Bear in Creek County

[bill allen]

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I have some land in south Creek county where we run cameras year round. Checking the cameras it appears that in mid April a bear paid us a visit. Needless to say we are pretty excited. We never expected to see a bear on this farm. Anyone else have some unexpected bear visitations? The game ranger said bears are extending their range in Oklahoma.

 

[CHenry]

I have some land in south Creek county where we run cameras year round. Checking the cameras it appears that in mid April a bear paid us a visit. There are three clear daytime pics around one feeder and about a quarter of a mile away we have another pic of him crossing a food plot. All on the same day. Needless to say we are pretty excited. We never expected to see a bear on this farm. Anyone else have some unexpected bear visitations? The game ranger said bears are extending their range in Oklahoma.

I don't know how to post pics on this forum. However we did send the game ranger the pics which he said he would get to all of the right hands.

In the post edit box, click "upload a picture"
I'd like to see this pic.

 

[CHenry]

You can also copy and paste a pic.
But here in the lower right corner it says upload a picture.

 

[BobbyV]

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I have some land in south Creek county where we run cameras year round. Checking the cameras it appears that in mid April a bear paid us a visit. Needless to say we are pretty excited. We never expected to see a bear on this farm. Anyone else have some unexpected bear visitations? The game ranger said bears are extending their range in Oklahoma.

I have game camera pics of a bear in Seminole County. It was in August of 2012 or so if I remember correctly.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Pretty cool!

 

[MacFromOK]

A year or two back, a young (3/4 grown?) black bear was spotted a couple of times in Fannin County, TX (southeast of Durant, OK). One video clip made the local news.

It stuck with me because my Sis lives down that way.

Hmmm... I wonder if they'd eat feral piglets.

 

[druryj]

Dang.

 

[skyhawk1]

Pretty good size critter there!

 

[tRidiot]

Black bears have been well known here in OK forever. I saw what I took to be a dead grizzly years ago on the side of the road on a backroad in Pontotoc County. It was the same brown color and I thought maybe it was a big dog, then I saw the claws and realized it wasn't any kind of dog I'd ever seen. At the time, I didn't realize they were not "supposed" to be in OK, or I would have taken a picture or something - but then, this was well before cell phone cameras.

Also saw a mountain lion up by Konawa about the same timeframe, back when they were still denying their existence in OK.

 

[tRidiot]

Black bears have been well known here in OK forever. I saw what I took to be a dead grizzly years ago on the side of the road on a backroad in Pontotoc County. It was the same brown color and I thought maybe it was a big dog, then I saw the claws and realized it wasn't any kind of dog I'd ever seen. At the time, I didn't realize they were not "supposed" to be in OK, or I would have taken a picture or something - but then, this was well before cell phone cameras.

Also saw a mountain lion up by Konawa about the same timeframe, back when they were still denying their existence in OK.

Ok, I just did some more research. Maybe it wasn't a grizzly I saw dead, I was going by the reddish-brown color, but apparently there is a subspecies of black bear called a Cinnamon bear? Is that what this thing is?