Gender of bear
02-03-2008, 11:27 AM
#1
Gender of bear
Sorry to ask such a dumb question but my grandfather asked me how do you tell the sex of a bear while you are hunting and i really didnt know how to answer that so if you guys could tell me i would appriciate it.
thanks
Sutton
thanks
Sutton
02-03-2008, 05:18 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PUEBLO, CO, USA
Posts: 636
RE: Gender of bear
If you watch close and see a bear stand some you can see all bear have two breasts just like a female homo sapiens. If the bear dont stand a little or get at the right angle you'll have to go withthe suggestions posted
above.
above.
02-03-2008, 07:14 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,193
RE: Gender of bear
Tough one....in the spring usually the ladies will have their cubs...all of the Boars I shot were alone with another boar......
Look for cubs in spring...if its a big bear and its not looking around like it has babies around...it may be a big boar...if its a big bear and the little ones are with it...its mamma
Look for cubs in spring...if its a big bear and its not looking around like it has babies around...it may be a big boar...if its a big bear and the little ones are with it...its mamma
02-03-2008, 08:50 PM
#6
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location:
Posts: 290
RE: Gender of bear
ORIGINAL: SILVERTIP-CO
If you watch close and see a bear stand some you can see all bear have two breasts just like a female homo sapiens. If the bear dont stand a little or get at the right angle you'll have to go withthe suggestions posted
above.
If you watch close and see a bear stand some you can see all bear have two breasts just like a female homo sapiens. If the bear dont stand a little or get at the right angle you'll have to go withthe suggestions posted
above.
02-04-2008, 12:27 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Idaho
Posts: 2,072
RE: Gender of bear
Check out their forearms. Boars usually will have the wider and braoder forearms. Also the shape of the head will tip you off also.
If you look at enough, you will soon be able to tell!!!
If you look at enough, you will soon be able to tell!!!
02-05-2008, 10:43 AM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Eastern Oregon
Posts: 104
RE: Gender of bear
Well, I've never seen a bear with two breasts. That's pretty funny.
The shape of the head that's already been mentioned is a good indication.
When a bear is on all fours if the hind quarters are slightly higher than the shoulders it's a sow.
If the shoulders are higher than the hind quarters it's a boar.
Like Elkcrazy8 said if you look at enough you will be able to tell.
It takes looking at a lot of bears to know for sure.
The shape of the head that's already been mentioned is a good indication.
When a bear is on all fours if the hind quarters are slightly higher than the shoulders it's a sow.
If the shoulders are higher than the hind quarters it's a boar.
Like Elkcrazy8 said if you look at enough you will be able to tell.
It takes looking at a lot of bears to know for sure.
02-05-2008, 03:39 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Idaho
Posts: 2,072
RE: Gender of bear
For comparison, here is a pic of a sow that I killed. Notice that thehead shape is much different than the pics of the boars in the avatars above. Boars will have more of a pronounced forhead...
02-06-2008, 11:47 PM
#10
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Gender of bear
Here's a boar. Notice how the head on my bear is wider and shorter looking compared to the sow in the above picture. This bear in my picture has a 20 5/16" head. Mines much bulkier to up front then the sow in the above picture. The smaller younger bear are harder to judge on gender then bigger ones are. I'm on the right and my dads on the left. I shot this bear in 2000.
