Just sitting here at the desk filling out my Spring Bear application for Oregon, my two hunting buddies in Oregon and myself will be putting in for the West Blue Mnt. area NE of Pendleton. Paul Ellis owner of Ellis hunting ranch in Pilot Rock has hunted this area before. He has some video footage of him and a friend taking a 300+ lb. bear a few years ago. They saw like 15 bears a day!
This is one of the hardest hunts to draw, I have 4 points and that just put me at 100% draw odds. The season is all of April and May.
Bonus too is that the elk will be shedding around that time, so its going to be a combo hunt!
My wife also has 12 preference points for elk, and this is the unit she will be drawing for hopefully in the next 2 years!