14 days

[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.

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