Yellowstone’s Grizzly #399 Killed

fmuguira said:

you can add bicyclists, pedestrians, etc to that list ……

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Is this a warning, or a promise?
Just kidding....
I agree that when we have too many predators they do what they need to do to survive and begin to expand their range, so road kill happens. I'm all for having a good balance of predators to prey to keep the prey healthy, but there are starting to be too many bears and wolves in the NW. If it were some other bear that didn't have a name or number, no one would bat an eye and it would barely make the local news.

Lots of interesting thought processes on this thread eh?

Couple more thoughts won't hurt I guess.

First off, I've heard more than a few people mad at the driver. That I can't figure as it's not like they're going out of their way to hit the animal.

I love bears, all of them big, little or small, Black or G bears. Personally I'm glad that they're around and don't share the mentality of "the only good bear is a dead one"...........

If the bruins get into trouble by way of taking out livestock on private land then I have no problem with them being taken out. However if the livestock is grazing on a BLM lease, National Forest (IE public land) then I don't feel that they should be bothered as they're just doing what they were doing years before we all showed up.

I do wish that we'd have a season for them here in Montana. But if it ever happens I hope that they do it via a quota system and not a drawing. That would help sell a lot of licenses and gather a butt load of funds for FWP. As well, the quota would ensure that we get some of them as we'd have some hunters out there that are "predators" and IMO it takes a predator to take out a predator!

Lastly, I hear all the time that we have too many of them I'm not going to address that. I also hear that if we could be hunting them that we'd instill some fear into them. Honestly I don't buy into that thought process as I just don't think we can bother them enough to get them to modify their behavior.

Just one mans thoughts

One article I read indicated that 399 had wandered into a narrow canyon where it was difficult/impossible to get away from the road, and it had already been called in and reported. But she was hit and killed before anyone could respond.

The only regret I had getting my bull in Wyoming was it was going to feed the 6 bears in and around the section we were hunting. It died in a difficult spot and butchering was as brief as possible to keep safe.

I also live in a tourist/post covid region and can only sympathize with the true westerners living this invasion nightmare. Yes, I would move in a heartbeat. I can plow, shovel, drive, dress in warm cloths without complaining and split wood for fun.

Trade you 100:1-NJ:G bear

The police have already stated the driver did nothing wrong. Not speeding, not distracted just in wrong place wrong time. It's absurd to blame anyone just because this animal was killed by a vehicle. If anything a little compassion for driver is in order. They just got the notoriety of killing the rock star of grizzly's. I bet they are saddened as much as anyone and deserve our sympathy for being the person that unleashed so much wrath at them.

Anybody going?

a friend of mine sometime ago ask if i wanted a himalying rabbit, i said where did you get a himalying rabbit? he said he found himalying on the road.

Just read that they cremated the bear an spread the ashes in Grand Teton Park. Seems like a good resolution to all the debate on what to do with the carcass.

wyosteve said:

Just read that they cremated the bear a spread the ashes in Grand Teton Park. Seems like a good resolution to all the debate on what to do with the carcass.

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That's ridiculous. Throw it in the woods and let the other bears eat it. Why was there even a debate?

I can't stand the way people get so worked up over a "wild" animal. Just like the vigil they're having, that's crazy. I'm also the guy that doesn't really care if some celebrity dies anyway.

yes,let wyoming fish and game commission.controlled by the far left maggots in the state.they are why any population of bears in wyoming are double or more of what they claim.why spreading into populated areas.also believe as you will as someone mentioned earlier,bears are intellegent animals.maybe is was before the time of some of you.but when they were hunted regularly they avoided humans much more.see,hear and smell test,bears understand and did so years ago that humans who are armed are the greatest predator to there survival.im 70 years of age and had close hunting friends in wyoming and montana.when i was in my 20s visiting and hunting in those states,bear found out that gunshots could be not so good a dinner bell.good hunting to all my conservative and patriotic citizens.the maggots on the other side are the worst terrorists on this planet,along with treasonous..believe otherwise at your own peril if you have a iq above 70.

yes open grizzly hunting up again,agree100%.but it is a pipe dream to believe it will happen until you have populated areas worse than it is now with bears,eating and mauling some political assholes.

I live near Jackson, hunt the Idaho line near where this occurred. I am totally dumbfounded by the attitude of any who immortalize this bear or any other creature with a "famous" moniker of designation. For the love of all that's Holy, this just illustrates the mentality of the great unwashed herd that comprise the majority of our population. And these beings vote? Good Lord we are doomed...

Am I the only one that thinks this one less bear I need to deal with?