Archery hunting mulies

[hogsniper]

In the right spot I could see 48 bears being possible. Last year we walked in 15 miles and camped on the edge of the chelan rec. area. From one vantage point we could see 5 bears...Saw 8 total and only 5 deer....So it is possible!!

[MichaelJ]

Some people just feel a little inferior when they hear of some success of others! lol

Wow! nothing quite as dramatic and pathetic as that.  I think in MOST of our experiences with other hunters we talk to out there you can take the distance they THOUGHT they walked/hunted and divide it by 3.  It always seems to be a lot further than it really is, especially when you take hills into the picture.  Also when you think of being out there HUNTING not hiking the speed you move tends to be dramatically slower or in most cases should be.  Coupled with the unusually high amount of bears seen (over twice as many Bears, as bucks seen) just IMO makes the whole story hard to fathom.  If he infact did/saw all of the things stated then kudo's to him, and he needs to be friggin bear hunting up there any chance he gets! 

Just my opinion, but when some people hear of a guy seeing a ton of bears and quite a few bucks while covering a ton of ground they instantly think "bullsh!t, I've never seen that and I couldn't cover that kind of ground..." or something along those lines.  Anybody whose talked with branden and seen his posts and pics would no he ain't one to *censored* ya...

And Moss, that country he was in is typically wide open...  Not hard to glass some areas in a few hours and hike a few miles to a new drainage throughout the day... especially the first week in Sept when the bucks sometimes are still bedding in the open instead of the timber...

Michael

[hogsniper]

Good Lord!  48 Bears?  They have got to be playing hell on the mule deer fawns in that area...?

I would have to say with bears that concentrated they are their for the blueberry's or fresh growth. Not like they are their to prey on fawns. And also with some pressure im sure the deer would move out of an area like this!!!

[testar77]

Believe me I truly hope I am wrong!!  I looked back at his prior threads, and I definately don't doubt his willingness/ability to get out in the middle of nowhere!  The thought of seeing 48 bears in that time frame in Washington is hard to fathom, but like I said I truly hope I am wrong.  It has nothing to do with whether I feel I am capable to do what he did, I would love to but my available time is A LOT less than my capabilities are. 

[MichaelJ]

Believe me I truly hope I am wrong!!  I looked back at his prior threads, and I definately don't doubt his willingness/ability to get out in the middle of nowhere!  The thought of seeing 48 bears in that time frame in Washington is hard to fathom, but like I said I truly hope I am wrong.  It has nothing to do with whether I feel I am capable to do what he did, I would love to but my available time is A LOT less than my capabilities are. 

Hope you don't think I was singling you or anybody else out... I just know how SOME ppl tend to react when they hear of something like this from a guy they don't know...   

Michael

[Pathfinder101]

Good Lord!  48 Bears?  They have got to be playing hell on the mule deer fawns in that area...?

I would have to say with bears that concentrated they are their for the blueberry's or fresh growth. Not like they are their to prey on fawns. And also with some pressure im sure the deer would move out of an area like this!!!

As far as I know, bear will eat whatever they can get into their mouths.  Berries in the summer/fall, fawns in the spring...

[Branden]

Sorry but this was just too good to let sit in the archives. 72 mile loop and 48 bears, I have to assume he was in a Cessna

i was wondering if someone was going to say something, 48 bears and 72 miles is quite an accomplishment in fact that is prabably the whole pop. of the entiat unit and then some, but who knows maybe there is a honney hole i dont know about, were they grow on trees.

Wow! nothing quite as dramatic and pathetic as that.  I think in MOST of our experiences with other hunters we talk to out there you can take the distance they THOUGHT they walked/hunted and divide it by 3.  It always seems to be a lot further than it really is, especially when you take hills into the picture.  Also when you think of being out there HUNTING not hiking the speed you move tends to be dramatically slower or in most cases should be.  Coupled with the unusually high amount of bears seen (over twice as many Bears, as bucks seen) just IMO makes the whole story hard to fathom.  If he infact did/saw all of the things stated then kudo's to him, and he needs to be friggin bear hunting up there any chance he gets! 

LOL at all the 'Real Hunters', aka Keyboard Jockey's in this thread. Since you guys know 72 miles and 48 bears is impossible in 6 days, (we actually only saw bears 4 out of the 6 days) then how many miles did we go and how many bears were seen? I want to know so next time I make up a story it sounds reasonable. lmao

[Branden]

Did you go 72 miles on foot? How many days did that take you?

Yea we did it on foot. 6.

[MichaelJ]

 

[Justin C.]

 
There were three of us that did this trip and it was a great trip.
You guys who called Branden a liar with your ignorant comments should grow up.

Some people just feel a little inferior when they hear of some success of others! lol

Michael

  Michael I think you had it right.

Maybe some of you will think before you type next time. 

Some people just feel a little inferior when they hear of some success of others! lol

Wow! nothing quite as dramatic and pathetic as that.  I think in MOST of our experiences with other hunters we talk to out there you can take the distance they THOUGHT they walked/hunted and divide it by 3.  It always seems to be a lot further than it really is, especially when you take hills into the picture.  Also when you think of being out there HUNTING not hiking the speed you move tends to be dramatically slower or in most cases should be.  Coupled with the unusually high amount of bears seen (over twice as many Bears, as bucks seen) just IMO makes the whole story hard to fathom.  If he infact did/saw all of the things stated then kudo's to him, and he needs to be friggin bear hunting up there any chance he gets! 

You seem like one of those guys who just likes to hear himself talk. You made so many DUMB comments I don't know where to start

[TeacherMan]

thats a lot of bears, I have seen 5 in a day and 15ish in about 2 weeks in the chokecherry thickets around my county but wow, 48! What area are you thinking of hunting mule deer this fall in? I may be able to give a couple general direction pointers in the Sherman area.

[Branden]

Sw, Most of the bears were in an area that doesn't really hold deer. Probably cause of all the bears. Thanks.

Teacherman. Pm sent.

We saw 34 of the bears in 2 days and probably could have seen over sixty but we cut the trip a little short. We watched 8 bears walk through one meadow in about 30 minutes. Only saw 3 cubs so I don't know where they all come? 

[BLKBEARKLR]

72 miles in 6 days is not bad. For all the old Army guys out there that know what the Manch 100 miler is I have 5 belt buckles, 100 miles 4 days, 25 miles a day. Only thing that sucked is once you got yours the only thing it did for you was make you dred the next one coming up.

As for bears, I have no idea I do know that in Alaska we seen 17 bears in a day and a half and we ended up taking five of them...

[MichaelJ]

Branden I'll give ya a call tomorrow...

Michael

[mossback91]

Man I dont feel inferior or any such thing because I dont see much success out of being proud of walking 72 miles!!

I just didnt think one could do much hunting when they were punching out 12 miles through mountainous terrain everyday. KInd seems like a hiking trip more than a hunting trip when you ask me......

But thats cool if you did it and I think that the foot put those bears where they are........the foot raises bears like we raise cattle. So your lucky you didnt see big foot in those meadows tending his bear

I have seen 6 bears in one day but one group was a sow with 4 cubs


Didnt see any shooter bucks?