Life Cycle

Bear Viewing	Hibernation	Body Language
Physical Description	Preferred Foods	Research & Management
Life Cycle	Reproduction

January	- Denned bears are resting in a slightly lowered metabolic state - Some bears (mainly boars) may periodically leave dens throughout the winter season
February	- Cubs weighing less than 1 pound are born in dens
March	-Boars begin emerging from winter dens for spring foraging (mainly grasses, forbs, roots)
April	- Lone sows and subadults begin emerging - Sows with 1-3 year old cubs begin emerging
May	- Cubs weighing 10-015 pounds begin emerging with sows who have lost up to 30% body weight over the winter
June	- Sows begin driving off 2-3 year old cubs - Mating season peaks
July	- Boars, sows and subadults begin competing over fishing spots at salmon spawning streams
August	- Salmon feeding  (red, pink, chum) peaks in many areas - Bears start feeding on berries
September	- Cubs of the year (COYs) now weigh up to 80 pounds
October	- Bears feed on Coho salmon throughout Kodiak - Large males achieve maximum weight of up to 1,500 pounds; few females weigh in excess of 650 pounds
November	- Bears begin entering dens - COYs have gained up to 100 pounds in their first 9 months of life - Most impregnated sows are denned - embryo implantation occurs
December	- Most Kodiak brown bear have entered winter dens (in a mild winter, some may den little or not at all)

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