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Bear 747 at Brooks River
Bear 747
ADULT MALE
FISHESBrooks Falls
FAT BEAR RECORD
๐Ÿ† โ€™20๐Ÿ† โ€™22
Former heavyweight king.

Champion in 2020 and 2022, runner-up in 2017 and 2018. In 2023 Grazer beat the defending champ 66,687โ€“9,925.

ID MARKS AND HINTS

#747 has a meduim-brown coat with reddish shoulders. His coat regularly sheds out in a erratic pattern and during the fall months it is a full dark brown. Early in the summer, he often has a noticeable shed patch on his forehead.

His ears are round and peg-like. He has dark claws, short muzzle, and a medium-small, stocky, and squat body.

Bear 747 at Brooks River
Another look from the guide. Coats darken and bodies fill out as the season goes on, so the same bear can look like two.
LIFE HISTORY

First classified as a subadult in 2004, #747 is now considered an adult bear.

He is successful at fishing and is a regular visitor to Brooks Falls in July. He also fished the falls in September 2008-2010.

#747 does not appear to be wary of people on the viewing platforms near Brooks Falls, but is rarely seen in other areas with high numbers of people.

Since 2007, he has noticeably grown in size and as a result is not easily displaced from his favorite fishing spots below Brooks Falls.

Text and photographs from Bears of Brooks River, National Park Service, Katmai National Park and Preserve. Page 23.