Spring Permit - Monroe - Winner's Lounge

[dune]

Maybe tomorrow

[luvmystang67]

I'm doing my best to turn gasoline into bears.  So far, just turning it into warmer winters for our area.

[kodiak 907]

Come on ya'll, I wanna see some dead bears!

Go to the skagit winners lounge. There is a dead one over there

[Boss .300 winmag]

Come on ya'll, I wanna see some dead bears!

Go to the skagit winners lounge. There is a dead one over there

Because they are out hunting, not spending time in the lounge.

[dune]

We're just waiting for the big one to wake up

[Ripper]

Yup, just saw the bear in the Skagit thread. Skagit 1- Monroe 0

[Griz231]

We got out last night and started off crappy.  Some ahole stole my camera.  I had it 12ft up a tree.  Looks like they used a axe and cut the strap.  *censored*s!  Either a PUD guy, timber guy, another permit holder, or someone that walked it quite a ways.  Either way it sucks.  $149 down the drain.  First one stolen so it really chaps my arss!

Oh well....moving on.  We set up in a clear cut and called for about an hour with nothing.  Just not in the right spot.   What are all your thoughts on areas to set up?  Are open clear cuts ok, or should we be more in the timber?

[luvmystang67]

I think I would try calling on a grassy road that has clearcuts nearby and thicker junk around it.  The bears don't have a ton of reason to be in the clear cuts right now, and if they are you'd be able to see them when you show up.  I think if it were me I'd check the clear cuts, verify no bears, find a grassy road with 15 year timber on each side and blast from the road into the timber and see if you can get one to walk out.

I've never had success bear calling, but that it what I would do if I did right now.

Hoping to go out tonight to give it another shot.

Also, you eventually get to the point where you put trail cameras in places where you hope even people wont find them.  I've got python locks on all of mine and I bolt them to the tree with a lock box now.  I've had 2 stolen.  The first one hurts the most (along with the unknown about what footage it may have captured that you didn't get to see).  I haven't had one stolen in a while, but in the general bear area I've had two taken.

Who is available tonight to help me pack out when I shoot one?  Willing participants must have a side arm and flash light to track wounded bears if my history is any indication of the future.  No bigger rush than tracking wounded black bears in the dark.  Its like those nightmares where a ghost is around but you can't see it and it wants to get you.   

[h20hunter]

I'm free for bear removal after 7:30 ish. I'll bring the hog!

[gallion_t]

I'm planning on being out tonight hoping to spot one to put a tag on. Ill be out by lake roesigner i think and am will to help carry if someone gets one down.

[dune]

I would but hopefully I will be packing my own out

[D-Rock425]

You shoot one I'll come help you.

[luvmystang67]

Mine will likely be too big to pack out alone   

I'm down to help anyone that needs a hand as well and will be in the area.  Probably also around the Lake Roesiger area this evening.

If I hear gunshots that sound like bear shots I'll check the thread to see if anyone needs a hand.

[dune]

That's great my area all to myself

[luvmystang67]

That's great my area all to myself

With 25 tags total, I"m not sure that more than 5 of us will be out this evening anyway.  Its a heck of a lot of area for that many.  I doubt we'll see each other. 

If I see one you'll hear me shoot.  I'm going to keep shooting until I hear the death moan.