North Cascades Weryhauser permit

[FishBoy82]

Well, I've driven over 150 miles on weyerhaeuser land and haven't seen a single bear crap. found lots of berries, zero bear sign. Not sure what i'm doing wrong.

[Tbar]

Well, I've driven over 150 miles on weyerhaeuser land and haven't seen a single bear crap. found lots of berries, zero bear sign. Not sure what i'm doing wrong.

They are there.  If you find ripe berries,  sit, especially at dawn and dusk.  Most bears we see are during glassing for other species.
Good luck.

[yorketransport]

Well, I've driven over 150 miles on weyerhaeuser land and haven't seen a single bear crap. found lots of berries, zero bear sign. Not sure what i'm doing wrong.

That's because some guy like me already drove the road ahead of you and kicked off any sign that was there. I never leave a pile within sight of a road just to keep people moving along.

I hunt the Vail area down in Thurston County and there's still plenty of bear down there even after WeyCo has sent in the pros to handle the problem bears. Seeing the bears is the easy part, getting a good shot on one that doesn't have a cub or two trailing behind is the hard part. Look for berries and water then just wait it out. I usually spend my time up around 3000' just because the visibility is better but I see more bears and sign down lower in the thick stuff.

[Skyvalhunter]

With the hot weather and drought like conditions concentrate lower and during the cooler parts of the day for bear sightings.

[wooltie]

I'm hunting weyco too. I find sign then search out around it to find that trail or large concentration of poop. I keep increasing the search radius until I don't find poop, then I stop. And I'm marking spots on onx.

Finding the poop isn't hard...what's hard is finding a spot to setup where it ain't so darn thick. Then it's just a waiting game for them to show up.

At least that's the only tactic I have for westie bears, where a huge open clear cut isn't an option.

If anyone has any tips lemme know cause I know where there's a bear who needs to be put down.