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I have been hunting the area for the last two years... I have put a ton of miles on the ground (not easy considering you can drive just about anywhere, so finding places where you won't have someone drive by you while you are walking is a chore), a ton of miles in the rig, a ton of hours in the binos...and still not one sighting... I did get one guy on camera, but he must have just been passing through. I have seen fresh peels, fresh scat, and a freshly eaten remains of a rabbit right next to a pile of scat (easily the same day), but I have yet to see a bear... I have even spent quite a bit of time with calling... still nothing... I spent three days in there this weekend and hunted for 15 hours every day... up high, down low, and in between... I have been within feet of deer and elk, so I know my scent control and stalk are on point... I keep telling myself right place, right time and it will happen... but I am getting weary! What the heck am I missing???
I never ever saw 1 bear when I lived in western Washington. I lived near Kapowsin and went into Champion, as it was called then, all the time. Never 1 bear. Lots of elk and deer. I also worked stock piling their rock pits all over Champion and still no bears.I moved to eastern Washington and started seeing bears. I'd go to eastern Washington if you don't kill one with your tag.. You'd have a better chance I'd think.
Quote from: fbennett12 on May 29, 2018, 07:46:24 AMI have been hunting the area for the last two years... I have put a ton of miles on the ground (not easy considering you can drive just about anywhere, so finding places where you won't have someone drive by you while you are walking is a chore), a ton of miles in the rig, a ton of hours in the binos...and still not one sighting... I did get one guy on camera, but he must have just been passing through. I have seen fresh peels, fresh scat, and a freshly eaten remains of a rabbit right next to a pile of scat (easily the same day), but I have yet to see a bear... I have even spent quite a bit of time with calling... still nothing... I spent three days in there this weekend and hunted for 15 hours every day... up high, down low, and in between... I have been within feet of deer and elk, so I know my scent control and stalk are on point... I keep telling myself right place, right time and it will happen... but I am getting weary! What the heck am I missing???Your missing the bears I’ve only hunted 4 days with my tag but I have seen a bear. Although, by the time I said bear it was in the brush and my buddy didn’t even see it. There’s lots of bears but they are in the thick stuff and you only have a split second to catch them in an opening.
I tried asking that question at the office Back In 2006 or 2007 I think it was. They just laughed and told me that it was my job to figure out. They did not care to help at all.
Last time I had the tag they provided a hot spot (heavy damage area) map with the access permit. Just about any stand of reprod 12-18 years old unless its severely overstocked will have peel right now.
Quote from: CarbonHunter on May 31, 2018, 07:26:30 PMQuote from: fbennett12 on May 29, 2018, 07:46:24 AMI have been hunting the area for the last two years... I have put a ton of miles on the ground (not easy considering you can drive just about anywhere, so finding places where you won't have someone drive by you while you are walking is a chore), a ton of miles in the rig, a ton of hours in the binos...and still not one sighting... I did get one guy on camera, but he must have just been passing through. I have seen fresh peels, fresh scat, and a freshly eaten remains of a rabbit right next to a pile of scat (easily the same day), but I have yet to see a bear... I have even spent quite a bit of time with calling... still nothing... I spent three days in there this weekend and hunted for 15 hours every day... up high, down low, and in between... I have been within feet of deer and elk, so I know my scent control and stalk are on point... I keep telling myself right place, right time and it will happen... but I am getting weary! What the heck am I missing???Your missing the bears I’ve only hunted 4 days with my tag but I have seen a bear. Although, by the time I said bear it was in the brush and my buddy didn’t even see it. There’s lots of bears but they are in the thick stuff and you only have a split second to catch them in an opening.I see that bear/elk/moose/Sasquatch that my partner misses seeing all the time too I'm not too far out of the tree farm and I got bear crap out in my pasture the other day. Maybe they all are hiding in my black berry bushes