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The Grizzly Book by Jack Samson - A Gallery of outlaw Grizzlies by W.P.Hubbard - Old Mose 1882 - 1904.

Ranchers living in the Black Mountain country near Canon City never tire of telling stories of Old Mose, a grizzly bear killed on Waugh Mountain near the Stirrup Ranch.

Old Mose roamed the stockmen's land, tore down their fences, killed thousands of dollars' worth of cattle and even killed their friend. He was credited with being one of the largest grizzlies ever killed in the Rocky Mountains.

J.W.Anthony of Indiana killed the bear April 30th, 1904. He owned a pack of thirty well-trained bear dogs. He was visiting at the Stirrup Ranch then owned by the late Wharton H. Pigg.

Killed shortly after coming out of hibernation, Old Mose was not as heavy as he was known to have been in other seasons. At that, he weighed 875 pounds, hog dressed. A clipping from the Canon City Record at that time says: "The skin of Old Mose measures ten feet four inches in length and nine feet across the shoulders." Reply