Fat Bear Week, Round 2 outcomes: Bucky Dent, Backpack, 132, and 910 accomplishment

Update, September 25, 2026, 9:01 pm EDT: Bear # 164 (Bucky Dent) beat Bear # 151 (Walker) in Fat Bear Week’s greatest (actually) fight. The household of Bear # 132 beat Bear # 806’s household and in a fight of sis, Bear # 910 got rid of 909. In the day’s most uneven fight, Bear # 89 (Backpack) beat Bear # 620 with more than 95 percent of the vote.

For the next round Bear # 132 and her cubs will deal with 910, while Bucky Dent will fight Backpack. Ballot opens Monday at 12pm EDT.

The huge young boys fight and 2 sis go head-to-head in Round 2 of Fat Bear Week ballot. Ace fisherbear # 164 (Bucky Dent) handled to dismiss 2025 champ Bear # 32 (Chunk) in Round 1 and will now deal with Brooks River routine, Bear # 151 (Walker) and his magnificent rear end. We likewise see 2 households with remarkable stories deal with each other.

Ballot opens at 12pm EDT and ends at 9pm EDT (9am-6pm PDT, 8am-5pm AKDT). Find out more about the bears fighting today listed below and cast your vote at explore.org

Bear # 132 and cubs vs. Bear # 806 and cubs

Mother Bear # 132 boasts among Fat Bear Week’s a lot of engaging stories. She dealt with obstacles this summertime when among her spring cubs separated from the household. Bear # 132 emerged from rest this year with 3 spring cubs, her 4th recognized litter. Around mid-July, among her cubs in some way wound up by itself and was later on spotted roaming the Brooks River location unaccompanied. The cub attempted approaching other households, just to be repelled or overlooked.

Cubs without a mom’s security face many hazards– attacks from other bears, hunger, and more dangerous dangers. Bear # 132’s cub handled to make it through and reunited with its household after a number of days alone. This is Bear # 132’s very first look at Fat Bear Week.

Bear # 806 made headings this summertime after being at the center of a stunning story: She assaulted, eliminated, and consumed an unassociated spring cub on July 28. The live-cams recorded the brown bear cub being eliminated and consumed by 806 as her spring cubs searched. The eliminated cub was the kid of Bear # 909, a 10-year-old brown bear. Bear # 909 began the season with 2 cubs, however has actually now lost both. 909 likewise dominated in the preliminary and might face her cub’s killer in the next round.

Bear # 806 had her own 2 cubs with her sometimes of the attack: a 2.5-year-old cub and 1.5-year-old cub. The 2.5-year-old cub, nicknamed “Biggie” (Junior # 128), was embraced by Bear # 806 previously this spring after being deserted by her mom, two-time Fat Bear Week champ Grazer. Bear # 806’s cubs were seen communicating with the cub prior to the attack. After pursuing and eliminating the cub, Bear # 806 was seen eating the cub’s body. Park rangers think that this was the very first recorded case of infanticide by a female adult that’s occurred at Brooks River. This is likewise Bear # 806’s very first time contending in Fat Bear Week.

Bear # 909 vs. Bear # 910

It’s sister vs. sis in Round 2 of Fat Bear Week.

As discussed previously, Bear # 909 belonged to Katmai’s many stunning and awful stories this summertime. On July 28, she lost her just making it through 2026 cub in an attack by Bear # 806. 909 began the season with 2 cubs however lost her initially remaining in unidentified situations before the death of her 2nd cub. After the attack, she was seen near where the event happened, repeling other bears.

“She showed her strength in the face of loss by browsing the remainder of the summertime with decision and ability,” explore.org states of 909. “The effort is shown in her numerous body fat.”

She is the offspring Bear # 409 Beadnose, a two-time Fat Bear Week champ( 2015 and 2018 ), and sibling to 910, who she now deals with in Round 2 of ballot . She made her Fat Bear Week launching in 2025.

Not just are 909 and 910 sis, they’re likewise at the center of an interesting household dynamic.

In 2022, 910 mixed her household with her sibling Bear # 909’s household. While doing so, she embraced her sis’s 2.5-year-old female yearling cub(a 1- to 2-year-old cub still with its mom ), while she herself had a spring cub(a first-year cub that was born over the winter season and emerges in the spring). Adoptions like these are extremely uncommon in the wild, and it is thought to be just the 2nd such adoption at Katmai. She likewise made her Fat Bear Week launching in 2025.

Bear # 620 vs. Bear # 89(Backpack )

Subadult Bear # 620 is likewise a member of Katmai’s ‘Brady Bunch’mixed household. In 2023, Bear # 620’s mom Bear # 910 mixed her household with her sibling Bear # 909’s household in an occasion seldom observed among Brown Bears. 620 was raised with her cousin, Bear # 690 (Bean), who won the Fat Bear Week Junior competitors in 2022. Both her mommy and her auntie are likewise still in the competitors and taking on versus each other today. This is her very first year completing in Fat Bear Week and she deals with a powerful opposition with a devoted online following.

Bear # 89 (Backpack)is the 10.5-year-old child of Bear # 435 (Holly), the 2019 Fat Bear Week champHe may have one of the most enjoyable label on the Brooks River, which he made due to the fact that of his routine of getting on his mom’s back as a cub when the set browsed the Brooks River waters.

Knapsack has actually needed to battle to endure. In 2007 as a yearling, he emerged in the spring with a considerable leg injury that avoided him from strolling effectively. Rangers feared he may not make it through the season. With assistance from him mommy, he recuperated and has actually emerged as a constant citizen at Brooks Falls.

Bear # 151( Walker)vs. Bear # 164 (Bucky Dent )

The chunkiest fight of the day pits 2 of the Brooks River’s the majority of dominant bears versus each.(Editor’s note: This is likewise the most objected to fight in the . Popular Science newsroom with our editors similarly divided and increasingly enthusiastic. )

In one corner, Bear # 151(Walker ), an as soon as lively and chill bear who emerged in 2026 with a brand-new mindset. Walker has actually contended in Fat Bear Week because 2018 without ever taking home the leading honors. In his early days of completing, he lost to legends like two-time champ Grazer(2023 and 2024) and four-time champ Otis (2014, 2016, 2017, and 2021).

At the Brooks River, Walker is a routine. If Brooks River was the television program Cheershe ‘d be Norm. Rangers initially recognized him in 2009 as an independent 2.5 years of age. As a sub-adult bear, he displayed his lively side and might be seen in light-hearted scraps with other young bears, consisting of Bears # 503(Cubadult), # 289, 2025 Fat Bear Week champ # 32(Chunk). He was frequently described as unwinded and no-drama, in spite of his plus size and basic supremacy on the Brooks Falls throughout the salmon migration.

This year, Walker became a more dominant bear unafraid to protect his area on the hierarchy. More youthful males like Bears # 164 (Bucky Dent), who he deals with in voting today, might challenge Walker as they grow to full-size and maturity, and compete for an area atop the chain of command.

Bear # 164 (Bucky Dent) is a 7.5-year-old man that is so proficient at capturing fish, he developed a brand-new method to find them as a subadult bear.

Bucky initially appeared in the location in 2019 and rangers do not understand the identity of his moms and dads. In 2021 as a fairly smaller sized subadult bear with great deals of competitors, he had a hard time to protect a great fishing area. To discover salmon, he developed a brand-new fishing approach. He stood at the inmost plunge swimming pool under the waterfall of Brooks Falls. Here, he might capture fish that welled up from the swimming pool listed below, leaping up through the air, or falling from the falls above. No other bear has actually utilized this method. Now that Bucky Dent ranks amongst the biggest bears, he can fish anywhere he desires.

Bucky and Bear # 909 are frequently spotted looking for salmon together, and do not appear to mind close fishing quarters

Cast your vote Friday in between 12-9pm EDT (9am-6pm PDT, 8am-5pm AKDT) at explore.org. The total winner will be crowned on Tuesday, September 29.

If you ‘d like another method to support the bears, contributions can be made to Katmai Conservancy’s Otis Fund. The Otis Fund is called after Bear # 480 (Otis)who won 4 Fat Bear Week titles before his death around 2024. All contributions made in between September 22 and October 3 will be matched by explore.org