huntinnewbie
09-29-2009, 10:17 AM
After reading the forums here for quite some time I was wondering this:
How long do you wait before determining that a good size black bear is not a sow with cubs. This comes to mind after reading, sorry can't find the original post, about someone who saw a nice brown phase in the Princeton area only to have her cubs show up after watching her for 20 minutes!
I know after seeing a black bear while quading in the Princeton area that we didn't realize she had cubs with her for probably a good 5 minutes. She went across the river and watched us from the other side. I saw the bushes move below us on the river bank and realized that she was waiting for her cubs to follow her across. We weren't hunting at the time just with the camera. If we had been hunting she would have been an easy shot and the river was certainly low enough to make a recovery.
Just wondering about people's thoughts on the subject.
How long do you wait before determining that a good size black bear is not a sow with cubs. This comes to mind after reading, sorry can't find the original post, about someone who saw a nice brown phase in the Princeton area only to have her cubs show up after watching her for 20 minutes!
I know after seeing a black bear while quading in the Princeton area that we didn't realize she had cubs with her for probably a good 5 minutes. She went across the river and watched us from the other side. I saw the bushes move below us on the river bank and realized that she was waiting for her cubs to follow her across. We weren't hunting at the time just with the camera. If we had been hunting she would have been an easy shot and the river was certainly low enough to make a recovery.
Just wondering about people's thoughts on the subject.