I still have 8mm movies from the early 60s of people feeding the grizzlies from

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Apr 20, 2021
3:07:27pm

Nat Gas Man Truly Addicted User

Their cars outside Yellowstone. Crazy people and wicked huge bears from eating from the garbage dump

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Nat Gas Man

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POLL: Have you ever seen a grizzly in the wild?

jdub FORMER USER

4/20/21 2:48pm

Almost disappointed I didn't when I camped in Yosemite a few days.

paulb

4/20/21 2:50pm

Yosemite doesn’t have Grizzly bears, but I have seen black bears

Viva Campeche

4/20/21 2:52pm

Yeah, I've only seen black bears there. Didn't know they don't have grizzlies.

jdub

4/20/21 2:53pm

RE: Yeah, I've only seen black bears there. Didn't know they don't have grizzlies.

Viva Campeche

4/20/21 2:55pm

Only place in CA where grizzlies are found

bluesloth

4/20/21 2:56pm

Misread it as bear, missed the grizzly part

paulb

4/20/21 2:54pm

Are you sure? We saw a mama and 2 cubs (like 100 yards away), and the ranger there said they were grizzlies.

dilbert

4/20/21 2:56pm

Yellowstone is actually a separate park than Yosemite. 😉

bluesloth

4/20/21 2:58pm

Whatever. Do you guys really expect me to carefully read what people actually say on here?

dilbert

4/20/21 3:03pm

He said Yosemite, you read it as Yellowstone. Yellowstone has grizzlies, apparently Yosemite does not.

jdub

4/20/21 2:58pm

Yellowstone has a lot of grizzly. Yosemite does not.

Viva Campeche

4/20/21 3:01pm

Bucket list item.

Richard McCoy Jr.

4/20/21 2:51pm

If you just want to see one from the car, April/May or Sept/Oct is prime time in Yellowstone

letthewookieewin

4/20/21 2:51pm

Last May between Cooke City & Cody

jxncoog

4/20/21 3:05pm

Revise your bucket list item to "Take selfie w/a grizzly". Return and report.

bluecheese

4/20/21 2:53pm

Will do. I have a friend who did this. His name is Tim. He has not called lately

Richard McCoy Jr.

4/20/21 2:55pm

Katmai National Park is far and away the best place to see bears

donnerstag

4/20/21 2:56pm

The airport must be close to the river/Park if you can see it from the plane.

mango

4/20/21 3:05pm

You land on the water next to the park entrance

donnerstag

4/20/21 3:10pm

Depends. Does seeing it from your car on the side of the road constitute

cougarfan84

4/20/21 2:51pm

Yeah, that counts. By "the wild" I mean not in a zoo or a preserve.

jdub

4/20/21 2:53pm

Bearzona?

ugo1st

4/20/21 3:04pm

I've seen grizzlies on 3 separate occasions.

jdub

4/20/21 2:52pm

Does in a Natl Park. count? If so in Glacier NP when I was a kid going to see Aunt & Uncle who lived in BC.

Soupie

4/20/21 2:53pm

Yep. What doesn't count is Bear World outside of Rexburg.

jdub

4/20/21 2:55pm

Regularly in the greater Yellowstone area.

Viva Campeche

4/20/21 2:53pm

funny story about taking photos of grizzlies on our family trip to Denali National Park when I was a kid

byujag

4/20/21 2:54pm

Saw a mama and 2 Cubs in Hayden Valley on the other side of the river from the

Blue Ridge

4/20/21 2:54pm

Same for me

Gibbcoug

4/20/21 2:55pm

I wonder if there are any in Utah?

BigYfan

4/20/21 2:56pm

I believe they are here.

Viva Campeche

4/20/21 2:57pm

They arent

Backcountry

4/20/21 4:56pm

I just googled, and it looks like "no", but as you reasoned, there's no reason they couldn't come here.

jdub

4/20/21 2:57pm

Old Ephraim in Cache Valley is supposed to have been the last.

85fan

4/20/21 3:03pm

I don't think there are any in Utah yet. But not sure. They're coming though.

BlueTooth

4/20/21 3:00pm

There are no grizzlies in Utah.

Richard McCoy Jr.

4/20/21 3:02pm

why?

CrashMcLarson

4/20/21 3:19pm

Why are they not in Utah?

Richard McCoy Jr.

4/20/21 3:19pm

Not that you know of. This is 40 miles from Utah....

Penske Material

4/20/21 5:18pm

Close only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades.

Richard McCoy Jr.

4/20/21 5:29pm

I know there have been no confirmed sightings, but I would all but guarantee a

Penske Material

4/20/21 5:48pm

Based on what? What evidence do you have?

Richard McCoy Jr.

4/20/21 5:53pm

Fishing in Alaska we saw a mama and two cubs rolling around 150-200 yards

Mexicougazul

4/20/21 2:56pm

10ft away from a sow while fishing.

Turn and Cough

4/20/21 2:59pm

I still have 8mm movies from the early 60s of people feeding the grizzlies from

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 3:07pm

My family from Idaho has a lot pictures from that time. They fed bears.

85fan

4/20/21 3:16pm

My step dad used to feed them but never from outside the truck. Crazy people

Nat Gas Man

4/20/21 3:28pm

Saw a couple grizzlies while climbing a peak in Northwest Montana in my youth

83MtCoug

4/20/21 3:10pm

No, and i hope i only do through optics from a long ways off

Backcountry

4/20/21 4:58pm

We were driving through Yellowstone and their was open rolling terrain off to

85fan

4/20/21 8:00pm

I was hoping to see one through my car window...I did see moose however

ByuImaginesDragons

4/22/21 12:21am

They’re even bigger when they’re charging you

jxncoog

4/22/21 6:42am

I bet! Those things are mean especially the mama moose

ByuImaginesDragons

4/23/21 1:15am

I've been within feet of moose several times. It's always nerve-wracking.

mango

4/23/21 6:18am

We had a project on a 35 acre lot where

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