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| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 10:34 AM | ||
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 I wouldn't have believed it but my son,his buddy,and myself were witness to 12 cubs running across a dirt road.We were going to do some fishin and all these cubs ran in front of us.(about 20 ft)"Where's the mother?"I asked.When we couldn't see a mama bear I shouted "Roll em up!".....we counted 12 cubs. Then we saw her off to our left...a big mama(with filled utters)!!!I thought bears don't adopt other bears.... any thoughts???__________________ "One of my favorite sounds is the silence of the woods"
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 10:38 AM | ||
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)!!!I thought bears don't adopt other bears.... any thoughts??? Bears will "adopt" other cubs. 12 seems a little high though. It's possible you just didn't see the other sows. __________________ "To be unarmed and therefore helpless in the face of evil is irresponsible and in fact complicit to said evil. If you knowingly and intentionally go forward incapable of stopping evil, you assist in its progress. Only a person free to choose to protect himself is truly respecting God's gift of life." Ted Nugent
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 10:44 AM | ||
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Quote: we were looking and they all followed the sow we saw.I agree maybe more than one sow.Nowhere in sight.They filed up the ridge behind the sow.Believe me,we counted 12 cubs.I'm no rocket scientist but counting to 12,I can handleIt's possible you just didn't see the other sows.  .I was really baffled as to how that could be. That means in a few years those cubs are gonna be BIG right?Should the rangers be made aware?__________________ "One of my favorite sounds is the silence of the woods"
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 11:57 AM | ||
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maybe just cub sitting for the day
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 12:03 PM | ||
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Please bring a camera with you next time camo man  __________________ Dog's on point... get ready!!!
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 12:19 PM | ||
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Quote: There ya go, cub daycare!
maybe just cub sitting for the day |
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 12:26 PM | ||
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| how big were the cubs? | ||
| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 12:28 PM | ||
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| I heard Gary Ult speak one time in the mid 80's. The PA Game Commission would transplant bear cubs with a mother in the den who had small cubs. They would tranqualize the mother and put vicks up her nose. They would then add the new cub to the litter. She never new there was a cub not her own. 12 does seem very high though. | ||
| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 12:39 PM Last Edited By: camo man | ||
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Quote: I agree....Like I said before,I can count that high12 does seem very high though. ....but it seems without the bear hunt,populations are gonna explode.....12 cubs(sheesh)........anyway,I thought maybe someone here may have seen or heard about this happening.Besides I wouldn't have brought it up even if it was 4 cubs...........by the way,they were actually really cute running up the hill __________________ "One of my favorite sounds is the silence of the woods"
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 12:42 PM | ||
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Quote: looked like lil bags of fur.......poodle sizehow big were the cubs? teddy bear size....seriously like the size of a kuala bear.......thats the best I can describe em__________________ "One of my favorite sounds is the silence of the woods"
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| Posted: 07 Aug 2008 12:46 PM | ||
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| Sounds like they were this years cubs. | ||
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