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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2016, 10:29:20 AM »
Wow, congrats. First bear down for the year on here. That's got me fired up. I'm headed over to Coleville this weekend to start my hunt.
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2016, 10:31:07 AM »
Good luck Ripper! Hope to see some photos if you're successful. Shoot straight!

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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2016, 12:08:41 PM »
Awesome. Glad you guys got one so quickand a good one to boot.. My bud said he ran into you guys on that road.
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2016, 12:11:20 PM »
The hide on him looks perfect.
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2016, 12:23:40 PM »
Nice bear, congrats!!
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2016, 12:40:14 PM »
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2016, 12:44:59 PM »
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2016, 12:58:17 PM »
Awesome. Glad you guys got one so quickand a good one to boot.. My bud said he ran into you guys on that road.

Was he in a white Toyota Tacoma pickup with a canopy? I believe that was the only other hunter we saw up there opening day.
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2016, 03:03:56 PM »
Yup, it's silver with white canopy. There was a lot of sign on that road last year. One of my other friends even got pics of a nice mtn lion up there too. I live maybe 5 mins from that gate.
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2016, 03:13:20 PM »
Yup, it's silver with white canopy. There was a lot of sign on that road last year. One of my other friends even got pics of a nice mtn lion up there too. I live maybe 5 mins from that gate.

Gotcha, yep that was them. Yeah we found a lot of old peels up there from years past. I think we took care of one of the problems though.  :chuckle: We could hear him ripping into those trees and peeling the bark off before he stepped out and presented a shot and when we went down after him all the trees down off the road were stripped clean. It was tough to tell how old he was because his teeth were so bad from all that peeling.
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #25 on: April 20, 2016, 02:12:39 PM »
Congrats !! That's a great bear I'm chomping at the bit for Aug!   

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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #26 on: April 20, 2016, 03:15:50 PM »
Will do bowtechian. Ill make sure Corey reports back when he gets the results!
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #27 on: April 20, 2016, 07:36:38 PM »
Any of you guys who hunt mostly Skagit ever see color phase bruins? 

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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #28 on: April 21, 2016, 01:05:20 PM »
I've heard of a few color phase bears being seen and killed in the Skagit, but it seems to be predominately black based on most guys I've talked to and pictures I've seen of bears being killed in the unit.
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Re: Drew My First Spring Bear Tag - Skagit
« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2016, 09:52:54 AM »
Hunted hard all weekend and found very little sign and zero bear. Saw a few elk and some deer, a ton of grouse and a lot of beautiful country. But with the snow level dropping rapidly Sunday I think I need to give it another week or more. The pouring rain was bad enough but when it turned to slush and then snow I figured it was time to call it a day and head home with my tail between my legs. Hope we have some nice warm weather the next two weeks and I may give it another go. Anyone have any success? I ran into a few guys that seemed to be having the same luck as I was.
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