Bear in Fargo

[SDMF]

Do momma bears drive them away after they a year old ? A few of us have seen them up here but usually mature ones later in the year after fawns drop. I was told they are out and about looking for newborn fawns, since they don't carry a scent .

I kinda figured that looked like an adolescent freshly booted from the nest. Not sure if they get booted @ 1yr or 2yrs old. I supposed I could google it, but I probably won't.

 

[Rut2much]

Queue the dorks saying "hey bear"

 

[luvcatchingbass]

I kinda figured that looked like an adolescent freshly booted from the nest. Not sure if they get booted @ 1yr or 2yrs old. I supposed I could google it, but I probably won't.

did the quick Google search beings it is lunch time. What I quickly found is around 16-18mo, I'm not a bear expert but I would say that Boo-Boo looked about the right size/age. Still I would think mamma is not overly far away, as in a few miles anyways.

 

[Davy Crockett]

I kinda figured that looked like an adolescent freshly booted from the nest. Not sure if they get booted @ 1yr or 2yrs old. I supposed I could google it, but I probably won't.

That was my impression too, I felt sorry for the little bugger, he looked scared, abandon, hungry and lost . Hopefully he found his way out of town and found something to eat out in the wild.

 

[Jiffy]

I bet if you looked up attrition rates on newly weaned cubs you’d find it’s rather high.

I have not looked it up.

Well I just did and survival rates are high!! Like 90 %! Never would have guessed that

 

[Allen]

I bet if you looked up attrition rates on newly weaned cubs you’d find it’s rather high.

I have not looked it up.

Well I just did and survival rates are high!! Like 90 %! Never would have guessed that

That is probably true. Just the same, history suggests bears just come to ND to die. It tends to be a rough existence for a bear in these parts.

 

[bucksnbears]

Poo should be fine if he's left alone.

 

[SDMF]

That is probably true. Just the same, history suggests bears just come to ND to die. It tends to be a rough existence for a bear in these parts.

Loose cats, rabbits, apple trees, and bird feeders would keep a bear fed pretty well.

 

[Zogman]

According to friend in Pembina Co. there are a few up there. However they are very hard on the Pheasant hatch.

 

[Auggie]

According to friend in Pembina Co. there are a few up there. However they are very hard on the Pheasant hatch.

We've had bears go through the area every now and then. A few years ago, a bear was hit by a beet truck a few miles south and east of the St. Thomas beet piler.

Besides the pheasants, there's all sorts of critters that come out of the gorge. Moose were thick until mid/late 90's when brain worm came about. We've had the odd bobcat too.

In late June of 1995 I was following my Old Man with a water truck, he was leading with the Spray-Coupe. A mountain lion crossed the road between us and disappeared in a wheat field. People called me crazy. Low and behold, a few years later; we have a cougar season.

Elk come out of the Pembina Hills when the corn tassels and they stay in that 1/4 section until the combine comes. Then they go back into the hills, but have occasionally wintered in our yard as well.

 

[Allen]

Loose cats, rabbits, apple trees, and bird feeders would keep a bear fed pretty well.

I agree, there's plenty of food available. It's just that every ND bear story seems to end with it being killed by a human.