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Offline Tracker0721

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First bears sighted
« on: April 30, 2020, 05:48:16 AM »
I saw the same sow with 3 little black specks last year. Seems this year she’s still enjoying being a mom with them. Picture is from my living room, with my bino’s with my phone held against it so really blurry.

The picture from last year you can’t even make out the 3 cubs stacked around her!
May my presence go unnoticed, may my shot be true, may the blood trail be short.

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2020, 08:52:43 AM »
Awesome

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2020, 09:06:56 AM »
Nice!!
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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2020, 09:20:20 AM »
Pretty cool to see triplets.  I have many sow on camera with twins...but no triplets yet.   :tup:

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2020, 09:39:27 AM »
Thanks for sharing. Really cool.

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2020, 09:56:20 AM »
That is cool. Funny to think of them as little family

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2020, 11:39:39 AM »
Nice.  Watch out for your picanic baskets.

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2020, 06:21:44 PM »
I'm well into double digits on bears this spring. The state needs to open all GMUs to spring apps or have a general season draw in the spring.

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2020, 06:28:25 PM »
I'm well into double digits on bears this spring. The state needs to open all GMUs to spring apps or have a general season draw in the spring.

General season draw???

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2020, 06:35:15 PM »
I'm well into double digits on bears this spring. The state needs to open all GMUs to spring apps or have a general season draw in the spring.

General season draw???

Absolutely. You're not going to get this state to open up a OTC spring general season,  and they don't seem to like the 1st come 1st served type approach, so why not have a "fair" spring general draw? It makes absolutely ZERO sense to not have many of these GMU's opened for spring bears. Hell, come shoot 2 in the fall, but oh no, not even 1 in the spring.
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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2020, 06:38:03 PM »
 :yeah:

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2020, 08:04:22 PM »
I'm well into double digits on bears this spring. The state needs to open all GMUs to spring apps or have a general season draw in the spring.

General season draw???

Absolutely. You're not going to get this state to open up a OTC spring general season draw, and they don't seem to like the 1st come 1st served type approach, so why not have a "fair" spring general draw? It makes absolutely ZERO sense to not have many of these GMU's opened for spring bears. Hell, come shoot 2 in the fall, but oh no, not even 1 in the spring.

I am confused.... there already is a draw?

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2020, 08:23:49 PM »
I think they mean a spring draw but have it open in all units that are open in fall to those who drew the spring tag

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2020, 09:34:03 PM »
I think they mean a spring draw but have it open in all units that are open in fall to those who drew the spring tag

Ah I gotcha

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Re: First bears sighted
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2020, 11:25:14 AM »
I saw a good sized color phase blackie just above Barker Canyon (Banks Lake) on Sunday.  Was a beautiful buckskin/blonde color, it made my day!
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