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Boom's spring bruin hunt
« on: April 25, 2014, 11:37:17 AM »
These threads are pretty fun to follow so I thought id start my own vs hijacking sleds thread. I drew Monroe for the first time this year. I'm shooting 300wsm tsx. I have hunted fall bear a good bit, shot one bear a few years back but lost it after blood trail dried up. So I'm new to Monroe area and new to spring bear but I did get into a little sign last week. Found a grassy area with 1/2 dozen piles of grassy poo. Otherwise I just explored the area lots of driving. Didn't see one fresh peel but found lots of what appear to be old peels. I'm going back to the spot with sign tonight after work and I'll hang my cam to see if I can get the fella on film to make sure it's worth chasing.

I included a gratuitous poo pic, you're welcome. It was soft but tracks were almost full washed away last weekend so it had been at min a few days. I tried calling with my fox pro and I will try that again.
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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2014, 12:02:51 PM »
On behalf of everybody else, thank you for the scat photograph--we live for this.  You are on the right track, keep at it. :tup:
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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2014, 08:25:07 PM »
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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2014, 10:23:38 PM »
I was leaving the city at 4 and saw the traffic and decided to just head out in the AM tomorrow. I'll be doing a 1/2 day... Unless the hammer drops.

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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2014, 10:28:13 PM »
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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2014, 09:43:31 AM »
Good luck klick, lots of great area to explore. Keep at it.

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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2014, 02:26:53 PM »
Went back to where I saw sign last week, called for 2 hours with fawn in distress. 2/3 of time with fox pro 1/3 with the primos catnip. I trampled through the nasty reprod and seems like over 1/2 the trees have been girdled but it's all old healed up tree wounds. No new bear sign in here since last week I may move on to find a new area.

On the advice of a pm I brought out my ground blind for calling and two hours is about the max I can sit still. I used one of the mirror types. It's light easy to setup and darn good camouflage. Pic included.

I was able to cool my feet off from the hiking by submerging my boot into a swamp, that was pleasant then I used my 24" barrel as a machete to get back to the road. My poor baby and those cursed blackberries!

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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2014, 03:10:07 PM »
 They usually don't start stripping trees this early. That may show up in a few weeks but they seem to hit those after all the fresh grasses and will continue to gnaw on trees until the berry season. The fawns should be out and about pretty soon so that will help with the calling. Good luck.

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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2014, 09:58:24 PM »
I was with Boom last weekend when we found the sh*t....who'da thunk taking poo poo pics would be so entertaining lol.

Anyway, he's right--we covered a lot of area, walked a lot, but found some sign in a only a few places....

Which makes me wonder what a bear's range is and perhaps how many bears habitate a given area?

I know when I go out in 460 around Duvall, I always see bear scat all over the place.

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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2014, 10:09:19 PM »
I was with Boom last weekend when we found the sh*t....who'da thunk taking poo poo pics would be so entertaining lol.

Anyway, he's right--we covered a lot of area, walked a lot, but found some sign in a only a few places....

Which makes me wonder what a bear's range is and perhaps how many bears habitate a given area?

I know when I go out in 460 around Duvall, I always see bear scat all over the place.
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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2014, 12:49:41 PM »
Keep at it, you're on the right track.
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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2014, 10:07:09 PM »
Spent the afternoon covering a bunch of new ground in the truck. I got out and walked a lot of roads but saw zero bear poo. I saw a lot of some type of predator poo but not bear so I moved on.

Let me ask, for spring bear you are driving new area logging roads what makes you stop? I felt like I was wasting time driving around I wanted to get out of the rig and hunt but I never saw any sign everywhere I stopped. I found lots of grass today, if I were a bear I would've been eating it!

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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2014, 10:27:23 PM »
  The Poo Is Getting Alot Harder To Spot Now The Grass Is Getting Taller.  One Thing I Have Found Is That The Bears Are Only Eating The Taller Bigger Blades Of Grass.  If You Find Poo Start Looking At The Grass Around.  Also Seems That Once You Find It Keep Going Back.  I Have Gone Back The Next Day And Found More.  Seems Like They Are Feeding In The Same Areas All The time :dunno:

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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2014, 04:33:47 PM »
Visited and older spot and got into some fresh sign in grasses. I'll spare ya'll the poo pics they look the same. :) found a few new buck rubs around. I snuck up on a doe to about 20y and decided to try out my fawn in distress. She heard it and then slowly moved on. I put my cam out to see if I can get a pic of the defecating bear. He pood in the same spot two weeks in a row. Don't steal it !!

I did find some turdlets in one spot hope it's not a cub... My fox pro got accidentally turned on in my bag apparently, batteries were dead. I'll go back for a couple hours tomorrow and try calling again in the new spot where I saw poo. I've been calling a lot, I'm surprised not even a yote has come out. I'm using fawn calls only.

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Re: Boom's spring bruin hunt
« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2014, 08:13:43 PM »
Bear down boys!!!! Small but I'll take it!!!!

 


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