bear hunting on tiger mountain on hwy 18

[benbo30]

anyone know if you can hunt on tiger mountain (hwy 18) on the east side of highway??? my uncle keeps telling me of a buddy that hunts bear over there , was wondering if anyone knew anything about that area i live like 5 min from there ,would be awsome to hunt that area during bear season

[rasbo]

check the regs.A friend of mine did some logging out that way and the state was dropping trapped bears off there some where.

[Bearhunter]

Yes you can, and there is a lot of them, in that general area.  There are so many dam bear within 15 minutes of Issaquah its not even funny, I lived there for about 3 years, and wish we had that type of bearhunting up north here.  Do some scouting any youll find them!

[benbo30]

ok thanks i want to look into it and see where i can and cant hunt

[jackelope]

it is mainly made up of units 454 and 460. there's lots of pulloffs on the road, a couple up near the summit you can park and hike in from the gates.

[benbo30]

right on ..... hey if any of you that hunt bear in that area want to head out this august opening weekand or something let me know and if you are coming from afar yall can put your trailer on my 1 acre property in maple valley nothing fancy here preety much in the middle of town , but we can get a fire going and have some beers as long as i renew my lease then , thats when my lease ends i almost forgot

[telof latzi]

Anybody know if it's better to acces from I-90 or Hwy 18?

[saylean]

If your from MT Vernon, there is a ton of bear hunting around where you live, I wouldnt bother the drive.

[telof latzi]

I'm totally new to this. You know good spots for bear in skagit?  I've gone out a couple times up and around Sauk Mt. and the Nat. Forest area east of Mount Vernon, and I've talked to clinsayrun (he got one near Hamilton).  I have a TON more looking around to do, but if anybody in this area can help out, or wants to show me a thing or two come August, I'm all ears.

[ponyboy156]

I cruised some timber up there... lots of bears. You can walk up the main road off of the 18 summit and and find the alders they bend over and chew at there trail crossings on the way up. Firearm restriction area.  Last time I was up there(2004or2005) we found two bear bait setups with 2x4 stand setups and camo netting and rotten doughnuts....hmmm! Whoevers doing this better watch it as the area is used by the Green River Community College Forestry Program's forest navigation and mapping class. Basically they walk all over the East side of the mountain looking for section corners and monuments. Over the past few years the DNR's been setting up small screened (from I-90 and 18) timber sales. Nice area.... tons of people! Mountain bikers, hikers, forestry students, DNR workers and paragliders..... and a bunch of bears!

[saylean]

I'm totally new to this. You know good spots for bear in skagit?  I've gone out a couple times up and around Sauk Mt. and the Nat. Forest area east of Mount Vernon, and I've talked to clinsayrun (he got one near Hamilton).  I have a TON more looking around to do, but if anybody in this area can help out, or wants to show me a thing or two come August, I'm all ears.

Nope..none at all... (all skagit bears from last year, my families) Just put in some times scouting in the hills, you wont have too much trouble. Find berries, find bears.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 East of 18 is firearm's restricted. I've seen way, way more bear and bear sign west of 18 per day spent in the woods.

[benbo30]

kind of odd that you say firearm restricted , cause i have seen people walking in there with guns and my uncle was telling me about a guy that hunts in there for bear , but i heard you have to walk way in there to hunt

[saylean]

I'd just check the regs.

[Little Dave]

Anybody know if it's better to acces from I-90 or Hwy 18?

Both roads have a 24 hour tow away zone.  Pull all the way off the shoulder but do not block the gates.  Don't bother with 90.  Though there are places to park off of the exits.

Need GPS coordinates for the best spots in there?