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Offline elkfins

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2016, 11:59:28 AM »
Get high in the evenings.  ...
Doesn't that make it hard to aim straight? :chuckle:

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2016, 12:49:59 PM »
Be patient...Be patient...Be patient...So far in the last couple weeks seen two different sows with (small) cubs!!! If you dont get a good clean shot right away dont rush it! Bears are really cool animals as said previously they are really curious as well. You can watch them walking down old logging roads and they will go in and out of the brush numerous times! So if you dont get a shot right away sooner or later he will present himself for a good clean shot. I have seen guys rush the shot to many times and make a bad shot...nothing worse then trying to track down a poorly hit bear in the thickest brush you can imagine.
Good luck this season :tup:
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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2016, 10:41:13 PM »
Get high in the evenings.  ...
Doesn't that make it hard to aim straight? :chuckle:
Lol Probably makes you scope with a rifle :dunno:
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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2016, 12:24:43 PM »
One of my favorite methods, and likely my most successful, is to show up at a berry bowl around 11:AM.  Find a nice vantage point, throw out a small pad and take a nap.  It is my belief that your mind listens while you sleep.  Because when I wake up and there is a bear in the bowl it seems to be the very first thing I look at when I wake up.

Your scent pool is smaller, your quieter (unless you snore), and you aren't moving around.  Complete peace in the surroundings seems a real benefit when dealing with med to late fall bear.  When calves and fawns are dropping that can be different, but once the berries become the main food source absolute serenity becomes high on the priority list.  And no better way I know than to get there early and sleep.
He asked, Do you ever give a short simple answer?  I replied, "Nope."

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2016, 12:54:44 PM »
 :yeah:
Seems like a page right out of Ralph Flowers book..
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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2016, 01:21:53 PM »
I get some of my best naps in the woods!

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Re: Your best tip, for the new bear hunter?
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2016, 01:30:07 PM »
 :yeah: Always sleep like a baby in the woods. Better than I sleep at home in my own bed often!
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