Ive been out quite a bit lately tring to scout some areas for some fresh sign and havent seen much in the low elevation until yesterday. Theres this one gated road that seems to be pretty productive every year for seeing bear when the cascara is ripe so my dad and I went there and found over a dozen different stumps that have been tore up within the last couple weeks and found one pile of crap there that was very fresh (i'm thinking one or two days as the most) and it seemed to be pretty good size. I dug through it and Seems like it was mostly huckleberries and still some cambian. Cascara is still about 2 weeks away from being ripe around here and didnt find any in it.
Crappy thing is there is a sow Ive seen here several times over the last few years that is pretty good size (around 150 to mabe 200) and Im hoping this isnt from her. I found a small alder tree about 400 yards away that was right beside the road and looked like a small animal had clawed its way up it, maybe a cub?. Anyway, I had a productive day of scouting and Im thinking I know where Im going to hunt August 1st.