Berries seem to be gone now, what are they eating, where are they now...

[6.8mmARHunter]

Berries seem to be gone now, what are they eating now, where are they now...

[fly-by]

Today I hunted some steep reprod with a few berries left at 2200 ft and had one come into a fawn distress call within 5 minutes.  Busted before I could get a good shot....

[saylean]

As the berries die out, look for secluded patches that still are hanging on. Calling bears will be working better and better now that berries are on the way out. Stumps with grubs will be getting hit again. Carrion, coug kills etc will be a hot spot....

best bet (at least IMHO) is calling now. Plus it is bobcat season...

[bankwalker]

I've been hunting a deep open canyon full of ripe salal berries. 3 bears in the last 4 trips, missed one. I didn't know the barriea were ripe I just figured being such a huge open area I would get lucky and spot one passing through. After the 1 stalk on the first bear last week I realized the entire south side was full of berries. Lots of torn up logs and stumps. and tracks all over the canyon.
I checked multiple of canyons in the same elevation and finding quite a few big salal patches with ripe berries.

That's what I'd be looking for right now at higher elevations. 2000k feet or so.

[sivart33]

i still have blackberries at 500 foot elevation.  they are around just have to find them.

[bobcat]

I've been seeing tons of ripe Himilayans. I'm sure the bears are feeding on them. And this is in lower elevations- 500 feet and less.

[Crunch14]

At 3000ish elev. I've seen evidence of them mostly tearing up stumps and eating shrooms.

[BOWHUNTER45]

if your on the wetside I would be looking for Oregon Grapes ....if you know what they are ....



Here ...not sure who knows what I am talking about but this is serious bear food right now !!!

[Bullets_n_Octane]

I hunted 437 all weekend, by the the time the weekend was up, I had put crosshairs on two HUGE boars. 1 was flat out haulin ass, the other 1 just kept slippin in and out of log piles in a nice cut, then he hit a timber stand and vanished. From what I noticed is that these two were feeding on Mountain Blackberries. The ones that grow on those razor sharp vines in low vegetation clear cuts, and in thick reprod. The 2nd one was literally sitting on his honches and feeding on them like a 5 year old child, munchin on Cheerios from Ziplock. Another thing, is this is my  on the second half of Bear season, is to either Road hunt or find a nice spot to call, but the key is time of day. Up until this weekend I had seen ZERO bear all year. 5-7pm (this will become earlier with the sunsets) is prime time. In my personal experience, the last couple hours of the day, holds more bear spotting in Oct-Nov than any other time of the day.

[fly-by]

  5-7pm (this will become earlier with the sunsets) is prime time. In my personal experience, the last couple hours of the day, holds more bear spotting in Oct-Nov than any other time of the day.

Mine came in at 5:45

[Bullets_n_Octane]

Nicely done! I swear, overcast days with minimal rain, after 5, they are everywhere!

[justaguy]

I'm hunting an area with decent bear sign and lots of fawns. I'm trying to scout for deer and bear hunt at the same time. Any thoughts on how aggressively to blow on a fawn distress call? When I'm calling for deer, I'm pretty conservative and call for 10-15 min, bleating every 30 sec to a min, and then let it rest for 5-10 min.