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The Bear Has Moved On

11/18/2013

 
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It was a wet day, but the guests hung out and watched as the park biologists weighed, measured, and tagged the bear. I new this bear was the biggest I have seen around the lodge. I was right. Joe, the biologist, believed him to be a little over 200 lbs. We are used to the little guys coming through camp. They usually weigh in around 75 lbs. This big boy had been eating his fair share of mountain ash berries. When all was said and done, Joe laid the bear at the edge of camp and administered the wake up drug. He moved back a ways and watched as the bear awoke to make sure the big guy was safe and went on his way. He did just that. He woke up and got out of dodge. We have not seen him since. Hopefully this experience will keep him foraging for acorns and berries. One thing the biologist pointed out was that the bigger bears can cover a good distance in one day. This being said, it would not be unusual for him to end up Gatlinburg as a dumpster bear. We hope with this experience that he will fear humans and not end up as a dumpster bear. We want him to continue being a tree hugging, organic food eating bear.

On to weather. We are currently seeing rain. We received a little over an inch yesterday. The high was 52º with a low of 37º. The trails are in good shape. No reports of problems with ice.
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Debi
11/18/2013 12:29:56 am

Those guest got a real treat for the day. Glad to hear all went well.

Steve
11/18/2013 12:41:26 am

Great, the goal is to see them running wild in THEIR WOODS. Thanks!

Steve Smith
11/18/2013 12:41:13 pm

would you rather have champion paper still owning the park ?

Sharon Arnold
11/18/2013 01:22:26 am

What an awesome learning experience. Thanks for sharing

Kent
11/18/2013 02:12:11 am

There's something mildly disturbing about that second picture. I think I'd pass on watching that scene, personally.

But it's great the bear has vacated the premises. I'll keep a good thought for his future.

IN Tony
11/18/2013 05:40:56 am

Kent: Help me out. What do you see that I am missing in the second picture?

Kent
11/18/2013 12:58:01 pm

Ok, I probably misspoke (strange mood, this morning.) I just felt bad for the bear...and here are all these people gawking and taking pictures. Kind of like a crowd that gathers at the scene of an accident.

I'm not making a judgement on anyone, mind you. I'd have been right there had I been on the mountain.

JT Mobile al.
11/18/2013 03:49:52 am

What happened to the bears tooth ? Coming up next week for Thanksgiving ,hoping for snow . until then.

holtknoblady
11/18/2013 10:37:18 am

Looks like this was a win-win situation. It's too bad that the bear had to be irritated to assure he doesn't return but that is much preferable to having him put down. We want our bears to be wild and safe and fear us humans. Education (of people) is the best answer to protecting our bears.

Steve
11/18/2013 11:15:24 pm

Kent, I understood what you meant. I realize most people are ok to see the bear treated like this by reading this blog. I wonder exactly what the bear did, most likely because he just "hung around". I wonder if people realize the stress that puts a wild animal under. Sad story how people don't respect wild life.

Michael
11/19/2013 12:39:27 pm

walked up the boulevard trail sunday, saw about 30 bear scat, and then a really fresh one then saw a big bear about 300 feet up the trail take off and run. he did what he was supposed to do and ran. Not sure if it was the same bear that was released that day or not, but a lot of scat for sure.


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