What happens when you bag a bear?

[Selador]

Speaking specifically about snohomish county.

Say you get a tag.

You bag a bear.

What happens next?

I mean, to comply with regulations.

Attach the tag? Do you have to call someone? Take the bear somewhere? Wait for a ranger? What happens???

[Guntrader]

Helps if you are a dentist..............
Probably a lot more requirements besides this

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01903/wdfw01903.pdf

All successful black bear hunters
statewide MUST
submit a black bear
premolar tooth per WAC 220-415-090.
Tooth envelopes are available at all
WDFW offices (see page 3). The premolar
tooth is located behind the canine tooth
of the upper jaw.
MANDATORY Submission of Bear Teeth Statewide
Crown
Root

If you kill a bear in Chelan, King, or
Snohomish counties, please provide
a premolar tooth, hair and tissue
sample to any WDFW regional
office within 24 hours of harvesting
a bear (see page 3).

[dreadi]

Then you dine.
C'mon, Uncle Jeff! Are you new?

[Selador]

Then you dine.
C'mon, Uncle Jeff! Are you new?

Yup.

[DGM33]

Helps if you are a dentist..............
Probably a lot more requirements besides this

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01903/wdfw01903.pdf

All successful black bear hunters
statewide MUST
submit a black bear
premolar tooth per WAC 220-415-090.
Tooth envelopes are available at all
WDFW offices (see page 3). The premolar
tooth is located behind the canine tooth
of the upper jaw.
MANDATORY Submission of Bear Teeth Statewide
Crown
Root

If you kill a bear in Chelan, King, or
Snohomish counties, please provide
a premolar tooth, hair and tissue
sample to any WDFW regional
office within 24 hours of harvesting
a bear (see page 3).

Seriously?? That's kind of cool. Call me! I'll bring the forceps!

[dreadi]

Helps if you are a dentist..............
Probably a lot more requirements besides this

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01903/wdfw01903.pdf

All successful black bear hunters
statewide MUST
submit a black bear
premolar tooth per WAC 220-415-090.
Tooth envelopes are available at all
WDFW offices (see page 3). The premolar
tooth is located behind the canine tooth
of the upper jaw.
MANDATORY Submission of Bear Teeth Statewide
Crown
Root

If you kill a bear in Chelan, King, or
Snohomish counties, please provide
a premolar tooth, hair and tissue
sample to any WDFW regional
office within 24 hours of harvesting
a bear (see page 3).

Seriously?? That's kind of cool. Call me! I'll bring the forceps!

PM sent to the future. August 1st is Bear opening day. [emoji847][emoji847][emoji847]

[NWGunner]

"What happens when you bag a bear?"

............they get really, really angry

[Soldier_Citizen]

Helps if you are a dentist..............
Probably a lot more requirements besides this

http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01903/wdfw01903.pdf

All successful black bear hunters
statewide MUST
submit a black bear
premolar tooth per WAC 220-415-090.
Tooth envelopes are available at all
WDFW offices (see page 3). The premolar
tooth is located behind the canine tooth
of the upper jaw.
MANDATORY Submission of Bear Teeth Statewide
Crown
Root

If you kill a bear in Chelan, King, or
Snohomish counties, please provide
a premolar tooth, hair and tissue
sample to any WDFW regional
office within 24 hours of harvesting
a bear (see page 3).

Seriously?? That's kind of cool. Call me! I'll bring the forceps!

You need help.

[Traut]

PM sent to the future. August 1st is Bear opening day. [emoji847][emoji847][emoji847]

It's been awhile, but August 1 used to be the eastside bear opener, westside didn't open til Sept 1. May have changed since the last bear I shot (with columbus), but better check.

[Wetpaperbag]

[os2firefox]

Hmm, interesting. Any reason why they ask for that? What information are they trying to collect?

[Guntrader]

Wildlife management.
Teeth probably age and sex, maybe more info related to tooth wear, discoloration.
Tissue sample....probably DNA to track migration, see if they are related to other bears around the state,
Hair:
The quantification of reproductive hormones in the hair of captive adult brown bears and their application as indicators of sex and reproductive state
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452076/

It's a lot easier for the biologists to have the hunter bring it in rather than having to tranquilize bears to pull a tooth.

[SFCRMSA]

Bear..good luck with all that. I would rather go eat a rotisserie chicken.