Comment posted by Ed Cordes on May 28, 2007 at 9:25 PM
Nice to meet you - Both
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on May 29, 2007 at 3:21 PM
Hi Steve,
Nice to meet you and your fuzzy friend.
What is the story behind the photo?
-PB
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Comment posted by Cheyenne Howell on May 29, 2007 at 7:40 PM
Yep, a cutie you got there. Nice to meet you both. Would like to know the story behing the bear.
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Comment posted by Steve Harryman on June 2, 2007 at 7:45 PM
The story behind the photo:
I was writing an article on bear researcher Terry DeBruyn, who was doing a study in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Terry invited me to go along during winter den work to get some photos. Terry located the mother via radio collar and then put the mom out with a mild tranquilizer (from the end of a stick). While in the den, Terry suddenly brings this cub out and hands it to me to put inside my coat while he did some vitals on the mother. This little guy was shaking and cold and clung to me with his perfectly formed claws. A photo was snapped of me holding the cub. One of the great moments I've had as a outdoor writer/photographer. If you're interested, Amazon has his book on their site, "Walking With Bears". I was fortunate enough to have a couple photos in the book, including the back cover flap photo of Terry weighing a cub inside his Michigan Tech hat. Anyway, that's the story.
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Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on June 3, 2007 at 7:02 AM
Steve, nice to meet you - and what a fantastic opportunity to get so close to wild bears!
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on August 26, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Nice to meet you Steve. Your little friend doesn't look like he's so sure he wants to be there!
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6 commentsNice to meet you and your fuzzy friend.
What is the story behind the photo?
-PB
I was writing an article on bear researcher Terry DeBruyn, who was doing a study in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Terry invited me to go along during winter den work to get some photos. Terry located the mother via radio collar and then put the mom out with a mild tranquilizer (from the end of a stick). While in the den, Terry suddenly brings this cub out and hands it to me to put inside my coat while he did some vitals on the mother. This little guy was shaking and cold and clung to me with his perfectly formed claws. A photo was snapped of me holding the cub. One of the great moments I've had as a outdoor writer/photographer. If you're interested, Amazon has his book on their site, "Walking With Bears". I was fortunate enough to have a couple photos in the book, including the back cover flap photo of Terry weighing a cub inside his Michigan Tech hat. Anyway, that's the story.