oping you guys can shed some light on some frustrations in my first few attempts at finding bears.
I’ve been out the last few August seasons and still have yet to see any bear BUT I’m constantly finding sign… just like a few week old sign. It’s always so dried up if you kick it, it just turns to berry dust.
I went out earlier this week and on a road I’ve been down before found 6 or 7 smaller piles fresh enough they’re still black/purple but dead dry. This is all in less than .5 miles. Only problem is I’m at the top of the foot hill system I’m hunting in.
Im at a loss, thimble berries aren’t yet ripe, black berries aren’t ripe, not sure if I need to drop all my elevation? The clearings lower are all so over grown you can’t really glass into them or so fresh they’re only a year or two old.
Do I just spend my time cruising these 10 year old clear cut/ abandoned roads or watch the fresh cuts that have berries in the edges? Orrrrr does the sun dry out the bear *censored* way faster than I’m thinking and stay up on top.
Up top is 2500’ and we are talking between eatonville and Morton
Picture is of a bear I had on camera a few miles away in the spring
