So much for the hibernation theory. Yesterday neighbor
Chuck and I were talking out in the cul de sac; bullshitting about anything and everything; snow coming down; freezing our butts off, and both of us look out behind Chucks house at the same time.

Bob: "Jesus Chuck...look! A bear!!!!"

Chuck: "Oh crap Bob. That looks like a grizzly. What the F_ _ _ _ is one doing here? Aren't they still in hibernation?"

Bob: " I thought so, but maybe that theory is full of shit. I'm gonna go up closer and take a look."

Chuck: "God, I knew all along that Packer fans were dumb. You gotta be outta your mind."

Bob: "I think he/she is still groggy from slumber time. I'm gonna get closer to see if it has a tag on it."

Chuck: " You are an IDIOT!"

Bob: "Whatever! If it's tagged, Charles Jonkel from the UM
Grizzly Recovery Institute will want to know one of his pets is awake and moving."

So....I slowly move closer to the bear....about 5 feet from where I was. Aha...tag on left ear. Just then the local UP guy drives up in his brown truck and the bear looks up and takes off up the hill. I couldn't get a tag number...they (tags) are very large and can be read from at least 50 feet. Which ain't gonna save you if one decides to charge you.

So...today we have umpteen people form Montana Fish and Wildlife out here looking for Mr./Mrs. Grizzly. Not gonna find her. She's probably in my basement eating all my Usingers Bratwurst.

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Mrs. Grizzly was captured late yesterday afternoon about one mile from where we spotted her. Fish and Game were amazed that one would be out already and this close to civilization. They think she had wandered down from the Montana/Idaho border (25 miles away) and got caught here in the first major storm the first week in Nov. Instincts took over and she rented a room in an old slash pile just back in the forest from our subdivision. Two weeks ago contractors started excavating for several new homes right close to the pile and she had enough of the noisy guests in the hotel and woke up (sort of) and left.

She is a two year old female, about 325 lbs. They got her after she wandered into a live trap looking for a venison steak someone had thoughtfully left for her. Took her back up to the Montana/Idaho line and let her out near her original stomping grounds.

Bet she's back around here in a week.

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Why not? They are giving away steak dinners where you live.

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I have heard one of these bad boys is pretty effective.









Some guys must have tiny pricks.

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That would work, but....out here the old Ursus Horribilus is on the protected species list, and unless you are protecting your life or immediate livestock, shooting one is a big no-no. Most people who get in trouble with Grizzlies are usually in the wrong place at the wrong time, or don't take the locals advice and stay clear of their habitat.


Kinda like me. But, when you live among them there are certain precautions you just have to take. Which I don't. Living on the edge.

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You should have staked a goat out in the back yard and watched the show.

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I have always suspected you were an asshole, wpr, but now . . . [ass]

Hoist that flag high, mate!

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danke. I am honored by such high praise from the master of bullshit. [grin1]
I strive to be worthy of your accolades.

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