This morning, myself and another guy were out looking at roads when we seen a bear and decided to go around the block to get a better view and some pics. As we drove around the block, we seen a dead fawn lying on the side of the road, cause of death unknown.
We get around to where we have a pretty good view of the bear walking our direction and start watching him and taking some pics with phones. We thought this guy was just eating grass. He walked through the grass like he was grazing, went down into an old foundation area (1st pic) and then went back up to where we had initially seen him. He started coming back again through the grassy area he had just come through a few minutes prior a second time.
He walked what looked like to be a few feet from an Aspen tree that had just walked by a few minutes ago. All of a sudden he turned and pounced and we heard the fawn bawl (2nd pic).
Two does came running, they had obviously heard the fawn too. The does came in to about 30 yards, would run away for a few seconds, and come right back. Heard two more brawls from the fawn and that was it.
I think the bear was not actually grazing as we had initially thought, but rather he was hunting a scentless fawn. Guessing there must have been some afterbirth in the area that originally got this guy's attention.
I have read over the years about bears being hard on fawn and calf populations, but have never experienced anything like what I witnessed today. Mother nature showed all her attributes today, both good and bad.
This happened in a city where the DOW had presented a few options to the city council to help alleviate the overabundance of deer in town. And not surprisingly, council failed to act to allow any form of deer control within city limits.
Willing to bet that if more folks start experiencing these kinds of encounters, council will probably be asked to get DOW to get rid of bears in town.
Mother nature is amazing!!
We get around to where we have a pretty good view of the bear walking our direction and start watching him and taking some pics with phones. We thought this guy was just eating grass. He walked through the grass like he was grazing, went down into an old foundation area (1st pic) and then went back up to where we had initially seen him. He started coming back again through the grassy area he had just come through a few minutes prior a second time.
He walked what looked like to be a few feet from an Aspen tree that had just walked by a few minutes ago. All of a sudden he turned and pounced and we heard the fawn bawl (2nd pic).
Two does came running, they had obviously heard the fawn too. The does came in to about 30 yards, would run away for a few seconds, and come right back. Heard two more brawls from the fawn and that was it.
I think the bear was not actually grazing as we had initially thought, but rather he was hunting a scentless fawn. Guessing there must have been some afterbirth in the area that originally got this guy's attention.
I have read over the years about bears being hard on fawn and calf populations, but have never experienced anything like what I witnessed today. Mother nature showed all her attributes today, both good and bad.
This happened in a city where the DOW had presented a few options to the city council to help alleviate the overabundance of deer in town. And not surprisingly, council failed to act to allow any form of deer control within city limits.
Willing to bet that if more folks start experiencing these kinds of encounters, council will probably be asked to get DOW to get rid of bears in town.
Mother nature is amazing!!
