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Credits to Mark Perry - Bridger Peaks Photography.

May 6, 2018 "Yellowstone was beary boaring today"...


(The photos are in order of the following story)


Not to be deterred by yesterday's bad timing , I made a return trip to Yellowstone this morning in search of yesterday's bears. I found them around 7:25 am (along with other photogs). The Obsidian sow and her cub were digging for roots when I arrived. The sow then began to explore other areas with her cub close behind. They explored the snow pack when suddenly the sow becomes aware of a lone coyote about 50 yards away looking at her and her cub. The coyote realized there was no need to get in their way so he took off into the woods and shirted around them... the sow and cub then went up into the woods and bedded down amongst some logs.

At this point, all of us (photogs) felt the action was over for now. These bears could sleep there for hours. I decided to head south and see if anything was going on by Gibbon meadows. I then headed back up to the bear location but no change.... then about 15 minutes later, a photog friend yelled at me and said there was a BIG boar 
(about 1/4 mile North of us) and headed our way at a brisk pace. He had his nose to the ground as he picked up the scent of the sow and cub. He crossed the creek and continue to proceed south with a woman on his mind... not food. He followed their scent through the snow pack and eventually ended up in the exact spot where the sow and cub were bedded down. (NOTE: I learned as I was photographing the boar, the sow picked up HIS scent and her and the cub quickly left and went up the mountain.) After exploring their bedded area, the boar followed their scent up the mountain and disappeared into the woods.

So WHY did the sow and cub avoid the boar? In the bear world, a boar will KILL a cub/cubs, which over time places the sow "back in heat" for him to mate with in the future. As strange as it sounds, that the way it is... Nature can be cruel, odd and ugly as well as beautiful!

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