First sighting of the year for me

[scottfrick]

seen this guy yesterday around 1:30 in the afternoon

[stevemiller]

Looks like a biggun. 

[scottfrick]

It was A very nice sized bear. I know this because he was no more than 100 yards away. He stood there for at least a good 2-4 minutes looking at us. There was a another one with him that I didn't get to see. My brother inlaw saw it tho and said it was smaller than the one in the picture.

[wheels]

nice  what unit  or general area

[Timberstalker]

Probably a sow and cub.
Boars aren't with the sows yet.

[scottfrick]

Probably a sow and cub.
Boars aren't with the sows yet.

I'm not sure. Very well could have been since I was not able to see it. I would have figured the cub would have been a lot closer to this bear. It was pretty far away on the other side of the clearing. Just glad I was able to see a bear. Now just gotta wait till the spring hunt starts!!

[scottfrick]

nice  what unit  or general area

Mashel unit

[Eli346]

 Sometimes a sow will come out into a clearing and mill around a bit for a few minutes. I think it's to check for danger before she lets the cub come out. I've seen this a couple of times. She would turn and 'woof' at the cub  and it would come out after the mother.

[trophyhunt]

Nice pic Scott, she could have had last years cub with her.  You draw the kapowsin tag? 

[scottfrick]

Nice pic Scott, she could have had last years cub with her.  You draw the kapowsin tag?

Ya I got a kapowsin tag.

[longwalker]

Was that actually  on The hunt side or the bridge gate side? You can go up the bridge hate side right now and probably see two or three a night if you know where the feeders are. The guys that feed the bears get pretty touchy about trail cams so I've gotten pretty good at hiding them