One of my goals has been to take pictures of wildlife while
they are on the golf course. I like to capturing a picture of the animal while
highlighting the golf course. I have
always wanted to take a picture of a bear on one of our greens at Greywolf. I have seen plenty of bears on the golf
course, but never had the DSLR with me or the bear has never crossed one of our
greens.
Tuesday July 17th I was able to check the “bear
on a green picture” goal off my goals list.
The best part is the bear was a Grizzly on our 18th
Green. The Grizzly that we captured was first seen on
the 6th green by a staff member about to mow the green. The Grizzly then moved across the 8th
green, through our parking lot, and onto the eighteenth hole. The Grizzly was a mid-size bear and we estimated
it to be about two years old. The pictures in
the slide show below are not great as it is challenging to get the camera
settings correct, while you are hold bear bangers, diving a Gator, and trying
to ensure guests and staff are safe. To
show you how fast a Grizzly can move I calculated it traveled an estimate .8 Km
in about eight minutes through some challenging terrain. From there the Grizzly moved across the
eighteenth green where we used bear bangers to keep it moving and scare it off
the golf course. I wish everyone kept his pace of play.
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| Grizzly on #18 Green at Greywolf |
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| Bear Print in topdressing sand |
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| Something you do not see on tee sheet every morning |
