While this wasn't on the AT, I still wanted to share a pic of a bear I encountered in Manitoba today. It was a thrill to see this beauty and to have my best camera system at hand.

This shot it full frame, uncropped, but resized for easier web viewing.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/ChinMusicIHSS/Fishing/2008/Milner_Bear012web.jpg

Awesome photo! Hopefully shot with a long telephoto, eh?

Awesome photo! Hopefully shot with a long telephoto, eh?
300mm 2.8 with a 1.4X extender.

This bear was beautiful, healthy, and obviously ready for winter. I feel blessed to have gotten to see it. The surroundings with the lichen on the rocks just adds to it.

That's a great shot. Only bear I have seen close enough took off running. This one looked, interested.

While this wasn't on the AT, I still wanted to share a pic of a bear I encountered in Manitoba today. It was a thrill to see this beauty and to have my best camera system at hand.

This shot it full frame, uncropped, but resized for easier web viewing.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/ChinMusicIHSS/Fishing/2008/Milner_Bear012web.jpg

One of my favorites from Yellowstone

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=28109&c=548

While this wasn't on the AT, I still wanted to share a pic of a bear I encountered in Manitoba today. It was a thrill to see this beauty and to have my best camera system at hand.

This shot it full frame, uncropped, but resized for easier web viewing.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/ChinMusicIHSS/Fishing/2008/Milner_Bear012web.jpg

That is the fattest, roundest bear i have ever seen. Good one Chin Music

Fantastic!!!!!

Great bear photo Chin!

That's a BIG bear! Thanks for sharing!

Great picture! I thought the same thing a lot of people thought... It looks HUGE for a black bear. Rolly polly bear. :)

While this wasn't on the AT, I still wanted to share a pic of a bear I encountered in Manitoba today. It was a thrill to see this beauty and to have my best camera system at hand.

This shot it full frame, uncropped, but resized for easier web viewing.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b186/ChinMusicIHSS/Fishing/2008/Milner_Bear012web.jpg

Were you in a car or on foot on a trail at the time? Or something else?

WOW! That's a fantastic picture and a beautiful lookin bear, definitely ready for winter! :)

Were you in a car or on foot on a trail at the time? Or something else?
I am on a fishing trip just north of Flin Flon, Manitoba. So, I was safely in a boat. Not many people live in this area so these bears rarely have contact with people.

I am on a fishing trip just north of Flin Flon, Manitoba. So, I was safely in a boat. Not many people live in this area so these bears rarely have contact with people.

Which means it is wise to stay away from them, indeed. Totally habituated black bears are dangerous, but bears that don't see people often are most often implicated in predatory "stalk and kill" attacks.

Now that is what a bear should look like. So many of the black bears that I have seen look more like a mutant large dog than a good healthy bear. Its obvious that we need to send more small helpless school children out into the woods to help fatten them up.

What a plumpkin.
And I love the level of detail.
Good work!

Was this at Big Bear Lake? :D Thanks for sharing this super photo, ChinMusic!

Awesome shot.

The biggest thrill I get hiking is seeing bears in the wild.

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing...

Yup, its a bear. So whats the question?














J/K. That is an awesome shot. I always see their asses as they are running away. :D

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Such a beautiful an majestic creature! Great photo, thank you for sharing it with us.