Glacier Bears?
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From: Bou'bound
31-Aug-14
Has anyone on the site seen or taken a Glacier bear with either bow or gun?
From: Nick Muche
31-Aug-14
Dream hunt...
From: muskeg
31-Aug-14
yes I have .... we took a Glacier Bear quite a few years ago and we saw one three springs ago while on a Brown / Black Bear combo hunt, the hunter could have taken it but he had already tagged out on a nice Cinnamon. And one time we took a weird Cinnamon that had a grey / blue undercoat.
All took place in my guide area in the Misty Fjords ...
From: Pete In Fairbanks
31-Aug-14
Guided in GMU5 (Yakutat area) years ago. Saw several up on the mountainsides. Never was able to take one myself.
True glacier bears (blue color phase of black bear) are pretty darn rare.
Pete
From: muskeg
31-Aug-14
There has only been 6 or 7 Blue Bears ever taken in S SE in the Misty Fjords.
From: bghunter
31-Aug-14
They have one at the natural history museum in Chicago and it is really cool, would love to take one
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31-Aug-14
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From: HUNT MAN
31-Aug-14
WOW. That is so cool. Where do they live. Looks like the coast?
From: Bou'bound
31-Aug-14
SE alaska and BC
From: bowbearman
31-Aug-14
I've dreamed of harvesting one of them some day!! They are the coolest color phase of all I think.
Aaron
From: writer
31-Aug-14
We saw one in the Wind River Range about 15 years ago similar to the one in the last photo.
Kind of a light buckskin-colored body, with darker lower legs.
We thought it was a grizz at first...cool-looking bear, the first my son ever saw in the wild.
From: Julius K
01-Sep-14
There was an article in bowhunter years ago about Jack Frost hunting them.
From: grazak
02-Sep-14
I know that Dr Jack Frost has taken one with a bow, I've seen the mount,very unique trophy for sure..!
