Pretty New but saw my 1st black bear on the second day

[JimmyHoffa]

It was around 1600-1700. Was nice breeze overcast about 65-70. In a clear cut full of berries.

If there are berries there will be bears.

This year there are tons of berries.  Right now I'm finding: salmonberry, thimbleberry, trailing blackberry, Himalaya blackberry, evergreen blackberry, red huckleberry, blue huckleberry, salal, Oregon grape, rose hips and cascara.  Berry crop is making up for the last couple years and then some. 

[Psychokiller888]

Also looking at my map now I am between 2 creeks.

[brew]

took me a couple reads to figure out he was using military time---i kept thinking elevation....i'm a du-mass i guess.  Good luck with the hunt and thanks for your service

[Turner89]

Keep hitting that same spot every chance you get. That bear will be back, or a different one eventually.
 I shot and missed a bear one night, and ended up getting the same bear first thing the next morning.   Good luck

[scottfrick]

Also keep an eye out for buzzards and Ravens. Bears have very thick hair and can run a couple hundred yards if not further before blood hitting the ground. Good luck out there!!

[Turner89]

Also keep an eye out for buzzards and Ravens. Bears have very thick hair and can run a couple hundred yards if not further before blood hitting the ground. Good luck out there!!

[Psychokiller888]

I did not know that. Thank you.

[pd]

I just heard this from a friend (I am no bear hunter).  When you find a spot (full of berries, where bears should be), locate a good viewing platform above the berry patch, a ways away from the bear.  Now sit there, and wait.  Wait for the berries (the vines, the leaves) to start moving.  Several hours if need be.  Remember the wind.  Be patient---you already know the bears like that place.  Just wait, and the bear will return.  (This assumes you have killed him already, of course.)

[huntingaddiction]

First of all, I would not post that you used your buddies gun...that is illegal unless it was transferred over to you correctly.  Bears are wanderers.  You never know where you are going to see one.  The best thing you can do is spend as much time in the field as possible if you really want to shoot a bear.  The bear may come back but probably not.

Are you saying its illegal to borrow someones gun to go on a hunting trip?  Its not like you are transferring ownership without doing the proper paper work.

Loaning/borrowing a gun is considered a transfer, and under I-594 may legally be done in the field for the purposes of hunting.

Correct it is, but I believe the legal owner has to take it to the field the transfer in the field the way I read it.  All I am saying is that I wouldn't post about it.  Leave that part out.  It is not an important part of the story.

[rickomatic]

First of all, I would not post that you used your buddies gun...that is illegal unless it was transferred over to you correctly.  Bears are wanderers.  You never know where you are going to see one.  The best thing you can do is spend as much time in the field as possible if you really want to shoot a bear.  The bear may come back but probably not.

Are you saying its illegal to borrow someones gun to go on a hunting trip?  Its not like you are transferring ownership without doing the proper paper work.

Loaning/borrowing a gun is considered a transfer, and under I-594 may legally be done in the field for the purposes of hunting.

Correct it is, but I believe the legal owner has to take it to the field the transfer in the field the way I read it.  All I am saying is that I wouldn't post about it.  Leave that part out.  It is not an important part of the story.

Just another example of how stupid I-594 is. Ambiguous and confusing. We said it before it passed, yet still the idiots in this state passed it. For the children, don't you know.....

[JLS]

First of all, I would not post that you used your buddies gun...that is illegal unless it was transferred over to you correctly.  Bears are wanderers.  You never know where you are going to see one.  The best thing you can do is spend as much time in the field as possible if you really want to shoot a bear.  The bear may come back but probably not.

Are you saying its illegal to borrow someones gun to go on a hunting trip?  Its not like you are transferring ownership without doing the proper paper work.

Loaning/borrowing a gun is considered a transfer, and under I-594 may legally be done in the field for the purposes of hunting.

Correct it is, but I believe the legal owner has to take it to the field the transfer in the field the way I read it.  All I am saying is that I wouldn't post about it.  Leave that part out.  It is not an important part of the story.

You are correct, the actual transfer must take place in the field.  His friend was with him in the field, thus my assumption that they transferred in the field.

[Bob33]

First of all, I would not post that you used your buddies gun...that is illegal unless it was transferred over to you correctly.  Bears are wanderers.  You never know where you are going to see one.  The best thing you can do is spend as much time in the field as possible if you really want to shoot a bear.  The bear may come back but probably not.

Are you saying its illegal to borrow someones gun to go on a hunting trip?  Its not like you are transferring ownership without doing the proper paper work.

Loaning/borrowing a gun is considered a transfer, and under I-594 may legally be done in the field for the purposes of hunting.

Correct it is, but I believe the legal owner has to take it to the field the transfer in the field the way I read it.  All I am saying is that I wouldn't post about it.  Leave that part out.  It is not an important part of the story.

You are correct, the actual transfer must take place in the field.  His friend was with him in the field, thus my assumption that they transferred in the field.

 (v) while hunting if the hunting is legal in all places where the person to whom the firearm is transferred possesses the firearm and the person to whom the firearm is transferred has completed all training and holds all licenses or permits required for such hunting, provided that any temporary transfer allowed by this subsection is permitted only if the person to whom the firearm is transferred is not prohibited from possessing firearms under state or federal law;

[HUNT-HARD]

Just tell the officer to pound sand! Tell them you bought it from your buddy prior to the law going into effect. Problem solved!

[Psychokiller888]

Pretty Sure all weapons I own are actually outside of this Washington transfer law as I transferred all weapons in Georgia prior to moving here.