BEAR TRACKS
10-19-2003, 05:32 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Athabasca Alberta Canada
Posts: 353
RE: BEAR TRACKS
i' ve been told that you are to take pepper spray and wear bells when your in GRIZZ country?
and i' ve been told that you can tell black bear dung cuz it has berries and such and GRIZZ dung smells like pepper spray and have shinny bells in it........
and i' ve been told that you can tell black bear dung cuz it has berries and such and GRIZZ dung smells like pepper spray and have shinny bells in it........
10-19-2003, 08:02 AM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: durango Colorado USA
Posts: 567
RE: BEAR TRACKS
I think you are talking about black bears. The rough rule of thumb I have heard is
A front paw print of 4" is a small bear----5" is a anverage bear--probably about 5' 6" ---------a 6" paw print is a good bear---over 6' . Weights would change on time of year. These are front paws. Hope this helps.
A front paw print of 4" is a small bear----5" is a anverage bear--probably about 5' 6" ---------a 6" paw print is a good bear---over 6' . Weights would change on time of year. These are front paws. Hope this helps.
10-19-2003, 09:47 AM
#6
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Redcliff,AB.,CAN
Posts: 500
RE: BEAR TRACKS
Now I remember,width of front paw ,divide by 2 and add 2 zero' s to the end. Lets say a 6" paw ,now divide, would take us down to 3. Now add the zero' s and we have a 300lb. bruin. I' m fairly sure that' s the basic math,but something still doesn' t seem right to me. I' m sure somebody on this site knows the formula I' m talking about.Largest print I' ve seen was a griz print of about 8-10" , which was big enough at the time, considering I had no rifle and the water in the print still had mud swirling in it[
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10-20-2003, 04:46 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dahlonega Ga. USA
Posts: 1,626
RE: BEAR TRACKS
The one hanging on the wall in the living room has a paw about 4" and was right around 200# the two I field dressed for friends last year were each over 300# one field dressed right at 300 and the other was bigger but was never weighed on an official scale, I' d say he dressed at about 350. We never did measure the paws but the larger one green scored a 19" skull.
Plainsmans formula seems reasonable but I have never heard of it before, but that doesn' t mean anything. There are a lot of things I have never heard of before.
Black Bears range in color from jet black to pure white with just about every shade of black and brown in between. The wife of a friend killed one in CO years back that was a beautiful cinnamon shade.
There is one in the area that guys swear has a 9" track which would put him in the 450# range which is not extraordinary for this area. Some lady killed one on the road with her Toyota a few years back that went right around 560 which was the largest killed in the state.
Plainsmans formula seems reasonable but I have never heard of it before, but that doesn' t mean anything. There are a lot of things I have never heard of before.
Black Bears range in color from jet black to pure white with just about every shade of black and brown in between. The wife of a friend killed one in CO years back that was a beautiful cinnamon shade.
There is one in the area that guys swear has a 9" track which would put him in the 450# range which is not extraordinary for this area. Some lady killed one on the road with her Toyota a few years back that went right around 560 which was the largest killed in the state.
