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Offline J-Bone

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Tree stand for Western Washingtn
« on: July 01, 2025, 11:12:18 AM »
Curious if anyone has just hung up a stand near well trafficked bear areas and waited for them to show up (not hunting over bait). I was thinking about doing that this year particularly in early august and early mornings near known areas. Any comments on the viability of this strategy? Normally i just spot and stalk...

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Re: Tree stand for Western Washingtn
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2025, 11:40:23 AM »
Curious if anyone has just hung up a stand near well trafficked bear areas and waited for them to show up (not hunting over bait). I was thinking about doing that this year particularly in early august and early mornings near known areas. Any comments on the viability of this strategy? Normally i just spot and stalk...

It works if you have a good food area.
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Re: Tree stand for Western Washingtn
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2025, 03:06:42 PM »
If you can handle the boredom, I would think you will need a reliable food source such an apple trees, not sure I would bother with Blacktail berries unless there was a good view point that covered a lot of ground to see one.

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Re: Tree stand for Western Washingtn
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2025, 08:05:39 AM »
Yes it works. This is how I got my first bear. Had a timbered strip area along a small creek that a trail camera caught bears coming through frequently.  No good areas to glass from so took a stand in. Sat for two hours and got extremely bored with only a few small pockets to see into. Started calling and that changed everything. Very exciting when a bear silently appears in your shooting lane.

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Re: Tree stand for Western Washingtn
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2025, 08:56:36 AM »
I killed my first bear out of a tree stand while bow hunting blacktails. I've seen a few bears while in a tree stand

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Re: Tree stand for Western Washingtn
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2025, 04:37:01 PM »
I would do it over berries with a lot of bear sign OR where I consistently have pics...

 


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