While I was there, I got a chance to see Snow up between Sylvan Lake and Lake Butte Overlook one morning. Later in the week, I witnessed the rangers hazing her away from the road with firecracker rounds from a shotgun. She's never caused any trouble and I have to wonder if they're doing it for traffic control reasons.
Snow (the grizzly)
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Wow, she's as pretty as ever. Surprised she didn't have her own cubs this year. Thanks for posting the images. She is one of the prettiest Yellowstone grizzlies.
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She's a little too young for her first litter, I think. Maybe 1-2 more years.Nikon_nerd wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:51 pmWow, she's as pretty as ever. Surprised she didn't have her own cubs this year. Thanks for posting the images. She is one of the prettiest Yellowstone grizzlies.
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RikWriter wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:20 pmYeah. This is rather upsetting. I witnessed the same thing last year. She was not on the main road but on the overlook. People were watching but at a safe distance. Two rangers came up and started chasing her shouting and banging on something in their hands. I felt this was totally unnecessary. Neither the bear nor the watchers were doing anything wrong. I just think the new Supt. does not want to use manpower to allow people to view bears that are near the roads.While I was there, I got a chance to see Snow up between Sylvan Lake and Lake Butte Overlook one morning. Later in the week, I witnessed the rangers hazing her away from the road with firecracker rounds from a shotgun. She's never caused any trouble and I have to wonder if they're doing it for traffic control reasons.
For whatever reason they seem more tolerant of wolf watchers. Maybe they have more political clout.
--Bill
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I'm sure it was Snow that we saw near Lake Butte overlook when we were there -- a very pretty bear! There were people parked along the road and a ranger was there, but she didn't haze the bear back from the road (at least, not while we were there). She was down in a gully, but at times was moving nearer the road (at other times, moving back toward the treeline). I was so excited to see her, as we never did see her with mom when she was young. Thanks for your great photos of her!
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