Anyone calling bears?

[grundy53]

I've been out calling twice in the last week. No luck. Used both mouth calls and FoxPro.

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[grundy53]

Ha! I don't have a FoxPro, which is what I would like to use to call bear in.  But I do have a wounded bunny mouth call.  Anytime I read about calling bears it sounds like it takes about an hour and 15 minutes. Saw several people all say that same time for their bears last year.

First bear I ever killed I called in in less then 5 minutes. I was also cold calling.

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[Evoac05]

I tried the foxpro for the first time. No bears, but two coyotes came in. The hills came alive when I turned on the foxpro, a lot of coyotes were howling/barking.

[RadSav]

I have a friend in Oregon that claims, "I call bear 100% of the time when hunting them!"

Shortly after he explains, "They only listen to me about half the time and only come to say hello about 10% of the time."    "But, I keep calling to them anyway!"

The guy kills a lot of bear.  BIG bear too!  At first I thought he was just a crazy old drunken carpenter.  However, over the years I began to understand what he was saying.  When you start calling keep at it with little or no hesitation and delay until you are ready to leave that spot.  Don't give up if you don't see immediate success since there will probably only be bear listening to your calling about 50% of the time.  And even if they are listening you still need to find one that has the motivation to come take a look.  When one does...it's pretty darn exciting

[YJ Guide Service]

I wasnt aware you could use electronic calls for bears in washington. I guess they are considered a predator. I guess I need to try it then, just got a fox pro not long ago..Thanks for the info guys

[BOWHUNTER45]

I wish someone could video tape a bear being called in  I want to see some action 

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[bearmanric]

Leaving Tuesday back to the coast. Will be calling for my self both hand calls and Foxpro. Will be Videoing my calling stands. Have a lot of people emailing me wanting to learn. Rick

[bankwalker]

Leaving Tuesday back to the coast. Will be calling for my self both hand calls and Foxpro. Will be Videoing my calling stands. Have a lot of people emailing me wanting to learn. Rick

Can't wait to see and listen to the videos. I've been calling every day i go out and have called in 1 bear this season that never showed itself. I feel like I'm not setting up right or dialing the right number.
And I need to buy some better calls maybe. 

[bearmanric]

Bears are like coyotes. Most of the time they go for the down wind side. I call into thick stuff were there feeding or in timber. A closed reed tuned Jackrabbit works best for me. Mainly put emotion into the call. With your hands muffling the exaust. It will sound at times like a bear cub. I also do a long Wa wa wa for deer distress. Rick 

[bankwalker]

I just feel like my calls themselves are not proper sounding. I'm calling into thick cover and timber with lots of fresh good sign. Sometimes I feel like I'm blowing on the call to hard or to often not taking a breath between blowing the call sometimes.

3 seasons ago I used a cow elk call with the tube taken off. Without pinching down on the mouth piece it made a very nice distress sounding call. And the north bend area bears loved that call. Sadly I lost it when I had a bear scare the hell out of me coming in to close I threw it as I reached for my rifle 

[bearmanric]

If you want to pm your number i can help you with the sounds. Rick

[JimmyHoffa]

I plan to give it a try in Sept when cat season opens up.  If I try before then it would be my luck that cats would be all over the place.

[Kain]

I started a thread a long time ago with bear hunting and calling videos I found on youtube.  Cant wait to see Bearmanrics setups when he posts them up. 

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,30467.msg358738.html#msg358738

[Smossy]

Will a rabbit in distress call work? That's all i have and I want to at least try while Im out there hunting.