holiday weekend.
Sincerely,
The Bear Hunting Blog Team
SANDPOINT — Hunting has been a part of Amanda Lowrey’s life ever since she was big enough to keep up with her father on the trail.
Lowrey, a lifelong Sandpoint resident, got her hunting license at the age of 12 and went on to bag just about every big and small game species found in the West.
While hunting in the backcountry several years ago, Lowrey tracked a black bear she shot down a steep 450-yard embankment and packed her quarry back up the hillside.
Lowrey was eight-and-a-half months pregnant at the time.
Her dedication and proficiency as a hunter caused Lowrey to be named a semifinalist for “Extreme Huntress,” a televised contest featured on “Eye of the Hunter” on NBC Sports.
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Source: Bonner County Daily Bee
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Bear season continues through the end of May for spring bear tag holders in the Hood and White River WMUs. Spring bears often prefer foraging on new grasses and forb growth. Bring a good pair of binoculars or spotting scope and glass open south facing hillsides. Predator calling can be productive, particularly if you know a bear is using an area. Successful hunters will need to check in with an ODFW office within 10 days of harvesting your bear. The bear head must be unfrozen, and propping the mouth open with an object will help biologists to remove the tooth necessary for aging.
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Source: The Dalles Chronicle
Columbus, OH - Last week, hundreds of Maine sportsmen and women packed a legislative hearing in opposition to a bill that would have banned bear hunting with dogs and bear trapping.
The bill, LD 1474, was supported and backed by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
At the hearing, members of the Joint Committee on Inland Fisheries heard testimony from dozens of Maine sportsmen’s organizations and individual sportsmen and women including the Maine Professional Guides Association, Maine Trappers Association, and the Sportsmen’s Alliance of Maine. After this testimony, the Committee unanimously voted that the bill “ought not to pass,” – a move that will likely kill the bill for this session.
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Source: AmmoLand
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CUMBERLAND — The case of a LaVale man accused of hunting bears during closed season was placed on the stet docket Tuesday, eliminating a jury trial slated for Wednesday in Allegany County Circuit Court and denying the defendant the privilege to hunt for two years.
Charles Frederick Evans III, 31, was charged by Natural Resources Police Officer Cory Garver on the first day of the Maryland deer firearms season in November with shooting two bears, a 180-pound sow that died and a cub that was not recovered, in spite of an effort by a Department of Natural Resources tracking dog. The incident took place on the Green Ridge State Forest along Dailey Road southeast of Oldtown.
The decision to use the stet docket was made Tuesday morning during a case status conference. Evans was represented by Assistant Public Defender James F. Elliott.
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Source: Cumberland Times-News
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Saskadrenaline Outfitters
When Mike Grundman took 18-year-old Hunter Coleman on his first bear hunting tour, he knew it would be exciting. But even he couldn’t have predicted just how exciting it would be!
Grundman, who grew up on a farm in Central Saskatchewan, learned hunting from his father and his grandfather. Now, along with wife Erin, he is the owner/operator of Saskadreneline Outfitters, one of the best outfitters in the country, specializing in whitetail deer and black bear hunts.
Saskadreneline Outfitters offer two camps to choose from in northern Saskatchewan. Included in their hunting packages is accommodation at a lakeside cabin, home cooked meals, transportation and a seven day guided bear hunt.
“It’s a great way to experience the outdoors, and the hunting creates an amazing adrenaline rush. If your heart isn’t pounding during a hunt, there’s no point in doing it,” said Grundman.
Brown bear {Bear Hunting Blog file photo]
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) can be found in North America and northern areas of Eurasia. There are sixteen recognized subspecies of the brown bear. This is the most widely distributed species of bear in the world, although its range is shrinking. Its range includes the Alaska and a few other areas of the United States, areas of Russia, and Romania and other areas of the Carpathian region, as well as Canada, Sweden, Finland, and the Balkans. The brown bear derives its common name from the coloring of its fur, and is sometimes known as bruun, bruyn, or bruin. It derives its scientific name from the Latin and Greek words for bear, ursus and arctos respectively, and this is known as a tautology.
Generally, the brown bear can reach an average body length between 4.6 and 9.2 feet, with a height between 28 to 60 inches and a tail length between 2.4 and 8.7 inches. Males can grow to be three times the size of females in many subspecies. This difference in size is shown most notably in a few subspecies, including the Eurasian brown bear and the grizzly bear. It is thought that these variations are caused by the location of each subspecies, because their genetic data does not display major differences. Inland bears are typically smaller than bears found in other areas, like the Eurasian grizzly bear, which can measure 3.3 feet in length. The largest subspecies occur in far eastern areas of Russia and in Alaska and these are the Kodiak bear and Kamchatka brown bear, although other bears from coastal Asia and western areas of North America can reach large sizes as well. Female brown bears in this area can weigh up to 700 pounds and males can reach a weight of up to 1,400 pounds. Naturally, after hibernation, brown bears will weigh considerably less than when they enter hibernation.
The fur of the brown bear is typically long, and grows longer at the neck creating a mane. The coloring of the fur can vary depending upon the location, from reddish brown in India to bi-colored in China. In North America, brown bears can vary in color from light cream to dark brown or black. The winter fur of the species is long, particularly the fur of northern subspecies, which can reach a length of five inches, and the summer fur is short and can vary in length depending upon the location. The claws of this species are long, reaching an average length between 2 and 3.9 inches. These claws can vary in color from light to dark, and are blunt. Because of this and its large size, the adult brown bear cannot climb trees.
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Source: Red Orbit
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It may have been the most anticipated package ever delivered to the Buffalo Zoo: an orphaned polar bear cub that arrived Wednesday from Alaska and will spend the summer with another cub born six months ago.
Kali arrived aboard a UPS flight at Buffalo Niagara International Airport shortly before 5:30 a.m., ending a 14-hour trip that was set in motion in March when a hunter in Alaska realized an adult female bear he’d killed was nursing.
“He followed the tracks back to the den, crawled down inside, found a cub, pulled it out, put it in his coveralls, rode it back into Point Lay and then got hold of U.S. Fish and Wildlife,” said Patrick Lampi, executive director of the Alaska Zoo, which has cared for the bear since.
Subsistence hunting is allowed in the area, but hunters aren’t allowed to shoot females with cubs, Lampi said after accompanying the cub to Buffalo.
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Source: Fremont Tribune
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Bears and mule deer continued to dominate the conversation among members of Colorado’s Parks and Wildlife Commission (PWC) and the sportsmen’s community at large during the monthly PWC meeting in Grand Junction on Thursday, albeit for converse reasons.
Commissioners taking on the annual task of approving limited big game hunting license recommendations for 2013 were once again reminded that Colorado has too many bears and not nearly enough mule deer to meet wildlife management objectives. Yet the short-term approach to both issues is the same: Increase the number of hunting licenses for both species.
The 20 percent increase in bear hunting licenses over 2012 by far outpaces the boost in license numbers for any other big game animal, although the sum of 21,167 bear licenses available in 2013 can’t compare with opportunities to hunt more popular big game animals like deer and elk. But state wildlife managers have made clear their intention to continue efforts to reduce Colorado’s black bear population conservatively estimated at about 18,000, and they’re looking at hunters for help. The predicted hunter harvest from the 2013 license allocation is 1,373 bears.
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Written by: Scott Willoughby or 303-954-1993
Source: The Denver Post
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“There will be 7,906 bear hunting licenses available for the 2013 hunting seasons. Bear licenses are available for both residents and nonresidents.” [Bear Hunting Blog File Photo]
LANSING— The DNR reminds hunters that applications for Michigan bear hunting licenses are available now through June 1.
There will be 7,906 bear hunting licenses available for the 2013 hunting seasons. Bear licenses are available for both residents and nonresidents; however, no more than 2 percent of licenses in any bear management unit will be issued to nonresidents.
Hunters can apply online at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings, at any authorized license agent or at a DNR Customer Service Center. A nonrefundable $4 fee is charged at the time of application. Hunters may purchase just one application for each species.
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Written by: Janet Rohde
Source: Iron County Reporter
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