Comments on: Bears in the Tetons http://www.ryanharperphotography.com/blog/2008/10/09/bears-in-the-tetons/ Blog Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:37:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Ryan http://www.ryanharperphotography.com/blog/2008/10/09/bears-in-the-tetons/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Ryan Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:53:34 +0000 http://www.ryanharperphotography.com/blog/?p=53#comment-34 Heather, thanks for the story, I too would have been hoping for some action mauling shots ;) Amanda, definitely counts ;) I'm certain I wouldn't have thought about bringing it home, let alone saving the skull :) Heather, thanks for the story, I too would have been hoping for some action mauling shots ;)

Amanda, definitely counts ;) I’m certain I wouldn’t have thought about bringing it home, let alone saving the skull :)

]]> By: Amanda http://www.ryanharperphotography.com/blog/2008/10/09/bears-in-the-tetons/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Amanda Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:20:47 +0000 http://www.ryanharperphotography.com/blog/?p=53#comment-33 Well, Bryan found a freshly killed black bear on the side of the road about a month ago. Being the kind of man he is, he pulled over and put the huge bear into his work trash can that was in the bed of his truck, tied it up and brought it home to share with the kids and his brother. They got lots of pictures and then burned it. He saved the skull and after much preservation has it sitting on his sink. Does that count? ;-) Beautiful work! Well, Bryan found a freshly killed black bear on the side of the road about a month ago. Being the kind of man he is, he pulled over and put the huge bear into his work trash can that was in the bed of his truck, tied it up and brought it home to share with the kids and his brother. They got lots of pictures and then burned it. He saved the skull and after much preservation has it sitting on his sink.
Does that count? ;-)
Beautiful work!

]]> By: Heather http://www.ryanharperphotography.com/blog/2008/10/09/bears-in-the-tetons/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Heather Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:31:49 +0000 http://www.ryanharperphotography.com/blog/?p=53#comment-32 I have seen a bear in the wild. My Dad and husband where up making a cabin in this small canyon outside of Escalante. They called to say that there was a small black bear hanging around the trash dumpster. So I ran out there with my camera to see what I could get. I have a 75-300mm lense that still doesn't get me as close to stuff as I would love. Anyways, this bear was a honey colored skinny little thing that was quite skittish. It ran away as soon as I showed up in my big mini-van (or maybe it was me being big since I was seven months pregnant.) But he soon came back to dine on the garbage. He came right by my back left bumper and about three feet from my door that I was trying to hold shut. I got some great shots of him in the dumpster. Then this dork guy shows up from town and tries to feed the bear by hand. I was hoping for an action shot mauling incident but the town cop showed up and scared him away. He pestered my Dad and husband the next day by walking right up to the open garage in which they were chopping wood. I heard that he died a few weeks later when he was hit by a car while eating some road kill. Now bears super scare me so this was a great photo shoot and therapy all in one. I have seen a bear in the wild. My Dad and husband where up making a cabin in this small canyon outside of Escalante. They called to say that there was a small black bear hanging around the trash dumpster. So I ran out there with my camera to see what I could get. I have a 75-300mm lense that still doesn’t get me as close to stuff as I would love. Anyways, this bear was a honey colored skinny little thing that was quite skittish. It ran away as soon as I showed up in my big mini-van (or maybe it was me being big since I was seven months pregnant.) But he soon came back to dine on the garbage. He came right by my back left bumper and about three feet from my door that I was trying to hold shut. I got some great shots of him in the dumpster. Then this dork guy shows up from town and tries to feed the bear by hand. I was hoping for an action shot mauling incident but the town cop showed up and scared him away. He pestered my Dad and husband the next day by walking right up to the open garage in which they were chopping wood. I heard that he died a few weeks later when he was hit by a car while eating some road kill. Now bears super scare me so this was a great photo shoot and therapy all in one.

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