Had he not been injured I could have seen him being alpha. He does well with his foot (we believe it was caught in a small animal trap) it has been a year now he puts some weight on it.
She is alerted to a possible fish coming upstream. I was using my old Canon 300mm f2.8 for this shot, wish I still had it, I really loved that lens.
The salmon run was coming to an end the bears know they only have a couple more months to get as many pounds on as they can. Vancouver Island Bears don't really hibernate over the winter, they do however sleep more in the winter months.
