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Where to find a bear?
« on: August 04, 2014, 05:08:00 PM »
I'm new to bear hunting and looking for a little bit of advice. I was planning on hunting on the highway 2 corridor being that I live in Gold Bar. If I missed anything let me know. Thanks.

So my questions are.
1. Is there a certain elevation I should be looking?

2. With the high heat should I be looking at North facing slopes?

3. Creek bottoms or clear cuts?

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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2014, 05:12:58 PM »
Follow the berries, find berries, be patient,  find bears.  Good luck

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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2014, 05:13:42 PM »
Definitely cool areas and don't skip low elevations. The wild black berries have run their coarse in the valley so watch those north facing slopes
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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2014, 05:17:35 PM »
Thanks for the quick response.  I kinda figured berries were going to be the first thing to look for.

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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2014, 05:20:31 PM »
I would actually start West of your current location.  Later I would hunt high.

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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2014, 05:27:40 PM »
I would actually start West of your current location.  Later I would hunt high.
What sort of terrain should I be concentrating on?

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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2014, 05:30:05 PM »
There seems to be an over abundance of blackberries this year ..I do not have much luck in the open when it comes to bears ..Seems I do better in the nasty stuff ..Always finding an advantage point where I can look down into it ..if that helps  :dunno: :chuckle:

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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2014, 05:34:38 PM »
Follow the berries, find berries, be patient,  find bears.  Good luck
take tbars advice he is very wise  :tup:
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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2014, 06:37:09 PM »
Follow the berries, find berries, be patient,  find bears.  Good luck

 :yeah: Emphasis on 'be patient'.

A few years back - found a spot to glass- wife and I sat there a half hour glassing..nothing..45 minutes...then spot an ear....a few minutes later a head..15 minutes a second bear. After an hour the 'empty' clear cut turned out to have 4 bears lolling around in it..

If that wasn't bad enough, had to choose one. Wife picks one (I thought I knew which one so I am watching it) then I tell her to hold on -I see a huge blond 5th bear..then  BOOM.. I look over and she is facing the other way...holding a smokin gun?
Turns out another had popped up 50 feet from her walking up the trail she was standing in.

Ya just never know..have patience.
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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2014, 07:46:43 AM »
logging roads with huckleberrys, blueberry,blackberry is key, then look for scat old or fresh....
If you see animal paths doesnt mean its a bear, these fata$$'s love pooping on the logging roads...
Once you find a fresh scat pile, locate a tree for a tree stand or hill side... Glass glass glass, and start with a distressed fawn call...

Using a call in a clearing could work too... if you cant find bear, come over one night for dinner. Filled both bears tags and were 4days into the season.
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Re: Where to find a bear?
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2014, 08:54:23 AM »
Well I went out yesterday afternoon for about 4 hours and didn't see much for sign. All the poo I saw looked like it was from the last century.  The area I was in won't have ripe berries for 2-3 weeks. The search continues.

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