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10-15-2008, 12:15 PM
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Spring Bear Data (age)
I found this to be pretty darn interesting..I got the age of this bear back today..Anyone have any guesses..
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10-15-2008, 12:18 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oregon City
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
12 years old.
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10-15-2008, 12:18 PM
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Coho
Join Date: May 2008
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
Can't age unless I can see the wear on the canine's but looks healthy to say the least.
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10-15-2008, 12:27 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
I'll go with 18....you can guess on mine when I find out.
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10-15-2008, 12:34 PM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
10 yrs..
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10-15-2008, 12:58 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
I was going to guess about 10-12 years also. Good sized bear, gray in the muzzle. Was this a 2007 bear? (A couple of us are still waiting on our 2007 bear ages.)
Early bird, your bear looks younger than that - the older bears I've seen had considerably more tooth wear.
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10-15-2008, 01:00 PM
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Coho
Join Date: May 2008
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
I third the 10 yrs old, both look like good bears to take.
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10-15-2008, 01:04 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
I was actually very surprised..I guessed this bear at 7 or so...Boy was i wrong...I killed this bear in 07 spring and it was aged by ODFW at 17 years old...I've heard they can live beyond 20 had a hard time believing it....
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10-15-2008, 01:09 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
Count me surprised. That's a good one to take. Lived a good long life, got in some nice long winter naps, outwitted a hunter or ten, had some girlfriends and didn't have to suffer through a bitter end.
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10-15-2008, 01:17 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
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Originally Posted by oregoncritters12
I was actually very surprised..I guessed this bear at 7 or so...Boy was i wrong...I killed this bear in 07 spring and it was aged by ODFW at 17 years old...I've heard they can live beyond 20 had a hard time believing it....
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How is a bear of that age for eating? Compared to a younger one? If you have a comparison.
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10-15-2008, 01:37 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Springfield
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
Holy cow! Tha'ts an old bear!
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10-15-2008, 04:02 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Oregon coast
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Beamerfish
Count me surprised. That's a good one to take. Lived a good long life, got in some nice long winter naps, outwitted a hunter or ten, had some girlfriends and didn't have to suffer through a bitter end.
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Well put! What more could a bear ask for?
That sure was a nice looking bear!
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10-16-2008, 05:27 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Northern California
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
Nice bear Jody! But yeah, i wouldn't have guessed 17, i shot one that was 12 and thought he was ancient.
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10-16-2008, 06:25 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
Black bear can actually live to be in their 30's. Im going to guess that mine is mid 20's.....I'll say 26.
It was missing its 5 small teeth on the bottom, and several on top, with extreme wear all over the canines.........
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10-16-2008, 08:31 AM
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
My 2002 bear from Idaho was in very good shape and he turned out to be a strapping 25 year old.
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10-16-2008, 11:12 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
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Originally Posted by earlybird007
Black bear can actually live to be in their 30's. Im going to guess that mine is mid 20's.....I'll say 26.
It was missing its 5 small teeth on the bottom, and several on top, with extreme wear all over the canines.........
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I'll take this bet - I'd guess not over 20 and probably more like 15 based on tooth wear on a couple of old one's we've seen. Had a 17-year old sow that had virtually no teeth. Alot of the molars were worn down to the bone or gone. The canines were all worn or broken off. All of the little teeth in the front were gone.
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10-16-2008, 03:19 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
i'm gonna say 6-8 years old. great bear.
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10-18-2008, 03:53 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: May 2005
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
Quote:
Originally Posted by oregoncritters12
I was actually very surprised..I guessed this bear at 7 or so...Boy was i wrong...I killed this bear in 07 spring and it was aged by ODFW at 17 years old...I've heard they can live beyond 20 had a hard time believing it....
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Black bears can live up to 30 years or more. Oldest one I killed was aged at 23.5 years old.
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10-18-2008, 05:54 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
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Originally Posted by earlybird007
I'll go with 18....you can guess on mine when I find out.
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Good call on O.C. 12's Bear.
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01-15-2009, 07:04 AM
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Tuna!
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Location: Florence
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
22 it was.......Just found out yesterday. And the rug is done.
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01-16-2009, 07:10 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Banks
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
Wow, 22 years in the woods. If that bear could talk........
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01-16-2009, 08:31 AM
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Tuna!
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Location: Florence
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Re: Spring Bear Data (age)
Yea......especially considering the bear razorhead that I dug out of the shoulder blade.
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