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Grizzly Bears

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  • Going way back.

    Going way back.

    I found this in my files from 2014 a young Girizzly in Knight Inlet.

  • Just having a good time.

    Just having a good time.

    A coastal Brown Bear from 2014 I found it in my files tonight.

  • Miles of Mussels

    Miles of Mussels

    A young female Brown Bear surveys the endless bed of mussels on the central west coast.

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  • A dangerous game of fetch.

    A dangerous game of fetch.

    Kidding of course :) This is Amber she is one of the orginial cubs in the Disney film Bears. Alive an well living in the wild. Her brother Scout is in the vacinity they have been seen together on occasion.

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  • The land of plenty.

    The land of plenty.

    A young female Coastal Brown Bear is surrounded by food, walls of muscles line the rocks, crab and rock eel are at her feet under rocks.

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  • Coastal Brown Bear Cubs

    Coastal Brown Bear Cubs

    The cubs are 1 1/2 years old, seen with their Mother who was a little to the left of the frame. A very low tide offered unlimited meal opportunities for the bears this day, rock turning exposed eels and crabs.

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  • Brown Bear

    Brown Bear

    This is a second year cub we found foraging the tidal area with its Mother and sibling. I can remember hoping and praying the cub would look up.

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  • Grizzly

    Grizzly

    We knew the Grizzlies were coming across Johnstone Straight by swimming from small island to island. If that was the case if we just might be lucky enough to find one which we did from my friend Anthony's boat. We didn't get too close for obvious reasons a big crop on this shot.

  • Running at us?

    Running at us?

    A heart stopping moment when we saw what was my first Grizzly on Vancouver Island. It came out of a ditch and started running in our direction I'm thinking at that moment would bear spray stop this big fella? Turns out there was a black bear cub it had in its sights, not interested in us ...whew. We yelled at it and it reluctantly departed, the bear cub stayed near us for the remainder of our time there it knew it was safer with us than without.

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