These so called cubs will be on thier own by fall. As mom would have been bred again by then.
Our season doesn't start until Thanksgiving week, so those bears would be on their own.
wouldn't call killing a cub an achievement, more like an embarrassment.
I'm sure a lot of guys who shoot a small bear thought it was going to be bigger and are not thumping their chests like they shot a grizzly. When they slip the bear into their vest pocket, I'm sure they feel the effects of ground shrinkage.
You say you see these bears at the check station. That's becuase they have to check them. They're not there to show them off.
Still, your odds of shooting any bear are pretty slim so it's still a feat that few pull off.
My 2nd year I saw one.
Quick!!! How big was it? How much did it weigh? How old was it?
I'll bet it was smaller than you thought it was.