I Saw Grizzly 399 And Her 4 Cubs While Hiking In The Grand Tetons

My name is Gunner and I will be hiking the backcountry of Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons for the next 4 months (Summer 2020). I shoot wildlife photography primarily on the trail deep in the backcountry. If you know someone who would like this video please SHARE. I upload a brand new video every week so if you’re new here please consider subscribing to the channel. Leave a comment and tell me what you liked about the video and also what you didn’t like. I read all viewers comments and will respond. Thank you

[@WildlifePatrol]

After making this video, I ended up coming back every year and going to work in the area as bear management in 2021 and 2022. I've learned so much!

[@jeandiehl1415]

Now at age 83 and living on fixed income - couldn't possibly visit the area again, but did so much enjoy the memories that this video brought back to me. Spent a month there in the early 80's and loved every moment of it. Thanks for sharing.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thank you Jean. I am so glad you enjoyed the video! New video coming...

[@sando02]

Dear Gunner....your video brought me to tears. So beautiful, clear and amazing. I have been there 3 times and that sure is not close to enough. So we are moving out there soon. Thank you for sharing your art and experiences with us all. Absolutely amazing!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Hi Sandra, I’m so glad you enjoyed my videos! I must say the 6 months I have spent here with 399 and the cubs has been one of the highlights of my life! Thank you, Gunner 🙏

[@namidem2701]

Breathtakingly beautiful. It was like seeing old friends when I saw 399 and her 4 cubs, which brought me a smile. I watched the videos of the family all year last year and I miss them. Thank you for the upload.

[@WildlifePatrol]

You’re very welcome! I have stockpiles of footage from last summer with these Grizzlies and planning on uploading more unseen footage soon!

[@marianaalexandru]

Thank you Gunner for this wonderful ride. I love wildlife and specially I love the momma bear 399 and her cubs.

[@bjm260]

♥️ 🐻, GREAT 2 C 399 & CUBS. VIDEO WAS PHENOMENAL. WHAT A GREAT LIFE U HAVE 2 SHARE WITH PEOPLE.

[@frederickwatson557]

My wife and I visited both parks last year. had a wonderful time, best vacation ever. Saw tons of stuff and your videos just brought all those memories right back. Thanks a lot. you do valuable work.

[@mikepeterson7070]

Great shot! Love how you put quotes around the different animals. The bison running along the road was awesome!

[@trudyharris3908]

Thank you for a beautiful video! We just returned from a Yellowstone and Grand Tetons tiprip and had the privilege of seeing the Queen of the Tetons and her 4 beautiful cubs. She is majestic, as is that entire part of the country!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Trudy Harris I’m so glad to hear you saw them. Many don’t get the opportunity. I’m currently working on a new video regarding the history of 399 to present with the quad cubs. Thanks 🙏

[@trudyharris3908]

She's a gem and lucky to have you as an advocate! Thank you again, you do beautiful work!

[@voraciousreader3341]

I love all species of baby bear cubs, no older than these....they have the sweetest faces! But they have the curse of kittens, from my point of view: They grow up!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Yes they are all so big now!

[@daveandjolee]

Great work Eric. Looks like you're enjoying this great outdoors we have here in America. No better place. Great camera work.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks man!

[@ricknally8730]

Awesome , especially for us who may never have the opportunity to visit Yellowstone or other Parks . Thank you

[@glamperjan]

I watched this for the first time! GUNNER you are an awesome photographer! Good luck with the KZbin channel!

[@sgrvtl7183]

Beautiful! scenery, music and love all your inspiring notes. I HOPE to get there, been a long, long time. Thank You Namaste

[@kathywalter4799]

I loved your video. My husband and I were in Yellowstone and Tetons last week and just missed seeing 399 on 2 occasions. We saw many animals and babies, mostly in Yellowstone. Kathy

[@daverust8658]

Great videos Goose🌲 i spend as much time in the national parks as I can🍁🍂

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks Dave. Yes this is my new passion! I'm planning on spending most of 2021 back in the Tetons beginning in April. I'm gonna be live-streaming every week to talk about my adventures! Let me know if you guys want to come see some grizzlies!

[@clownofthesea2443]

Hello.​Wonderful​ video! I'm​ impressed​ so​ much! When​ watching​ many​ wildlife.​Thanks​ for​ sharing.🐏🐏🐃🐃🐐🐐🐅🐻🐻😁

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thank you too!

[@alantally5604]

I'm a 20 year Wyoming Backpacker. Been in the Tetons only twice. I fell in love with the Wind River Range, just 50 miles South of there. Four months. Wow! What a terrific change in consciousness from civilization. I like to stay out a minimum of 10 days on the trail just to get away from civilization. Check out the Winds next year before they subdivide the place. The main entrance is Pinedale. The Green River entrance is real good too. You have to camp out though.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks for the recommendations! I totally want to go on some wildlife photography backpacking missions!

[@elizabethpodesta9554]

What beautiful country hoping to get there one day love the wilderness nothing.like it breathe taking scenery love the wildlife luv from aussie

[@kirstins3774]

So gorgeous and soul soothing !

[@HelenaMikas]

Thank you so much for making it possible to join you...I really felt as if I were there ....Many greetings from Berlin , Helena .

[@WildlifePatrol]

HelenaMikas thanks so much Helena! I’m currently working on the next video! Stay tuned. Consider subscribing if you haven’t already done so.... Gunner

[@HelenaMikas]

@@WildlifePatrol Oh I subscribed when found your video on YT , Hence I was sent this :) Looking forward to your next.. Enjoy the day ...Did you know the bear is the symbol of Berlin. Look up civil flag of Berlin .:) Meanwhile have a wonderful day ....Helena

[@WildlifePatrol]

By the way - I use to live in Southern Bavaria 87-90 Tschüss!

[@HelenaMikas]

@@WildlifePatrol an amazingly small world ..:) Viele Grüße ..

[@HelenaMikas]

@@WildlifePatrol Oh I am well and truly subscribed .. Terrific viewing :)

[@worldtraveler721]

Beautiful! We just got back from Alaska! Some of the scenery shown in this video reminded me of that trip! 399 and her cubs looked absolutely beautiful! They are majestic! Thanks for sharing

[@lisabirdluvr9742]

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video. What I joy to see God's creation. I long to visit Yellowstone and the Grand Teton's. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@majones704]

You did a great job on this video. Thanks for sharing!

[@LindaSmith-ye3oc]

I just found this video! I was there for a week Sept last year. The beauty is unimaginable. Thanks so much for sharing your adventures and beautiful photography with us all. I wish I could back tomorrow.

[@WildlifePatrol]

I'm gonna be back there for the Summer of 2021 shooting more video of 399 and her cubs!

[@heatherblackketter1509]

Great video! Really enjoyed it!! Just got back from Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons last week, and I'm ready to go back...

[@WildlifePatrol]

I guess I’m lucky to be retired and able to stay here for 4 months 😉

[@sgrvtl7183]

I also shared on Facebook and emailed to several friends!

[@leebeck2317]

Great video! We're here for a week and still looking for 399. Your video showed her to us. Thanks.

[@Billy-fl4fx]

I miss it so much, I have been going out there every year since 2007 , I would have been there right now if it weren't for Delta I first saw 399 in 2007

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks Billy, My first trip out here was last October 2019 for 1 week and so when my lease was up in the AZ I thought it just made good sense for me to come out here. My first time I saw 399 was on the 3rd day of the park’s reopening like May 20th. It was at a huge bear jam at Pilgrim creek which I used the footage from for my first video! It didn’t take me long to figure out that sitting at a bear jam all day was not for me....Then about a week after that I decided to hike the Hermitage point trail in Colter Bay and that’s when I ran into 399 and the cubs all alone on the trail. I couldn’t ask for a better experience to find myself in when starting out on my 4 month wildlife photography adventure!

[@seekingoursomeday2650]

Incredible footage! Great meeting you today while shooting 399!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Hey you two! Sure nice chatting with you today! Love your show!

[@montananorthern]

As someone who visits this park every year this was an extremely well done video. A lot of these places felt like home. Thanks for sharing and hope to see you out in the field someday.

[@tamaramitchell9601]

Beautiful country and beautiful video! I found you because you were on JC Travel Stories. I hope you keep making more videos. These are fantastic and so soothing to watch during lockdown.

[@libby5335]

Very well done! Our two very favorite places in the world!!

[@angelagoode7224]

Thank you!!! Angie

[@VistasNatureWildlifeFilms]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing, I wish I could be there and see them

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks! That’s partly why I’m making these videos for some that are unable to come here

[@HelenaMikas]

Your videos are amazing and sum life and yourself up . ie ) Great .! Subscribed once again as it had removed itself even though had received my always welcome notification .Main thing is , I wish to say a huge thanks for all the joy your videos bring .I love going filming alone and taking my time to be with nature .Gunner, have watched all your videos and love them .They show how nature is a huge orchestra where every living creature plays a part ..A world with only the human species would be pretty dull .Stay well and keep on filming :) 👍🐻📹 Best wishes from Berlin ( city of the bear ) , Helena

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks Helena! Sorry for the delay here. I had to put my channel on hold last season due to my involvement with the bears. More videos coming soon!!!

[@reginaschwarz7443]

Thank you, Gunner! It is pure joy for me to watch your video. So fortunate to have seen #399 at a remote area! I like that you are sharing the information of the several locations so we can imagine where in the parks it was. Only music and written information is much better for me than chatting all the time.

[@randydorsett4119]

I’ll be there first part of August for hiking, hope to see you on the trail. Great video

[@WildlifePatrol]

Sorry for the delay, I should be around as usual....Thanks

[@turiansteele9180]

Wow 😍

[@maggiehogland1891]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful gift of this heaven on earth for those of us who can’t be there right now and soooo wish we were.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks Maggie. I was in an editing slump since my last video so I’m looking to change that within the next couple days!

[@jo_on_the_go]

Beautiful, Provocative, Inspirational..JourneyOnward 👣

[@bostonterriermomakasandy9722]

Wow amazingly beautiful. I’m so glad Jerry from JC Travels steered me to your channel.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks 🙏 I’m looking forward to uploading my next Best of 2020 in the Grand Tetons with Grizzly 399 and her 4 cubs!

[@melaniemay231]

Phenomenal video! My husband and I subscribed and look forward to your next ones! We love that area. We were so touched when you came across 399 and mentioned that was your first encounter! Here's to many more!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks. My first month here has been awesome hopefully the next 3 months are even better. New video coming in a couple days!

[@toddhugie]

Good meeting you on the inner loop road of the Grand Teton park the other day.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Yes it was! thanks for checking out the channel. Much more to come!!

[@barbarajohnston8813]

This is beautiful...restful. Thank you for posting it!

[@kimgo4518]

Bears just might have the cutest babies in the animal kingdom

[@WildlifePatrol]

I totally agree!

[@mommam.6101]

I'm subscribing because I saw you interviewed on JC travels. I'm looking forward to your nature videos.

[@shawnasachiko]

Loved all the encouraging quotes in this

[@peachstrawberry392]

Absolutely Amazing Video 😍 thanks for sharing.

[@hopeandgracetompkins3707]

These videos are beautiful. Thank you for your time and consideration to share these with others. God Bless you and your family. Amen

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thank you so much

[@meilicheng6066]

Been there, Love it ❤️

[@davidmay392]

We check every couple days to see if you have new videos. Love your work. This video was fantastic. Looking forward to sharing more of your journey - both outward and inward.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thank you so much I needed to hear that actually, I’m going to be uploading a new video in the next couple days. Thanks again!

[@flower-wd1om]

Qu ils sont mignons ces 4 oursons 🐻🐻🐻🐻❤❤❤❤

[@TheDanVan]

Nicely done 👌 Gunner!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks I can’t believe how well my channel is doing! Hopefully I will reach 1000 subscribers by July 4th 😜

[@missmelbayer]

sent by JCs travels and boy was he right talk about awesome footage!!!!

[@cindywhalen5768]

Thank you for your fantastic video. Looking forward to more of them. I love this area and have many memories there. By sharing this you give people that may never see this a special look. So peaceful in a crazy world!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks Cindy! New video tonight!!

[@cindywhalen5768]

Looking forward to New Video when it is ready. I subscribe and rang the bell!

[@vonda3229]

I so enjoyed this video.. ❤️

[@hopeandgracetompkins3707]

Thank you. You are very talented

[@xiatian9492]

beautiful video. great job.

[@mickyd2874]

I found this Channel Through Tom hobotech glad I found you excellent job I will be sticking around

[@Inmotion-nr8kz]

Nicely done! Looking forward to future videos.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks Lori, Yes I too am super excited about creating future videos!!!

[@elpasozooconservationeducation]

Thanks Gunner. Be careful and best wishes.

[@SanJuanMountainBob]

Very nice Gunner! I enjoyed that.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Bob Stone thank you so much Bob! New video uploading this week!!

[@Mrgurin]

to can be lonly cant everyone..! nice and GREAT Job... ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍

[@alboss1665]

Wonderful filming!

[@karenpriebe1552]

Wonderful!

[@louisefleming3117]

serene and calming

[@lisasomewhere88]

Great video! It´s amazing you got to do this for 4 months! Wow!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Actually It ended up being 6 months! I loved being there in my motorhome. I ended up buying a new motorhome and accepted a paid campground host/Bear safety position so I will have a permanent spot for my motorhome while I’m shooting wildlife photography for 6 more months! Have you ever been to the Grand Tetons?

[@lisasomewhere88]

@@WildlifePatrol So cool! I betcha you did! It´s probably a good idea to have a safer spot over there. And congrats on the new motorhome! We will actually get ourselves a new, bigger van too. :) Never been this way but definitely will make sure to go once life is back to normal and we have the bigger van. :)

[@WildlifePatrol]

@@lisasomewhere88 let me know if you two ever make it down this way!

[@lisasomewhere88]

@@WildlifePatrol Will do, definitely! :) It´s not the if, it´s just the when.

[@moniquegerard8102]

Merci beaucoup!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks 🙏

[@jazraag]

THANK YOU!!

[@vinnieb4200]

HEY PAL! your friends Vince and Jess in the truck camper from Slough Creek! Videos were so good we had to watch them twice!!! Excellent footage and work with the video !!!! Just after we left Slough Creek we had a up close encounter with a black bear at Tower Junction.... and then 2 miles up the road, we had an up close encounter with a grizzly!!! Our pictures are amazing !!!! Hope to see you again around the park !!!

[@WildlifePatrol]

vinnieb4200 thanks for the update! It was nice seeing you guys again today! Perhaps I will see you guys on Saturday ✌️

[@WildlifePatrol]

Hey did you guys head down to the Tetons to try and find 399? Good luck 🍀 I will be heading back down there soon 😎

[@jennybalman5789]

I am right there with you! Peace with the natural world

[@rjm3072]

Living the dream. Well done.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks! I’m trying....

[@acastillophotography]

Tk for sharing Question Witch trail At Grant Teton did you see 399 with the cubs?

[@voodoo-rides]

Awesome hobotech sent me to your channel

[@user-yy5ys8xx6l]

Очень красиво, рай для медведей!

[@user-yy5ys8xx6l]

И не только для медведей, национальный парк! Красота какая. Где же это, наверно СШАили Канада!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Very beautiful, a paradise for bears! yes it is!!

[@WildlifePatrol]

You should come visit

[@lifeisahighway4625]

there you go buddy!!!!!!! just bought a set of drums.....Rolls

[@paulalim1476]

Most amazing place I’ve ever visited.

[@WildlifePatrol]

me too! I can't wait for this season to start!!

[@debslifesimplified6406]

I found you on Brian's channel, I enjoyed your videos. I to have a channel, I am new to the You Tube family. It's about my tractor and my birds. Life in general on my two acres since I am not able to travel at the moment.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks for checking my channel out! Looks like we both have two videos uploaded!! Let’s grow are channels together 👍

[@halabujioutdoors]

Beautiful country; wonderful job! Do you backcountry camping, RV camping, or both? New sub here. Happy trails!

[@WildlifePatrol]

Sorry for the delay here, I am traveling in my motorhome and towing a SUV. I typically do about 2 weeks in each park alternating between 2-3 NF campgrounds and am planning on being here till it starts snowing again!

[@BrickBuilderWatts]

Awesome video, I’ll be headed there for 2 weeks in just 20 days!! Hoping I’ll be able to see 399 and her 4 cubs too! Also, that clip of the two adult grizzlies looks like it might be a sow and a boar courting.

[@WildlifePatrol]

Cool I will be shooting video all Summer long and into October!

[@shirleyduncan3653]

What kind of person would give this a thumbs down? Can’t wait until September

[@WildlifePatrol]

Shirley Duncan unfortunately there’s a whole sub culture comprised of some local photographers who have their own set of values relating to the wildlife here in the National Park. I have received harassing messages on other social media outlets from some of them who obviously think the park belongs to them and only them and if you get in their way they will do everything within their power to get you to stop hiking on trail and shooting wildlife photography even though a trail is opened up to the public. Needless to say I don’t cower down to being bullied and harassed on social media so expect more videos from me! Gunner

[@shirleyduncan3653]

Wildlife Patrol what’s wrong with our world? So sad! Once you’ve been to that area you will always carry it with you! It’s magical and I love watching videos over and over reliving the short time out there. Hope to see it again in Sept.

[@jessicaoppegard6578]

Why do people have to be so ..... annoying?

[@kellyogilvie4522]

Wow really, I just left Jackson & GTNP yesterday after a gorgeous week stay. Did not see 399 but was going to go to a very prominent wildlife galley downtown Jackson and throw down some serious cash for a photo of #399 and her 4 cubs but glad I changed my mind after hearing this. I am truly glad you got to see here and didn’t think of it as “the money” shot. This video is beautiful in every way, keep it up, new fan!!!❤️🐻

[@reginaschwarz7443]

PS Regina from the Black Forest in Germany

[@WildlifePatrol]

Thanks for watching! New videos every week! PS I use to live in Erlangen, Germany 🇩🇪

[@reginaschwarz7443]

Gunner, hope you feel welcome when living in Germany

[@seleldjdfmn221]

Great work. Hope You Don't mind me watching. Also, Can we be youtube friends? x3

[@WildlifePatrol]

Of course thank you so much

[@doylecave5497]

Why and how are you allowed to hike in areas frequented by 399 or 610 Good video but that area should be closed to hikers or whoever Dont need any more stress or pressure on the bears than they already have

[@WildlifePatrol]

Doyle Cave this trail was open to hiking and still is open to the public. It’s quite obvious in my opinion that any possible stress inflicted is more so due to these chaotic bear jams where you have a hundred crazed photographers stumbling over each other trying to one up their previous photo of 399, etc and only back off from the bear when a ranger repeatedly tells them to back off!! Now compare that reality to a lone hiker who hikes miles away from any road with very slim chances of getting a glimpse of a bear let alone 399. I’m no biologist but the fact I coincidentally ran into 399 while hiking is minuscule and still blows me away but with all that said, I would have to disagree with your outlook on the situation. Perhaps you’re not even here but I am everyday and I hike 5+ miles almost every day so I think I have a pretty good understanding of the situation. Thanks for your input ✌️

[@WildlifePatrol]

Doyle Cave I Also forgot to mention that the NPS has posted 100’s of signage stating KEEP OUT of an extremely large section of park land which they know to be 399’s habitat but this trail is beyond that closed area and is open to the public.

[@thetoyota124]

i wish i,d have seen the grizz;y and her babies,i think theyre so beautiful and i hate when people go and kill them/let them live ,god gave them to us to admire ,not to kill and these hunters make me angry,they go and kill beautiful animals and when its lying dead on the ground they say,oh isnt it a magnificant specimen,then why kill it,they dont make any sense to me.people enjoy them ,dont kill them please

[@WildlifePatrol]

yes I agree!

[@tooter1able]

About 7:15 I had enough......MUSIC REPETITIVE AND UNINSPIRING AND DRY....LOOPED!!!

[@kellyogilvie4522]

Sounds like a personal problem to me.

[@WildlifePatrol]

thanks for the constructive criticism I actually agree. I will be reframing from using music when possible thanks.