Bears

[stoneattherock]

after fishing all weekend and heading back to the city sunday around 1030 am on M highway had to stop the truck and allow a black bear to cross the road about two miles out of Big M...that was a sight I havent seen in 17 years living on that end..

[LD Fisher]

That's interesting.  That's not that far from me.  I know they're out ther, just don't really see them!

[Champ188]

That’s awesome man,

[stoneattherock]

yup was quite interesting considering our house is about 1.5 miles from where I spotted him...

[jdmidwest]

They found one dead a few miles upstream from where we camped a month ago.  My buddy asked me if I was packing that nite, silly question.  But we were in a remote campsite and thinking of local meth heads.

400 Lb Black Bear Found Dead on Current River.

Conversation arose this weekend as we spent time on the 11 Pt River.   They had spotted one in Jefferson County near a swing set.  Little did we know this one was being dredged out of the river.  They are here, they are in the woods, be Bear Aware.  Or try and out swim them, looks like they have problems with water.

[dtrs5kprs]

It's almost bound to end in a fiasco at best, tragedy at worst. It's hard enough up in northern Minnesota where folks are used to them.

Giant, generally inadvertently, destructive animals.

[Champ188]

20 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

They found one dead a few miles upstream Or try and out swim them, looks like they have problems with water.

Or just be certain not to be the slowest runner in your group. 😆

[jdmidwest]

I found it hard to believe that it drowned, looks pretty healthy in photos.  Blood out of nose and mouth, probably head trauma from a random jet boat.   Curious to see full autopsy.  But you seldom see one swimming around unless its a polar bear.

[dtrs5kprs]

7 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

I found it hard to believe that it drowned, looks pretty healthy in photos.  Blood out of nose and mouth, probably head trauma from a random jet boat.   Curious to see full autopsy.  But you seldom see one swimming around unless its a polar bear.

If someone hit one with a jet boat it was an awesome feat. I've run by them in rivers up north, you'd have to try to hit one.

[jdmidwest]

It was Carter county, and they do have a big population of drunken country boy jetboaters.