Grizzly Bear

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Grizzly Bear are plentiful in our area and best hunted in the springtime, which at our latitude, 58 degrees North, is usually late May. The bears are out before then but by that time they can be found on the south facing slopes that are quickly turning green. The Stikine River is ideal for this as our area lies to the north of the river giving us lots of south facing area. The other attractions for the bears along the river are the new born moose calves which they predate heavily on, certain plant roots they like and also animals killed in the snow slides on those steep slopes. In the fall our season opens September 1 and the bears can be found anywhere, especially if the berry crop is not good. In the years that the berries are plentiful it almost seems like there are fewer bears, probably because they don’t have to move as much to find feed. Our bears tend to be dark coloured and true silvertips. Ther have been some old boar grizzlies killed here that squared an honest 9 feet but 7&1/2 is more common.