I have been told that when God created these creatures ( Martin,Wolverines, etc) that he gave them the same attitude as a Grizzly Bear but never told them they were not as big as one…..
Thank you for your comments. We are safe, but sometimes you can end up in precarious situations, so being alert is quite important. Spring time with protective mothers make Big Horn and bears deserve extra caution. We typically visit prior to mid-June or after Labor Day, but the busy season has been expanding. Our friend of several years has been a Gardiner, Mt., North Gate area resident of over forty years and has verifiable proof of several hundred thousand miles of park travel and has been a great help in our ventures.
Recent shot I posted a little while ago, also with some attitude and close due to no fault of mine, a little rare Marten: