Spring Bear

[carpsniperg2]

a couple of sasquatch were are the pics

[Rufous]

This season was pretty lousy over here in the Blue Mtns. It was much colder and wetter than usual. Spring bears really prefer to come out when it is sunny. I just did not see nearly as many bears as I normally do. I hunted hard over several weekends, glassing lots of country and hiking many miles but the bears were not out much. I still think they should switch the season to May 1st to June 15th. That would make so much more sense to me.

[D-Rock425]

NI agree about switching the season to may 1st to June 15th.  Then I could Turkey hunt for 15 days first.

[runamuk]

I will be giving it another try this afternoon, check my camera from last Friday.
I have to go to the in-laws on Saturday, and my Daughters Softball team has a double header Sunday, so will only have mornings.
I hope to get out at least 5 more times before the 15th...
But I had a good season no matter what happens, learned a lot, have quite a few pictures of bears on my trail camera, added to my call collection, did manage to call one in, but it came in behind me, downwind, and across an opening 
All in all, not a bad start to my first year actually hunting bear instead of just carrying a tag, hoping to run into one.

that bear is laughing at you...   and I love following your hunt.....I cant wait for fall ......

[billythekidrock]

I think it is a bit slow for site members, but I am hearing of bears killed by non-site members so it is probably about average. 

[NWWABOWHNTR]

I only heard of 2 bears in the skagit taken...  Still waiting to see the video's from Hogsniper.... here he has a wild one. 

[washingtonmuley]

I heard the same thing from hogsniper as well. I did not fill my skagit tag either. I made three seperate weekend trips with no luck and very bad weather. Oh well.

[whacker1]

I had the 49 degrees north tag.  We saw one bear and didn't see much sign until late in the season when it started raining like a son of a gun.  I had a great time, learned the unit much better, and saw moose, elk, deer, and lots of turkeys and lots of ungrateful messy memorial day weekend campers.

I even learned a little about bear hunting in the spring. 

All in all it was great to have an opportunity to hunt in the spring and will wait for fall to redeem myself.  I think I put in 12 days of hunting, so much better than the alternative of "not' hunting.

[Austrian Hunter]

I had the 49 degrees north tag.  We saw one bear and didn't see much sign until late in the season when it started raining like a son of a gun.  I had a great time, learned the unit much better, and saw moose, elk, deer, and lots of turkeys and lots of ungrateful messy memorial day weekend campers.

I even learned a little about bear hunting in the spring. 

All in all it was great to have an opportunity to hunt in the spring and will wait for fall to redeem myself.  I think I put in 12 days of hunting, so much better than the alternative of "not' hunting.

I have heard from several people that 49 N was a real slow spring for Bear!  I wanted that tag really bad, you get them in the fall. 

[whacker1]

If you draw 49 in the future, I will be a decent resource for places to start.

[walt]

"I think that stump has a face..." 

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I had the small bear come through my trail on the 29th at 8:30PM, that was all last 7 days......
I guess my "hot spot" cooled off a bit. 

[whacker1]

"I think that stump has a face..." 

Yes, pretty entertaining way to say bear.

[Ghost Hunter]

I think I see a long day trip tomorrow.  Sun is supposed to shine

[hoofer]

That's a nice looking bear. I'm still after it in Kapowsin- saw a monster in there 2 1/2 weeks ago- got 10 days into him-not quittin till eve of the 15th- Found another big peice of the puzzle last night. Good luck to all of you that are still huntin.