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04-23-2003, 09:35 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: St. Helens
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Albino Bear?
I guess this is a 4 year old Albino Black Bear taken in Montana. Has anyone ever seen one of these in the woods. I have to wonder what would be going through my mind, if I chose to shoot a bear that looks like this. If I hadn't seen this picture, I would probably assume I was crazy, or looking at something else, and not pull the trigger.
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04-24-2003, 07:24 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Camas, WA
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Re: Albino Bear?
I have heard of and had friends who have seen "blonde" bears, but never an albino. Pretty cool looking. Rumor has it there is a blonde black bear running around east of Dallas, OR.
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"Hunt and fish, hunt and fish...there must be more to life than this...but I hope not."
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04-25-2003, 08:03 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Coos Bay, Or.
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Re: Albino Bear?
Hey, he shot Powder!
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04-25-2003, 08:41 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Mountaindale- between the Girl Scout Camp and the Nudist Camp :)
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Re: Albino Bear?
This thing looks like a hairy pig! :grin:
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04-25-2003, 07:09 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Battleground,WA,USA
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Re: Albino Bear?
The only time i've ever seen a white bear was in British Columbia on a little island where almost all the black bears are white. They are protected under Canadian laws. So protected they wont even let people know the name of the island. These bears are not albino though.
In Washington it is illegal to kill a wild albino of any species. Even the pinto deer around Grays Harbor are protected.
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04-26-2003, 07:25 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Casting into the bucket
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Re: Albino Bear?
The bears that Hen Slayer is talking about are sometimes reffered to a "Spirit Bear." They are a sub-species of North American Black Bear. Also known as Kermode bear. Here is a link to a site on the spirti bear. http://www.savespiritbear.org/about_...o.html#wheredo
Albinism can occur. I've seen photos of albino deer. There is a difference between albinism and color phase.
Mark
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04-29-2003, 09:56 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Florence
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Re: Albino Bear?
You can have an albino in any animal species, biologicially speaking :smile:
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04-29-2003, 12:28 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Ridgefield, Wa
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Re: Albino Bear?
I've never heard of an albino bear....except for a polor bear.
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05-15-2003, 02:34 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Keizer, Oregon
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Re: Albino Bear?
Corlyn,, You would have shot it! Then walked around camp talking about the two types of hunters, the quick and the empty handed. :grin:
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I think that might have been the take out point.
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05-15-2003, 02:38 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Wilsonville
Posts: 532
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Re: Albino Bear?
there was an outdoor show on not too long ago, that documented white (albino) bear. As I recall-- these are black bear, found mostly around BC and Alaska-- There are considered sacred by our Native brothers and sisters-- that's about all i recall--
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05-15-2003, 10:26 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Tualatin, Or
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Re: Albino Bear?
I second Miss B Haven, look at the snout on that guy.
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05-16-2003, 07:39 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Albino Bear?
This is another Albino Black Bear. It was up in BC. Photo by Michael Wigle.
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05-16-2003, 07:41 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Albino Bear?
There seems to be more out there than I thought....
Here is a good photo essay on a sighting.
The author asserts that the bear is actually a specific breed of bear called a "Kermode Bear". One that only exists on the West Coast of BC.
[ 05-16-2003, 08:43 AM: Message edited by: pdxkevin ]
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05-17-2003, 09:56 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Casting into the bucket
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Re: Albino Bear?
Didn't I say that?? :grin:
Mark
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05-17-2003, 06:20 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Albino Bear?
Yes, just found another article supporting your post.
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