EISPIRATEN

Here is our beautiful black bear (even though he's brown). Same general location (I'll only say it's somewhere around Newcomb's/Chilao). I hope no one shoots him! He has to make it until the end of Sept, then he's safe for the winter.

cougarmagic wrote:Here is our beautiful black bear (even though he's brown). Same general location (I'll only say it's somewhere around Newcomb's/Chilao). I hope no one shoots him! He has to make it until the end of Sept, then he's safe for the winter.

Thanks for the pictures, cougar! Here's a video of his cousin I took two Sundays ago.

That's awesome! Quite an athlete. I've never seen one "live" in the San Gabriels, only from the trailcam. That must be cool.

cougarmagic wrote:Quite an athlete.

Yes, incredible! It would have taken me a good 15 minutes to cover the distance and terrain that he did in the 30 seconds that passed before I was able to switch to video mode.

Uh, bear season goes until Dec 28th this year.
Your friend has some time to go.

Nice shots.

Rumpled wrote:Uh, bear season goes until Dec 28th this year.
Your friend has some time to go.

Nice shots.

as in kill a bear season?

I read that bow hunting season for bears is short , but rifle hunting is longer?
Run, Yogi!

Here's a pdf file about bear season. Bear season goes until December 28th or 1700 dead yogi's...which ever comes first.

(btw, I misread the pdf when I posted hunting info on the other thread.)

nice pics! You have a zoom lens, right?

cougarmagic wrote:I read that bow hunting season for bears is short , but rifle hunting is longer?
Run, Yogi!

Archery season starts earlier than rifle (=general) season.
Archers may also hunt during the general season.

The bear population in CA is growing and expanding into new areas. Places they've never been before, like the Santa Cruz mountains and San Diego County and other areas south of I-10.

Yes Fight On, as in kill a bear season; as opposed to kill the Bruins.

406 wrote:nice pics! You have a zoom lens, right?

I wish! no, this was taken with a motion sensing camera. I was safe at home in the suburbs at the time.

Rumpled wrote:Yes Fight On, as in kill a bear season; as opposed to kill the Bruins.

ya know I should have thought about that one!
If I was a bruin fan I sure wouldn't be wearing any baby blue and gold up there. All it would take is one dopey hunter to think it meant BRUIN SEASON!

nice work!..stumbled across this website looking for the elusive Muir Peak access info...

http://blog.stonehillnews.com/labels/Wildlife.htm

best one I thought was "Bear on Pinecrest"

Cool link AW.

AW wrote:... looking for the elusive Muir Peak access info...

Hmmm...this sounds interesting. Is it the old trail (I think it is a myth) up the south ridge of Muir Peak that you are looking for?

HikeUp wrote:Cool link AW.

AW wrote:... looking for the elusive Muir Peak access info...

Hmmm...this sounds interesting. Is it the old trail (I think it is a myth) up the south ridge of Muir Peak that you are looking for?

I wouldnt be surprised if its a myth. I know theres a ton of trails in those parts and was seeing if there was a launching point to get to Muir.

AW...sent you a PM.

Now let's get back to bear talk!