Bear in Mt View

[n_mathews13]

I plan on hunting Mt. View for muzzle this Oct. I was wondering if anyone on here has hunted elk there have any info on what the bear hunting is like there?

[BULLBLASTER]

I hqve a archery bull tag there this year amd saw 3 bears last weekend while i was down there.

[n_mathews13]

Cool!  Up high, or down low?  When is your tag for? Sept?

[BULLBLASTER]

Cool!  Up high, or down low?  When is your tag for? Sept?

ya ill be there sept 1-19. The bears i saw were a sow and 2 cubs. They were near the road... thats all i want to say as i dont want to tell the world wjere i am scouting just yet. Shoot me a pm after my season and ill share more info.

[fly4fish]

Most of the bears will be wherever there is the most berries or fruit trees that time of year. Mid to lower usually, including right down to the river. Seems like when it is 110 on the river, that's when the bears are down low.

[huntnnw]

why would the bears be down on the river when its 110 and nothing to eat down there when its 70 deg on top and plenty to eat in the timber?

[n_mathews13]

The elk won't like the 110 either probably

[n_mathews13]

Today

[BULLBLASTER]

Cool pictures! Glad you were seein some critters!

[ELKBURGER]

Did you see any mulies or just white tail?

[n_mathews13]

One 3x3 up top , the rest were white tail

[sakoshooter]

I hqve a archery bull tag there this year amd saw 3 bears last weekend while i was down there.

Did ya have a few cold ones prior to typing this BB? Couldn't help myself.

[huntnnw]

cool pics...Its getting close! couple weeks and off!

[fly4fish]

why would the bears be down on the river when its 110 and nothing to eat down there when its 70 deg on top and plenty to eat in the timber?

Its nice up top, but there isn't as much to eat for a bear as you might think, bears don't eat much timber. Down low has more what bears are after in the summer: rose buds, fruit, elder berries, black berries, and a bunch I can't name, all of which are ripe right now. There are no orchards up high either. I have lived here 33 years, and I have always seen the most bears down low this time of year.  Walk any of the creek bottoms right now and you will find at least fresh shine right down to the river.

[Limhangerslayer]

why would the bears be down on the river when its 110 and nothing to eat down there when its 70 deg on top and plenty to eat in the timber?

Its nice up top, but there isn't as much to eat for a bear as you might think, bears don't eat much timber. Down low has more what bears are after in the summer: rose buds, fruit, elder berries, black berries, and a bunch I can't name, all of which are ripe right now. There are no orchards up high either. I have lived here 33 years, and I have always seen the most bears down low this time of year.  Walk any of the creek bottoms right now and you will find at least fresh shine right down to the river.

exactly what fly4fish said all the feed for the bears its low this time of year.  I would be thereevery weekend if it wasn't a four hour drive one way for me

[n_mathews13]

I agree with you guys now that I've seen the place. And this time of year they are all over the fruit.

[n_mathews13]

But so really warm down there

[huntnnw]

I have bears on every cam above 5,000 feet...in the timber... is loaded with hucks

[n_mathews13]

So I'll be comen from tri cities , what's the best way to get to mt view   Pasco, pomeroy, clarkston then anatone OR Pasco, and turn south in pomeroy?  What way do you go?

[Todd_ID]

So I'll be comen from tri cities , what's the best way to get to mt view   Pasco, pomeroy, clarkston then anatone OR Pasco, and turn south in pomeroy?  What way do you go?

Depends on what part of Mtn. View you're aiming to get to.  Pomeroy to Misery will be best for anywhere on top.  Anatone will be better for the bottom part.  Middle part, like Grouse Flats, is a toss up, but Misery would be a bit quicker just worse road getting down there.

[n_mathews13]

I'm pulln a 30' trailer, would that make mt misery a miserable trip ? Or should I take anatone.

[Todd_ID]

I'm pulln a 30' trailer, would that make mt misery a miserable trip ? Or should I take anatone.

Wow!  Don't even think of trying to go from Misery down to Grouse Flats with it.  Pomeroy to Misery to Wenatchee Guard Station would be no problem.  Anatone to Grouse Flats would be kind of OK, just slow.

[n_mathews13]

No way I'd try to make that drive from misery to grouse flats wit it lol

[andersonjk4]

It really depends on where you are wanting to park your trailer and hunt.  If the goal is to get down low to grouse flats I would go to Anatone and down rattlesnake grade to the Grande Ronde and then back up to Grouse Flats from the river road (especially with a 30' trailer and if you haven't been down the road from Misery before).  Google maps says you can cut off nearly an hour of drive time by taking the Pomeroy-Grouse flats road down, but I'm not sure that would be the case.  Especially if conditions are less than favorable.  Twice in the last 5 years I've been up there and gotten snowed on in the first week of October.    If you are trying to get to the Wenatchee Guard Station or anywhere up high on the north side of the unit, then I would go to Pomeroy and come up the Mountain Rd. to NF-40 then take NF-44 to the east if you want to go further east.  Good luck to you.