One month to go

[LongTatLaw]

I cant wait....

Ive been hog hunting as practice...Ive gotta get me and my fam over there by Aug 1st...I cant freaking wait! I hope to take both with a bow this year but we will see!!!!


man its needs to get here!

[tmike]

One was lucky the season is still a month away today. My dog got a mouth full of hair and ducked a right cross. In the yard with the kids outside playing. 

[bearmanric]

there every were. i'm going to stay with the coast. every year i want to try other spot's. but i know were the bear's are on the coast. and i have a cool camp to hang out at. Rick

[Kain]

This will be my first year really "hunting" for bears.  I have bought tags but never really went after them.  I have been doing a lot of reading, looking over aerial photos, bought some customs calls from Bearmanric, watched every video I could download or buy and have some spots in mind to start scouting.  I am pretty frickin excited to get out and give it hell.  Hopefully I can get my dad or brothers as interested or at least get them to go with me.     We have always been archery deer hunters but I caught the bug hard last year when I started predator hunting.  I am actually more excited for this season than I ever have been in the past.  I am very lucky to have a wife that is supportive.

[SHANE(WA)]

It doesn't take bear season to get out in the woods for me. I dunno why people get so excited, bear hides are trash right now, taxidermist won't even buy them. Well maybe a 150 lber might be okay 

[billythekidrock]

I dunno why people get so excited, bear hides are trash right now,

Because they taste good.

[bearpaw]

I understand why you all are so excited. It's two months away over here and i am already excited to get back in the hunt.

Hey Kain, you said you were new to bearhunting....remember this....find the most ripe food (berries) and you will find the most bear....it has to be ripe!!!

[Kain]

I understand why you all are so excited. It's two months away over here and i am already excited to get back in the hunt.

Hey Kain, you said you were new to bearhunting....remember this....find the most ripe food (berries) and you will find the most bear....it has to be ripe!!!

Thanks bearpaw!  The areas I have picked out have lots of ripe berries right now.  Dont know what the area will look like in a month.    Hopefully I can find the berries in a month.

I am hunting them for the meat as well.  I have seen some of the resent pics form members on here and the hides look alright.  If not I will do the skull up nice for my trophy.

[SHANE(WA)]

Eat them in sept too and worth something then too. Nothing worse than shooting a giant bear in august and having to trash hide. Ask the state record holder , garbage hide . Kinda sucks .woulda been a beautiful bear come late sept

[littlebuf]

you don't have to rug them if there hides are bad, you can do a half mount those are cool too and not so dependent on a nice hide as a rug

[bearpaw]

shane you are right, if you're in the hunt for the hide, better to wait till late Sept for better hides. First of Sept they are not too bad. In Aug probably 50% are really poor and the rest are only acceptable at best.

But i think a lot of these guys just want to go hunting and may not even be worried about mounting the bear hide. When I was a kid my first 4 or 5 bear were only eaten. I never took anything to a taxidermist until I was 17.

shane is also right about being careful with meat. When it's hot you need to get them opened up and gutted, get the hide off, and get that meat cooled off as soon as possible. Two hours can spoil a bear. In another thread someone mentioned putting it in a creek if you need too and also getting excess fat off. All sage advice.

Good Luck Go Gettum......

[Kain]

Yea I expect to be ready for the heat.  I dont think there is much difference in the weather between Aug and Sept.  I have hunted early archery deer and I am used to hot weather even in Sept.  This is also why I HATE all the road closures in my area.  When the weather is so hot you have to hunt close to your truck or a creek.  Gated roads limit your hunting options for that.  Personally I can not afford a mount anyways but I think Shane is right about shooting a giant and not having a good mount, that would suck.   

[bearmanric]

i guess we should all join Shane in sept then. i enjoy hunting with bow Hunter's. i guided bear hunting 93 to 97. got 42 bear's. most made great rug's and ate very well. i would rather stay away from the bowhunter's. Rick

[boneaddict]

Kinda contemplating the whole scene.  I never hunted before September for bear and didn't even like it then really.  August is pitiful for hides I think and very hard to get a bear in on the Eastside without spoilage or bee issues, unless you have a walk in.  I have a big color phased though and know he won't be there if I wait on him.     Plus I'll be elsewhere in September. 

[bearmanric]

i'm talking the coast. even early sept when i was at usk was hot. i'll be in the wood's getting exercise. if i call a bear in  it's a bonus. i dont like dealing with bowhunter's in sept. not fun. Rick