Slough Creek Bear Watching - Yellowstone National Park
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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This is a day hike that starts at the Slough Creek trailhead, turn around at the YNP boundary, and comes back to the trailhead. It is beautiful on Slough Creek in the month of June and there is a lot of wildlife to observe.
Thanks for not adding any music, but letting nature treat us unadulterated. Your talents are expressive!
unadulterated ! wow
Awwwwww. Catching that little cub and his frustration of trying to scratch that darn itch away without too much success was great! Thanks so much for taking us along!
Love all of Stans documentation of wildlife and nature. I agree not having the music is how it’s seen and how it should be on videos. Also I might add I recently bought a large print Stan did of an owl. I gave it to my mother and father as present just yesterday. Thank you Stan
Thanks for not wasting time talking over the images. That's my kind of hiking video!
No BS in the title either, such as " Deadly Bear Encounter, Mother and Cubs" to fool folks into clicking. I also like the fact he avoids the Narcissistic impulse to have his face on camera. Good peaceful video.
Thank you Stan Mills for bringing us along sharing the incredible beauty of the area and letting us safely see a momma bear with her adorable cubs!
I wonder what animal was making those first sounds. It sounded somewhat like coyotes or foxes, but I’m not sure! It was similar to a yelping or barking sound?? 😊
Love watching your videos! The Momma black bear nursing her two cubs was sweet. The one cub had an itch he/she couldn't scratch!
I was hiking that trail a couple weeks ago. I ran into a black bear with 2 cubs on way back to the trailhead. It was about 400 yards from out, I heard her footprints, looked over small hill off trail, she was at the base of tree and cubs were in the tree. She was about 30 yards away at the time, she was a cool customer though and stayed with cubs as i backed off slowly. She did look right at me and watch me back off. I love that trail!
Some of the best footage of a black bear and her cubs in the wild I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing.
Truly the earth is a lovely place. Thank you so much for bringing this to us. A masterful film in a minimalist way. Absolute best to you. -- Michael
I could have watched them cubs all day. I've always wanted to see bears in person but never had the chance. My favorite are Grizzly bears. Thank you.
Made me so homesick for Slough Creek. Baby Bear was sure a character. What a treat!
I love your posts, everyone comments how they like you do not add music to ruin a nice video. Your videos inspire me to dig out my gear to do some hiking again, I hope there are many others that will feel the same. Thank you.
I could watch you watching the bears all day long.
Cute baby bears love watching them 🐻🐻😍
that little one was so adorable!
I loved your video. Thanks for including a map at the beginning; that was so helpful.
Thank you so much❤ for your kindness in sharing
your videos are so calming. just pure nature, it speaks for itself. you capture it perfectly thank you!
Thank you for keeping the natural audio! Now I can know what I’m hearing if I come across an unseen crane or owl. Great footage to show what to expect (on a very lucky day) out in Yellowstone! 😁👏
I did that exact hike June 2018. Fantastic trail. When you ran into the momma black bear and cubs looks like the same area I encounter a momma black bear with 2 cubs. Big memory for me!
Thank you so much for sharing! We felt as if we were strolling right along with you.
Yes - so glad you spotted her and the cubs before you go too close! Really fun to watch!
Thank you ! This is awesome. I get to travel places I may never get to visit through your beautiful and natural videos. I’m sure you must have quite a zoom to get those bear shots! The cubs are precious.
I’m at slough creek rite now......you inspired me to come here with my dog!!!!!
Love this, Stan! I am just seeing this one, but saw a short clip in one of your later videos. Such cuteness with mom and her two cubs!!! You would think the mom would have gone over and licked the ants off the baby or whatever it was. Guess doing that would ruin the learning process for the baby. Ha!
Both of my adult kids live in Big Sky. I'm hoping to visit right after Labor Day and go camping in Yellowstone. I loved your video, especially the mother black bear with her two little cubs! What an amazing sighting to watch her nursing them. Very sweet! 💕🐻💕
Thank you, Mr Mills.. Your videos are edifying and inspiring. Keep them coming !
I too like the way you let the scenery and the wildlife tell the story.
What amazing bear video , so cute watching those baby cubs , an there Mama. Nice green grass for them to eat. Alot of nice scenery, beautiful day at slough.thank you Stan.
I love seeing and hearing all the sights of nature as if I am there.
I live vicariously through your travel experiences - many thanks!
I'm sure you know how blessed you are to simply do what you do where you do it. It's a special place and I can tell you understand that. God bless you and good luck on all your future endeavors.
Magnificent. looks like you were stuck there for quite awhile.. Great vid. Thanks
Terrific video, as usual, Stan. And your editing is also great. I agree: all we want with your video is the visual and natural audio, no music overlay.
20 years ago was camping at slough wirh just a tarp vstrung between trees, open on the ends. Dawn my girlfriend wakes me up bloody screaming that a bear was sniffing her face.
I hop out and about that time a wide eyed terrified hiker looking into camp area saying a damn bear came running full speed at him down the trail out if camp and had to jump for it.
My girl woke up with the bear in her face, she screamed, fortunately scaring the bear into the hikers path.
She never camped with me again. 🙂
She probably never camped out with anyone again!
@@johnisbell574 😃
Dawn lost out on a lot of exciting camping trips. Poor gal.....You gotta find a woman made from sturdy stock, good birthing hips, someone who can kill the meat and cook it. 👍
She's nursing right there by the trail omg ❤❤
Most natural bear watching video ive seen 👍
Mark, thank you for all your comments. You watched a lot of videos today. Thank you.
@@StanMills Always watch your Videos & tell others 1st time you commented im blessed
Stan , Thank you for sharing. Your hikes are so enjoyable & relaxing to watch. Also the natural sounds , no music are very nice. 👍👍😊
Absolutely superb piece of work. Thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks fir taking the time and trouble AND fir sharing it with us.
I love all the Yellowstone area, go back every chance I get
Thank you Stan for the serene experiential and so well captured gift of nature and sharing your treks!
Loved watching that, thanks.
This was a lovely video Stan. Enjoy all of your videos so much!! Thank you!
That was awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Ty for no music and a wonderful trip
When I watch your videos I feel like Im watching NAT GEO!!! FYI I didn't know Owls made that kind of noise! Awesome!
AMAZING video! Thank you sooooo much for sharing with us!
I loved that video. Appreciated the sounds of nature is as important as the view.
Thanks for sharing this awesome video with us all. 👏 I really love the sound of nature 💝
How lovely
I love the little Cubs with their Mom
Best yet!!! Thank u
Beautiful video, so relaxing!
I wanted to visit Yellowstone but it was not meant to be so now I'm and "armchair traveler". Beautiful well done video. Thank you for sharing.
This is opposite of what you would see in Shenandoah NP or the Smokies. There they send cubs up trees when around humans (unless you seek them out in secluded wooded areas like some professional photographers do). The fact that she nursed her cubs right in front of you shows no fear of humans on her part. I'm guessing that some hikers drop food and food wrappers (wildlife eat those, too) on the trails and that is why she hung around the trail so long unconcerned with your presents. Interesting to see this behavior in Yellowstone.
@@noreenn6976 Bears may have poor eyesight but their sense of smell is much better than humans. She can smell him, I'm sure.
Very good footage. Thanks. Loved it
Good thing you spotted her before she took up nursing behind that tree. That could have been an even closer encounter.
Public Places Wild Spaces The whole encounter seemed very dangerous to me
@@martinyuhas929 You do understand that his camera has a 65X zoom, right? He could be a couple hundred yards away.
Great video. I did this same hike the day before you did this and saw that same cinnamon coloured black bear. I could have seen more but wasn't brave enough to start at 5am.
lovely and relaxing video to watch
What an amazing day. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing... I'm wondering if you've ever had to use bear spray...awesome footage!!
This is amazing. Thanks so much.
I believe that was a Long-eared owl, Stan.
Wondering how far away you were from the mom and cubs. She seemed to be looking directly at you and was unconcerned.
Perfect area.
wonderful to watch !!!
Itchy baby stole the show!
awesome bear footage!
I think it about 22 miles round trip no matter what time of day it is undertaken.
Awl ...... or ....... Owl
I guess that depends on what part of the country your from. My friends husbands name is Ed. It's a ony syllable word. She's from Southeast Missouri. She says his name like a three syllable word, Edddddd. It's the drawl. Awl or Owl. Is it y'all or Ya'll or you all? It just depends. 😁❤
The most important thing is that you don't do harm to those beautiful creatures 🙏
That is the way I believe also.
We did that "day" hike back in the late 80's. 3.5 hours up, fished for 7 hours and 3.5 hours out. Our bodies paid for it the next couple days but it was worth it because the fishing was really good back then. By every measure it's nowhere near as good now
By what measure? It certainly gets way more pressure now, no question about that. I fished it in the late 60's, through the 70's and 80's, and the last time in the mid 90's. Stellar throughout. I'm kind of dating myself here. I live not not far away and reports are that it's as good as ever.
john bradford Betcha the fish hate your old ass there. Just kidding. Be nice to those bears there.
The fishing in the 1st meadow is not even close to what it was back then. It's over fished and the numbers have been down for a while. Go up there now when the cutts are spawning... you will not see the numbers of fish that existed in the past. In the 80's-90's 18-20" fish were paired up all over the place - every shallow gravel area was packed. It was unreal. It's still a very scenic place that has not changed one bit
Hey Stan, I will be the new Slough Creek campground host this year for 2020 from June15th to October 15th and will be going on daily hikes into the backcountry. I will have about 8 hours each day to hike and shoot wildlife photography. Sometimes I will have a 2-3 day period where I could do an overnight backpacking trip too. I plan on uploading some good wildlife videos to my UA-cam channel. Hopefully I can make some as good as yours! I was wondering if you could drop by the Slough Creek Campground sometime in June? I would like to meet with you and learn a bit about the area. I'm also looking for someone like yourself that would be open to the idea of having someone like myself join you on a few long distance hikes around the Slough Creek / Lamar valley area. Anyways, I enjoy watching all your videos and look forward to future ones too. Thanks, Gunner
Nomadic Tactical, that is great news that you got that job. Yes, I normally do Slough Creek in June. And I will check with you to find out when you can do it also. Thanks for letting me know.
Awesome video! Great job!
Stan once again providing us with some great photography of Yellowstone....
You sure make me nervous the way you trust that close proximity to them bears.
Your just asking for trouble, remember there wild Stan.......
I was actually impressed with how he did NOT try to get a better angle when the bears were behind the tree/bush. I think many people would try to go closer or find a better spot which would probably either scare the bears away or make the sow feel threatened
@@lcr136 hes not an idiot, but hes too comfortable. Like an electrican working on electricity, after many years you just are not afraid of it anymore. Then it bites you, blows off a finger or a hand maybe your feet, or maybe your life. Wild bears are the same way. Some days there polite, respectful, next day there nasty and pissed off. Yellowstone bears are the most dangerous of all because there used to people coming and going, and there not afraid, they lose that fear of man.
@@danelobe2524 Dane, I have not seen any comments from you this year. I always enjoy your comments. Hope everything thing is going well for you.
Videos like this seem to attract a certain kind of people....just look at the civilised comment section and you’ll see what I’m talking about
Poor little guy, he must have a bad tick or flea broken, he’s been scratching for a while now.
!My goodness, I miss Yellowstone! Excellent video, how close were the bears? Looks like a lot of zoom. I'd be tense!
Awesome
Awesome video! Would you recommend this hike for wildlife in early/mid May and mid September?
A. Mazing~~~
Lovely hike. Is this a popular trail? Do you see other hikers along the trail once a while? Seems like you have the trail all by yourself. :)
Yeah be safe Mate, Great footage but take care hey🖒
I learned people always got lost at Sloughs or tragic things always happened in a slough. I can picture two old neighbors talking. Hey Eustis do you know what happened to brother Eli? He was following the slough to the canyon last I knew and that was 10 years ago. NEVER FOLLOW a slough
Why do bears always have an unreachable itch?
Beautiful
tnx
yea a lot of nature to watch. after seeing 1 grizzly, and a momma black bear with cubs, ahhh when now is it time to get the hell outta dodge?
It's a good thing you didn't know about the Prairie Rattler it's the only venomous snake in Yellowstone.
What was the second bird making the loud cry after the great horned owl? the one with the long legs and the red crest.
Question to Stan, do grizzles and black bears interbreed, or do they view each other as competitors? Are Hybrids fertile if they exist?
BLADE STEEL Grizzlies eat black bear
I've never heard a horned owl make those sounds .
Thanks Stan
Those Sandhill cranes can be heard for miles.
Oh my heaven.
So do you carry a sidearm, or just bear spray? How about sat phone or emergency beacon? Just curious, and absolutely love your vids Sir...Keep it up!
Your videos are fascinating. Yellowstone is so beautiful. Do you always hike alone?
Are black bears rarer than grizzlies in Yellowstone?
I've been to Yellowstone once, and we saw many grizzlies and only one momma black bear with one cub.
Very cool.
new subscriber! thank you for this fabulous video. both the grizzly and the black-bear mom looked directly at the camera!! do you always hike alone in bear country?
I wonder how far away he is from these bears? They are not bothered by his presence at all.
150 yards initially. She came about 30 yards my direction before heading up the hill. That was good because I didn’t have to go up the hill to move away.
Do you think the little cub had something bothering him? He kept going to the same spot and licking it.