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NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« on: May 29, 2025, 08:07:09 PM »
Hey gang,

Due to work I don't think I can get out for my spring bear till after June 15th.

Bears will be rutting but I've never hunted this late in this season.

Any advice? Plus I think there's only a few units open that late. I typically just go for it but im doubting myself as I have not gone this time of year.

thanks for any responses

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Re: NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2025, 08:31:23 PM »
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Re: NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2025, 11:06:57 PM »
you are right that a good number of units close june 15. Many of the better units will be open. june 15-30 is good. Boars should still be moving around more looking for sows. A lot of the bait hunters will be done also and I think that gets the bears travelling looking for new food sources. I was assuming you were doing spot and stalk?

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Re: NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2025, 11:20:59 PM »
Lotta bear movement in June.. my baits get hit the most those last 2 weeks in the season where I hunt (june 15th closure) I gripe to IDFG all the time about there random weird units closing dates. Unit 10 closes June 30 and yet 7 that borders it is july 31.. well a ton of access into that country is after June 30th due to snow. I have tried for almost a decade to get in the last weekend in June and its yet to happen. My cams are running in there from previous year and I get alot of bear pics in June.

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Re: NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2025, 06:26:47 AM »
Watch south facing slopes in the afternoon.

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Re: NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2025, 09:32:13 PM »
Thanks for all the info. I ended up getting hosed on work. Not the worse thing in the world. Having a job a and deal.

Anyhow, I guess I can use the tag in fall. Aug30 is pretty late. Will berries be dried up? East side of Wa seems like berries are done by then. Makes it a bit tough to find them without easy food source.

Any suggestions or units to pm? I typically head up into up panhandle.

Cheers

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Re: NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2025, 10:52:52 PM »
Lotta huckleberries most years above 5K in late August into September. Last year on labor day weekend I saw 7 bears in 1.5 days eating hucks at 5,000 to 6,000'

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Re: NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2025, 09:18:23 AM »
 :yeah:
I hunt the north east corner every year for bear in September. Actually I hunt hucks
Bears will be where the last berries are. The weather can be a bit cooler and it limits that amount of area you have to cover. In a nut shell, just find the last berry

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Re: NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2025, 06:58:11 AM »
Thanks for the encouragement. I figured berrie would be dehydrated by and gone then. Good to know. Might make for some good times if there are select patches of berries still popping off. I reckon a guy could find a lot of bears concentrated in areas with food.
Thanks for the responses.

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Re: NEED ADVICE: LATE after JUNE 15th IDAHO BEAR
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2025, 11:29:38 AM »
I've heard of peeps picking this year already. 😉 😉....

 


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