Norteno Report post Posted October 10, 2012 A coworker sent me this pic of a bear killed around Nutrioso, AZ. Thing is huge. Can it be part Grizzly, or just brown bear? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reganranch Report post Posted October 10, 2012 Just a rusty colored black bear that is big. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huntjunkie Report post Posted October 10, 2012 Wow! That's a big bear. Interesting to know what it weighed and scores. I'd say its s black bear on steroids. Has some grizzly looking charscteristics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues&Bass Report post Posted October 10, 2012 That is one big black bear for sure! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Sniper Report post Posted October 10, 2012 Yes, that is what is reffered to as, a "big bear". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ANut Report post Posted October 10, 2012 I think that would be a bear that has eaten well. Glad I didnt run into that one I would have needed a bazooka. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted October 10, 2012 It's a big brown-phase black bear that looks larger than it really is by posing the hunters behind the animal. Its short claws would give it away if we didn't know where it had been killed in Arizona. Bill Quimby 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted October 10, 2012 I was in Nutri this past weekend. Many of my parent's neighbors were passing around this picture and talking about the big bear. Some are claiming that G and F have sent off some tissue to see if it is part grizzly. One story even claims it had been planted in AZ from Ted Turners ranch in New Mexico where he has grizzlies in a high fence area. It is the buzz of the geriatric, dog walking circuit of Nutrioso. If you hang out at the post office for more than 10 minutes you are sure to hear about the local grizzly that was killed. I was treated a real buzz kill for suggesting it was just a big healthy color phase bear, fattened up on garbage (based on where it was reportedly taken), and a picture taken from an angle that made it look huge. Congratulations to the hunter on taking one heck of a bear! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted October 11, 2012 Well that area is not far from the last few Griz in Arizona. I saw one last year that I sure wondered about. It had a neck hump and Griz looking hair. And the claws were long and curved like it to. It was taken not far below Alpine. It's a beauty of a bear for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AverageJoe Report post Posted October 11, 2012 Really doesnt look too big to me. Compare it to the rocks and foliage around it and it is just a normal to big sized black bear. Compare it to the kid and man sitting 3 feet behind it and it looks huge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evan Report post Posted November 9, 2012 That is Darin Emerald, a guide out of Eager,Az. Emerald xtreme hunting experiances. He always has huge bear and lions out of Units 1 and 27! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nighthawk Report post Posted November 9, 2012 Great bear for sure. I am getting kinda sick of people posing 5 feet behind there animals to make them look bigger. It seems like everyone is doing it and it makes it hard to tel the size of animal. What happen to the days of being proud to hold ur trophy? Not sit 5feet back from it to give the allusion . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pwrguy Report post Posted November 9, 2012 It's a big brown-phase black bear that looks larger than it really is by posing the hunters behind the animal. Its short claws would give it away if we didn't know where it had been killed in Arizona. Bill Quimby +1 Nice bear but certainly not exceptional. I don't have a problem with the way people pose to make their harvests look bigger....I enjoy photography and the innovative things people are doing with their pictures. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjvcon Report post Posted November 24, 2012 Cinnamon phased Black Bear??? Looks just like one I saw yesterday afternoon in Torreon on the golf coarse. He went about 3 bills ... maybe a tad more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kidso Report post Posted November 24, 2012 Cinnamon phased Black Bear??? Looks just like one I saw yesterday afternoon in Torreon on the golf coarse. He went about 3 bills ... maybe a tad more. Did you hit him with a ball or the nine iron? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
