Interesting Early Bear Review Observation

Pic above is one of the five sows with two offspring

I have started analyzing my 2025 bear data reviewing sows with offspring and noted, this is the first year ever only videoing sows with two cubs during  April – July. Typically, my trial cameras video all combinations of sows with cubs or yearlings (usually  up to three offspring – four was the exception several years back)  . April videoed many different sow cub / yearling combinations.( listed below). This is most unusual given sow cub / yearling data from 2021 – 2024. My next question was, how many different sows  with two cubs were using the twenty square mile area that I am monitoring with trail cameras? After pulling video grabs from what looked like different sows, I estimate four or five are using the area. Two of the sows are frequent visitors, two sows were occasional visitors, and the fifth sow had passed through once. It is just a fluke  I’m sure ,but an interesting observation.

 

	2025
Sow with one Cub	x
Sow with two Cub	x
Sow with three Cub	0
Sow with four Cub	0
Sow with one Yearling	x
Sow with two Yearlings	x
Sow with three Yearlings	x
Sow with four Yearlings	0

 

Jim

Pictured below are the five sows.