Bear Stomach Contents

[riverswild]

Not sure how many of you do this, but I try to cut open the stomach of as many bears as I can, especially when we are not sure what they are feeding on.

Years ago I saw the contents of 3 bears that were killed the same week within a couple miles of each other and they all had completely different things inside.
One had nothing but red huckleberries.
One had a stomach full of Salal leaves (looked like salad)l One was full of wood pulp and grubs.

In the past I have also found fawns, cambium and even surveyors ribbon.

Fall bear full of Evergreen huckleberry.

Spring bear full of grass and Salmon berry flowers.

Spring bear cambium.

Spring bear surveyors ribbon and grass.

 

[trapper2]

thats pretty neat, i do the same thing with coyotes

 

[bigfish57]

I have never done this with my bear but often times do with deer. Preaty interesting.

 

[borkon]

in minnesota i've done this to fall bear. most things found were chockcherries,acorns,field corn,field sunflowers,but the most interesting thing was mushrooms. not sure what kind but the stomack was full. the one's i found growing were about 8-12 inches tall with a pancake type head and a skinny stalk. great post and pictures

 

[riverswild]

I have also found mushrooms in a bears stomach. Usually only a few at a time but never full. That would make an interesting picture.