Height Of Bear Activity

 

One of my new locations captured another collard sow with three cubs last week. It could possibly be the same sow with four cubs that I shared in April. I received feedback from one of my followers, they think there were four cubs in the video. I reviewed the video in slow motion and can only see three. I think the TC hickuped when the third cub jumped from the log. It’s  not  important, I try to stay as accurate as possible identifying new bears; I’m thrilled to have had a TC video the sow and cubs in a pleasing environment.

https://youtu.be/BTQ11WqCMos

Primetime bear activity !  So far, TC’s have videoed eighty-seven bears in May, with many TC’s still to be checked. I wouldn’t be surprised if bear videos exceed one hundred for the month.

YTD “ Different Bears” is now 31.

  The criteria I use to count individual bears and to keep track of total bear videos by location are:

1.      Sow with cubs count as one family group.

2.      If a similar looking bear triggers a TC in each area within one hour of the first TC trigger the video is not counted.

It’s not exact ,but I think it’s a good representation of the data collected.

 

Below are two examples of easily identifiable bears.

 Jim

Bears are pretty hardy animals and can usually overcome mange

Very easy to identify