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[Feathernfurr]

As the title implies. Who is getting fired up to get out there? Personally I’ll be putting on miles, scouting for elk, and hoping for an incidental bear. No better way to get prepped for the season.

[vandeman17]

have a handful of bears on cameras at my cabin. Hoping to knock at least one down and help out the deer herd

[jrebel]

Hoping the weather cools off a bit.  I have a mission of getting my nephew his first bear.  My son will be looking to notch a few tags and then if I'm lucky.....I will find one or two for myself.  Hoping for a good year.

I have noticed the service berry crops are sparce in my neck of the woods.  This hot, dry weather has put a hurt on the berry crop. 

[Feathernfurr]

have a handful of bears on cameras at my cabin. Hoping to knock at least one down and help out the deer herd

That’s my thought as well, I’ve always perused them in the past but not as hard as deer and elk. Going to try to out a bit more effort into it this year. Can’t claim to care about conservation and not be willing to consciously try to control predators I figure.

[Rainier10]

Counting the days.

[carpsniperg2]

That’s a pretty coat!

[jrebel]

Couple medium sized bears we will be looking for.  Not picky at all though and small bears will fill the first tag without a second thought. 

[brew]

Couple medium sized bears we will be looking for.  Not picky at all though and small bears will fill the first tag without a second thought.

is there a bakery near there ?  Them things are fat !

[jrebel]

Couple medium sized bears we will be looking for.  Not picky at all though and small bears will fill the first tag without a second thought.

is there a bakery near there ?  Them things are fat !

It's all the fawns they have been eating.  We had at least 11 pregnant does on camera this spring.  I have only seen 3 with fawns so far.  One had twins. 

We have two sows on camera with triplets.....three with twins and a couple with singles this year.  This state has a bear infestation. 

Here are a few normal sized bears. 

[Seabass]

The huckleberry crop in N. Idaho is really good and a little later than normal! I would assume it's similar in NE WA.

[hunter399]

The huckleberry crop in N. Idaho is really good and a little later than normal! I would assume it's similar in NE WA.

Ya the berry situation will play a role,if I even walk out the door.
Yes it's similar,or maybe worsening with the heat.
Those green huckleberry will dry up fast and turn to dust.
This heat is doing nobody any favors.

[callturner]

Was up around Preast yesterday and I thought the berries sucked!

[pickardjw]

Going to be scouting the OR/WA blues for deer and hoping to run into a bear through most of August. Just need the heat to calm down. Not sure if the bears will be where I'm looking for deer earlier in the season but I imagine they'll overlap at some point...

One of my native carpenters is going to help put me on one as well down here in OR. Love how cheap the NR OR bear/cougar tags are. Would happily buy a second.

[logola512c]

my family got tired of the daily countdown to opening day about 2 months ago.  I-90 wet side berries seemed dried out when I was out looking yesterday

[hunter399]

I can add one photo here. I got recently nothing special.
I had a 30 second delay on the cam . Only one bear pic was on the cam for a month soak.

Most my other bear pics can be viewed here.

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,287173.0.html

[avidnwoutdoorsman]

The girls have been asking me since turkey season when is bear season. They got up and spoke to the commission in May trying to help our cougar hunting. They're all in on predator hunting. They ask about daily now when bear starts because the countdown has gotten so small and they are excited to go. We went picking last weekend and did really well but I didn't see any bear sign and haven't in my trips the last two berry seasons. Last year I made a trip to the NE and didn't get a shot on two bears sub 50 yards with a form member here that was very helpful. He tolerated my girls coming along one of the days too at which time they were only 4yo! I'm working on figuring out how to hunt closer to home here in SW Washington and plan to target the 560, 574, & 578 area as that is under 2hrs from me and there should always be consolation berries. If anyone is in that area and wants to help my girls and I get a bear (our first in WA) would be overly appreciated.

[avidnwoutdoorsman]

The girls have been asking me since turkey season when is bear season. They got up and spoke to the commission in May trying to help our cougar hunting. They're all in on predator hunting. They ask about daily now when bear starts because the countdown has gotten so small and they are excited to go. We went picking last weekend and did really well but I didn't see any bear sign and haven't in my trips the last two berry seasons. Last year I made a trip to the NE and didn't get a shot on two bears sub 50 yards with a form member here that was very helpful. He tolerated my girls coming along one of the days too at which time they were only 4yo! I'm working on figuring out how to hunt closer to home here in SW Washington and plan to target the 560, 574, & 578 area as that is under 2hrs from me and there should always be consolation berries. If anyone is in that area and wants to help my girls and I get a bear (our first in WA) would be overly appreciated.

Last season out looking for a bear in the NE

What is going in the freezer from last Sunday


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[brew]

Awesome pics...thanks

[PointBlank]

Going to sound like a stupid question but rather double check than risk it… hunter orange required for bear this year? Or still the same only during modern deer or elk? Thanks

[Mtnwalker]

Going to sound like a stupid question but rather double check than risk it… hunter orange required for bear this year? Or still the same only during modern deer or elk? Thanks

[redi]

Great photo of your girls. Good luck

[PointBlank]

Going to sound like a stupid question but rather double check than risk it… hunter orange required for bear this year? Or still the same only during modern deer or elk? Thanks

That’s what I figured. I checked printed copy and online couldn’t find anything that said otherwise… just heard rumor that it was required this year…

[ducks4days]

Not a dumb question. It was on the docket this year. The commission finally started seeing pushback in public comments, and deferred most of the items to the dept who opted for no change on most things including the orange requirement for bear and cougar.

[PointBlank]

Awesome possum!! Can’t wait already have a bear tied up to a tree just waiting now… best wishes to everyone that hunts the opener! Have fun and be safe!

[hunter399]

Down to the last day before bear season.
100 degree heat forecasted for opening day ,here in the NE.
I won't be out for awhile, between work,busy ,busy,busy.
That 100 degree forecast is not great.
Anyone change there hunt plans based on weather.
Early mourning,late evening,take a nap midday with the bee's in the nap weed. Or what?

Just took that bear test.
Them grizzly cubs got me. One looked like grizzly,other one looked like black. Ohh well still passed.

[Feathernfurr]

I have the day off so I’m going either way. Expectations are low though.

[vandeman17]

I will be out hopefully for the last hour or two of daylight tomorrow evening then both morning and evening on Saturday. I will be at my cabin so most the day will be spent working on projects with bear hunting being those couple hours where its not stupid hot

[Rainier10]

I will be out hopefully for the last hour or two of daylight tomorrow evening then both morning and evening on Saturday. I will be at my cabin so most the day will be spent working on projects with bear hunting being those couple hours where its not stupid hot

Same here. I will be at my place for the evening opener then working on projects midday Friday Saturday and Sunday. Hoping to connect with a bruin one of those days.

[Bareback]

The wife and I delayed our hunt. We just visited the berry fields we target and they are a few weeks behind. Last year on the opener, the bear my wife shot had zero fat, it was aged at 6 years old, which we found interesting.

[2MANY]

Fabulous pic Avid.

[Rainier10]

The cattleman grazing north of me sent a video Monday of a momma bear and three cubs on my place. Looks like I will have a whole new crop of bears in a couple years.

There are a couple chocolates that I’m hoping me or my guests can get this weekend.