Now that the bear hibernation it is time to start keeping track of the bear encounters I hear about. Feel free to post stories in the comments section. May 31 2012- A bear was seen walking around Pine street in Abbotsford, BC. I think this was the same day my friend saw it run past …
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White Bear Cubs in Eastern BC
I hope the citizens of Elkford appreciate the rarity of having to white bear cubs around their town. I hope they work together on keeping the garbage and food out of the way so the bears stay outside the city limits. It would be a shame to have to destroy these rare bears.: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/11/01/bc-white-bears-nuisance.html
Grizzly Accidental Deaths
It is too bad that grizzly bears, especially sows get killed by trains. I know a lot of animals meet their demise on the train tracks. Hopefully some type of solution can be figured out to reduce the number of grizzly bear and other animal deaths by train accidents. Perhaps some type of scent sprayed …
Alberta Hunting Draws Last Day
Today, June 23 2011 is the last day for 2011 that you can purchase and apply for your Alberta hunting draws here: https://www.albertarelm.com/wc.user.Login.page Alberta has a different system than In British Columbia for their draws. In Alberta you earn priority points which is a good system, so year after year you get closer to obtaining …
Big Alberta Grizzly
This email has been circulating around lately. Seems like a huge bear. Anybody know more details or what the skull size was? Big Bear shot Saddle Hills Alberta, Sept 20/2010 These two gents were calling elk in the Saddle Hills south of Woking (approx 45 miles north of Grande Prairie, AB) when this big guy slipped …
Grizzly Bears in Alberta
I just found this article from the Government of Alberta saying that grizzly bears are now designated as a threatened species in Alberta. http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/201006/28501FF40EEF0-D53C-C48F-6FF952CC62DDEF7C.html In 2000 grizzlys in Alberta were recognized as a species that may be at risk then there was a recovery plan implemented in 2002.
Alberta Hunter Question
I got this email today from a hunter in Alberta, thought I would share in case it is applicable to others thinking the same thing: Hi Justin, ….. gave me your web address and it looks pretty awesome. Our son …. will be 16 in Aug. and would like to go on a deer …