Bears as Predators ~

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The Grizzly Book by Jack Samson - A Gallery of Outlaw Grizzlies by W.P.Hubbard.

Two Toes was smart. He would never go near poisoned carcasses and went around traps as if there had been a sign posted beside them.

All during 1905, he was never seen, yet he raided over three ranges and killed more than twenty-five head.

Once he killed two range bulls within a mile of Ferguson's ranch buildings. On that morning a cowhand saw ravens circling a creek bottom. Investigating, he found the dead bulls. They had been fighting. One was younger than the other. Both were of crossed Herford-Durham blood and had good sets of horns. The young bull had been killed first. Tracks showed that the grizzly had surprised and attacked him while he was battling the other. He had gone down at the bears first rush, which had come from some brush bordering the creek. The other bull had then turned his fury upon the grizzly. They had fought a long time before the bull went down. Blood, hair, and bits of hide were on the fighting grounds. Two Toes moved to another section of his domain soon after the bull fight. Ferguson hunted for him with dogs for some time, but never got on a hot trail. That fall the reward was upped another $100. Reply