The skull collected (with permission of Mr. Loys Newman) from Deep Cave was
delivered to Bob Slaughter, Schuler Museum at SMU in Dallas. Slaughter reported
that this particular individual, approximately dated ca. 1900-1920, placed very
high on the then current Boone & Crocket list of large bears killed in the 20th
century. The other bones from this individual were left in place in the cave.
Numerous bear scratches are still visible in the upper parts of Deep Cave,
including small ones which suggests a family of black bears lived in the cave
in the early 1900's.
- Pete
On Jan 4, 2014, at 10:39 AM, Logan McNatt wrote:
In 1963, cavers including Pete Lindsley and Preston McMichael collected a
black bear skull and bones from Deep Cave . . . (photo by Pete on p. 284)
