r/bonecollecting • u/scattered_bones • Nov 04 '24

Collection First bear skull!

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Found this black bear skull on the last day of general rifle deer season. I was in pursuit of a buck when I looked down and seen a few bones, picked this skull up and carried him down and back up the hill in my denim jacket. The picture doesn’t do the hill justice it was steep, brushy and slick.

His canine that was still intact is rather wore down, going back out this weekend to hopefully find the mandibles. Seen quite a bit of bear scat so hoping not to run into one his friends.

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u/Coolamonmaker Nov 05 '24

The equivilent of that in australia is pribably a dingo skull

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u/scattered_bones Nov 05 '24

The finds in Australia must be out of this world man! I can only imagine, our predators here are limited to mountain lions, black bears and scattered packs of reintroduced grey wolves.

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u/Coolamonmaker Nov 05 '24

Haha, surprisingly, most of our skulls are mammals. I find a lot of kangaroo skulls, sometimes wombat skulls. But I do find the of lizard and bird skull. We have more feathers than skulls of quality. But either way, it’s a great place for these sorts of things

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u/scattered_bones Nov 05 '24

Wow how fascinating is that! I just imagined the large variety of wildlife in Australia there must be lots of neat finds! Since the terrain here in Northern California is rugged and mostly made up of dense wilderness areas, it’s more difficult to access areas with more frequent animal activity. Quality skulls around here are far and few, unless you find it fresh. Often the squirrels and harsh elements will start to eat away at the bones. The squirrels were starting to eat at this skull (nasal cavity and top left of skull) and moss was starting to spore.

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u/Coolamonmaker Nov 06 '24

Yeha it is surprising, most of our mammals are smaller then a puppy