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A bear standing on the head of a giant turtle who is eating a twig?

I see an eyeball

bpjack wrote on Aug 19^th, 2025 at 11:23pm:

Probably a see turtle

She. I think she might have just eaten a hiker.

Is that on your new Raton Ballard Wes? I see it has the round ‘Mongo’ barrel.

Yes, big Mongo barrel. They just knocked the mill scale off and mounted it. Mongo like heavy barrel. Mongo strong like bull!!

Same bear. She hath been immortalized.

Another Ballard bear. On a #6.

Jeeezzz look at the claws on that first bear. Wouldn't want him hugging me... I am in Georgia and we have some bears here as of late but in 1969 when I was 11 years old someone hit one with their car and they had it displayed at our local "ice house" which was a small bait and tackle store. Folks came from miles around to see it. We were living in town at the time and when my father got home from work we all piled in the car and went to see it. At 11 years old it looked like a monster. Funny how you remember stuff like that.




JMH

Yep just what I mean. Those are some doozies...


JMH

When I hear Mike is going on another bear hunt I send him this cartoon and tell him to be careful. You can never be to careful.

Mike and another bear. Looks like he used some sort of big double gun.

Most likely kills at both ends.

must be running low on bears up there.

Looking at those Grizzly paws and long claws I fully understand why they don't climb trees. When I lived in Idaho back in the 60's two Grizzly bear experts, the Craighead Brothers, were about and primarily studying Yellowstone and Glacier Park Grizzlies. They had numerous fights with Yellowstone's bear management who felt the solution was death to any bear who hurt some tourist trying to feed them Cheetos out a car window.  They were banned from the park several times for protesting the killing of innocent bears. I recall one of their presentations where they said Grizzlies couldn't climb because of those long claws and this photo certainly explains why.   

Rick

Grizzly bears can climb trees. But not when they are drinking water. When a bear gets to big to climb trees that's when they can't climb trees. Black bear claws are better for climbing trees than Grizzly bear claws.

Only repeating what the Craighead Brothers claimed and as the leading experts on Grizzlies I believed them. Perhaps I should have noted the caveat ' Adult Grizzlies '. I don't doubt cubs and smaller bears can get up a tree but a big Grizzly might find it hard to find branches capable of supporting their weight.

I guess these days you can always find an answer to fit so when you told us " Grizzly bears can climb trees " I listened then you said later " I didn't know so I looked it up. " I started to wonder. Below is another take that doesn't fit 

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I should ask Mike. He's headed out tomorrow for Manitoba and another bear. Mike will know. I wonder if Manitoba has grizzly bears?

In the official song - remember Eddie Arnold's commercial? - it is "Smokey the Bear".

Bill Lawrence

I thought that was "Smokey the Bar" in the song...

I have learned a tremendous amount from this forum!

Hopefully everyone that has read this thread will think twice before leaving camp without quenchin yer camp far.