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Offline syoungs

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Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« on: August 03, 2016, 02:40:05 PM »
Anyone care to share their favorite tip for the new bear hunter?

Ive never targeted them before seriously, this will be my first real go at it come September 1st. Gear is going through a shakedown run this weekend, rifles are ready to run, ammo is loaded, "no bait just bears" has been read more then once, Map from Bearpaw is on the way....

Now I just need some wisdom  :chuckle:

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2016, 02:51:29 PM »
Find food sources, usually berries in early fall but can be cornfields, fruit orchards, acorns.  Find fresh bear poop.  Be very, very patient, find a good vantage and grid it out with good quality binoculars.  Look at every dark spot, even if you've looked at it 10 times already.  Shoot for the top of the heart, be sure you can locate the exact spot where the bear was when you shot.  Get to that spot, preserve the location (GPS, flagging, etc).  If you don't find any blood or hair, keep looking!  Bears often don't leak much blood, and they can auger into the most obscure thick patch of vegetation imaginable to die.
As long as we have the habitat, we can argue forever about who gets to kill what and when.  No habitat = no game.

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2016, 10:15:30 PM »
I like to walk/sit then repeat on logging roads with blackberries on the sides.  If there is a bear feeding in them nearby you will hear, or see the bushes on top moving.  They are very loud when feeding.  I can't sit still very long, but I also like to sit over a clearcut for a while.

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2016, 11:24:21 PM »
When you see does with fawns,pay attention,My best time's have been 8;30 and 3;30. they can see better than you think,watch the wind. move slow..
    high heart shot is correct.
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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2016, 02:46:04 AM »
Pigeons!
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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2016, 08:34:50 AM »
Pigeons!
:yeah:
Look for the birds , if the berries are in then there will be a ton of birds , if your early or late there will be less birds. Also taste the berries , the better the taste the more likely the bears will be there . We found an area last year that had a ton of berries but they tasted terrible , there were no birds or bear but just over the hill the berries tasted great , lots if birds and lots of bear .

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2016, 08:39:56 AM »
Ok, pigeons make more sense now! Thanks for the tips so far!

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2016, 08:46:03 AM »
I was stumped by the pigeons reply. Thanks for clarifying.
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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2016, 09:07:41 AM »
They can be very hard to see, the slightest shadow hides them. Try calling one in. MAKE SURE OF YOUR SHOT and watch closely they almost always run a little then hide out.
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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2016, 10:04:24 AM »
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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2016, 10:22:39 AM »
Go slow, listen, then listen some more. In my exp they are shy but noisy buggers. Be ready and make the shot count. Personally,  i go for bone, high shoulder base of neck if you can.

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2016, 10:31:21 AM »
tag
yeah, let's hope they get a bear tag. 

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2016, 11:26:49 AM »
If you smell the strong odor of wet dog stop look and listen for a few minutes.

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2016, 11:54:49 AM »
Get high in the evenings.  Most bears I have seen are feeding up into the clearcut not down.
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