Bear Claw: 10 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Feb 19, 2026

Movie quotes spoken by Bear Claw, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 My boy! Are you sure that you can skin griz? -Just as fast as you can find them.

Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford), Bear Claw (Will Geer) in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

2 Can't figure them people down there eating hog when they could be feeding on elk.

Will Geer in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

3 You have done well to keep so much hair when so many is after it.

Will Geer in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

4 You know how to skin griz? -I can skin most anything.

Bear Claw (Will Geer), Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

5 You sure are cocky for a starving pilgrim.

Will Geer in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

6 You've come far, pilgrim. -Feels like far. -Was it worth the trouble? -What trouble?

Bear Claw (Will Geer), Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

7 Would you happen to know what month of the year it is? -No, I truly wouldn't. I'm sorry, pilgrim. -March. Maybe April. -March, maybe. I don't believe April.

Bear Claw (Will Geer), Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

8 Winter's a long time going, huh? -Yeah. -Stays long this high.

Will Geer in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

9 March is a green, muddy month down below. Some folks like it. Farmers mostly.

Will Geer in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

10 I packed me a squaw for 10 years, pilgrim. Cheyenne, she was. And the meanest _ that ever balled for beads! I lodgepoled her at Dead Wolf Creek and traded her for a Hawkin gun!

Will Geer in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)