Black bear in Missouri – black bear on my farm??

[beenthere]

Not unusual around here to see spots on fawns through September. If cam picks up another one, I'll save it and post it.

I also want to see the black bear on this one.  ;D

[thecfarm]

Beggers can't be choices.  ;) 

[Bibbyman]

Nobody said I couldn't upload a picture.  I just figured everybody has seen a fawn with spots.



 

I think last year's fawns breed in mid winter and give birth later in summer.  But this one looks fairly big.

[thecfarm]

Nice picture of the spots. I can't really tell,but the one I'm seeing on my land looks smaller and no spots.

[Jim_Rogers]

Within the last few days I saw a fawn with spots on it here at my sawmill yard. Was pretty small.

Jim Rogers

[mesquite buckeye]

USFWS got this one with a game camera in the Santa Rita Mtns, just south of Tucson.

 


Here kitty kitty. ;D

[Bibbyman]

Well,  I've not got pictures of my bear on the trail cam yet.  But they had a young male male bear in downtown yesterday.

http://www.fultonsun.com/news/2015/may/25/multiple-police-agencies-fulton-fire-search-bear-f/

[SwampDonkey]

I think he's more hungry than lustful. Looks thin.

[gww]

My daugter lives in Marshfeild Mo and told me last weekend that a bear had been seen in town by her office.  She thought it might be an escapee from somewhere.
gww

[Bibbyman]

I think he's more hungry than lustful. Looks thin.

I suspect they learn quickly to dig into trash cans.

[Shotgun]

IMO that's a yearling in the picture in the paper in Bibby's post (Reply #131).  Cub bears are usually born in January and den with their mothers the second winter.  Then mom is ready to find a male to breed with and they make it clear to the cubs that they need to leave home.  The yearling males are the ones that usually wander around causing trouble, sort of like a teenager that gets kicked of the the house. The female cubs share a portion of the mother's territory, while the males are on their own to find a new territory.  The mature females breed every other year, generally in March (late) and April. It depends some what on the geographic location.