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sabbott
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:56 am Post subject: Colorado Grizzly Bears |
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| I would like to hear from anyone else who has seen evidence of or an actual sighting of a grizzly in Colorado. I saw one sow in the 90's near the New Mexico border near the eastern side of the San Juans. |
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WesternHunter
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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I don't doubt it. That's not too far from where a Grizzly attacked hunting guide Ed Wiseman in September 1979.
I've spent a lot of time over the years hunting deer and elk in the wilderness of Colorado and have never seen anything I would consider. I personally believe that we do have a small number of grizzlies roaming around here in Colorado though. Just because they aren't numerous enough to be seen often doesn't mean that they don't exist. 27 years passed between 1952 and the time Wiseman was attacked, without anyone seeing a grizzly in Colorado. I was only in the 1st grade at the time, so I don't recall anything about it when it happened. But Don Fisher said he was living in Greeley at the time, he said everyone was shocked in disbelief. |
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SoCoKHntr
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Location: Pueblo Colorado
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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WesternHunter wrote: I don't doubt it. That's not too far from where a Grizzly attacked hunting guide Ed Wiseman in September 1979.
I've spent a lot of time over the years hunting deer and elk in the wilderness of Colorado and have never seen anything I would consider. I personally believe that we do have a small number of grizzlies roaming around here in Colorado though. Just because they aren't numerous enough to be seen often doesn't mean that they don't exist. 27 years passed between 1952 and the time Wiseman was attacked, without anyone seeing a grizzly in Colorado. I was only in the 1st grade at the time, so I don't recall anything about it when it happened. But Don Fisher said he was living in Greeley at the time, he said everyone was shocked in disbelief.
Damn Western, I for some reason though you were older. I remember that as well being in 4th grade at the time. We saw a sow with two cubs last year in the high country by Red Wing Co from about a mile and half away that were colored just like a grizzly and moved like one. My dad was convinced I'm not sure. That same year some hunters by I believe Aspen claimed to have seen a grizzly as well. |
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