Bozeman Bears

Along I-90 to Bozeman, Montana there is a place called Montana Grizzly Encounter. It's not large but the price to get in is only $7.00 so its not pricey. What you get for your money is a look at 4 grizzly bears that were rescued from bad human situations.






For instance, 2 of the bears came from an idiot in Florida that thought it would be fun to raise a couple of grizzlys. Really? As they got too big for the cages the police came in and had them removed.








One of the bears had been trained and the owners use him in controlled environments for filming. It helps to pay the bills!









The 2 guys that run the Encounter are huge into sharing information, allowing people to see the bears in a safe environment without using cages and they are a wealth of information for education purposes.

Bob and I were on the way back from a Yellowstone Association errand to Bozeman and decided to drop in for a little look-see.





Grizzlys' come in black, red brown, brown, dark brown. So do black bears. The way to tell them apart is by the large 'hump' in their back. Only the Grizz has that.

On the day we were there we saw 3 of the 4 bears. The 4th was off being filmed.

It's definitely worth stopping to see if you are ever in the area. As it turned out, we didn't see a bear in Yellowstone this year, so we learned more here and still got some nice pictures.

 I also threw in a picture of another Magpie that was hanging around.



The owners plant food for the bears before bringing them into the enclosure so they have to hunt for the food. It was enjoyable watching them walk around while getting a wagon load of information about them. All questions were answered well and we walked away feeling educated and have started referring people to visit.