49 degree am I hunting them wrong?!

[Shooter4]

Went out Saturday again I drove a lot of the unit I did find sign but yet no bears was up there from first light to last light cruising roads what am I doing wrong?! I hear everyone seeing these damn bears but I can’t seem to catch a break

[cougforester]

How much glassing did you do? All cruising roads in the truck?

We found 8 bears in a 250 acre square drainage this weekend. The other 3 we saw were scattered in random places, so where you find one there will be more.

[Shooter4]

No glassing at all just cruising around walking out to areas then leaving I’m more so looking at meadow areas

[Shooter4]

How much glassing did you do? All cruising roads in the truck?

We found 8 bears in a 250 acre square drainage this weekend. The other 3 we saw were scattered in random places, so where you find one there will be more.

I take it your glassing all day?

[cougforester]

Glass an hour, walk a couple miles along a road, glass an hour, and so on. Eventually we found the spot that saw all the country they were concentrated in and just stuck there. We hiked between 8-12 miles a day, on gated closed logging roads.

[jrebel]

Spend time behind glass.  Last weekend we cruised the roads learning new areas.  We spotted bears while driving but guess we would have seen way more by glassing.  Once you find one, they become easier to spot and you will know what kinds of areas to spend time in.  My experience is most of the bears will eat in the open grassy areas that have cover very near by.  Wide open slopes with no cover....I don't see much in.  Grassy slopes with brush and big timber near by will hold bears.  Water is key too......which most of the country your in has plenty of water. 

 

[Shooter4]

Glass an hour, walk a couple miles along a road, glass an hour, and so on. Eventually we found the spot that saw all the country they were concentrated in and just stuck there. We hiked between 8-12 miles a day, on gated closed logging roads.

we’re ya seeing them in the morning or afternoon more?

[CoryTDF]

No glassing at all just cruising around walking out to areas then leaving I’m more so looking at meadow areas

Ya got to glass man. 

[cougforester]

Afternoon. Some late morning, most showed up after 3 PM.

The best bear advise I ever found was to look for "bear triangles". Find a south facing slope, with draws on either side preferably with water, with a ridge between them. This will form an upside down slice of pie shape. Here's stuff I look for that is in your unit. Couple that with gated and closed roads, you're set.

[buckfvr]

"Cruisin roads" should be limited to traveling from one glassing spot to another with by far, your most time each day spent behind binos.  We generally find them feeding in cuts and worry about getting in range once we locate a shooter.

[Shooter4]

Afternoon. Some late morning, most showed up after 3 PM.

The best bear advise I ever found was to look for "bear triangles". Find a south facing slope, with draws on either side preferably with water, with a ridge between them. This will form an upside down slice of pie shape. Here's stuff I look for that is in your unit. Couple that with gated and closed roads, you're set.

gotcha good to know!

[Ironhead]

Keep your ears open , a lot of times you can hear them before you see them.

[Firetwin3]

Also drew this unit. Hunted for 4 days earlier this week, >10 miles each day behind a gate. When I hunted, I could find meadows/hillsides that were a 3-400 yards in length and then everything else was too thick to really glass in to, alongside the fact I wasn't really able to even get high enough to glass into farther off meadows.

My question now, is how much area are you looking to glass from your glassing spot? Is that 3-400 yard meadow/cut enough? Or should I be searching for the one spot that lets me view much much more?

[jrebel]

Also drew this unit. Hunted for 4 days earlier this week, >10 miles each day behind a gate. When I hunted, I could find meadows/hillsides that were a 3-400 yards in length and then everything else was too thick to really glass in to, alongside the fact I wasn't really able to even get high enough to glass into farther off meadows.

My question now, is how much area are you looking to glass from your glassing spot? Is that 3-400 yard meadow/cut enough? Or should I be searching for the one spot that lets me view much much more?

3-400 yard cuts is enough....especially if you have bear sign.  If I were hunting smaller areas like that, I would look for bear sign on the roads.  If there were no bear scat....I would move along.   

[JWBINX]

Shooter4, Bears are more active in afternoon, glass south facing slopes heavily after 3pm.
49 degrees north can be tough as it is very thick. Cruise up Burnt valley road out of Chewelah
and take a couple dirt roads up to the left to some open areas that have produced in the past.
Run up to ski area and watch greening up areas although it may be a little early depending on
snow depth. Good luck!