“If they couldn’t tell the difference between a black bear and a grizzly, they shouldn’t have been hunting.”
I have a beautiful bear rug. It is the same color as a grizzly bear, could easily be mistaken for a baby grizzly but its a black bear specis. I shot this bear in Colorado some years ago with a bow and arrow. I understand a large percentage of the black bear population in Colorado are other than black. At least they were at that time.
Okay, I read about them and here’s the gist of what I found:
Dished nose, smallish, rounded ears and a hump over the shoulders: grizzly.
Roman nose, larger, pointed ears, no shoulder hump: black bear.
Also, honking big claws: grizzly.
Much smaller claws: black bear.