Bear elevation

[nanum]

At what elevation are you guys seeing bear and fresh bear sign. I was up to the 2800' ft level around HWY 2 Sultan area and I did'nt see much fresh sign. Do they drop down in elevation to eat all the blackberries as soon as they start to ripen? Any comments will help. Thanks

[JackOfAllTrades]

Some sign I saw on Saturday was at 5,100'. Lots of green grass and stumps with bugs yet.  A few Red Hucks at 3,000' had just started to ripen. Nothing eaten there though.

-Steve

[87Ford]

Shot one at 5500' on Saturday.

Are you going to post a pic?

[alecvg]

I have been as high as 5600, but have found nothing close to ripe yet.  Seen one bear at around 2500ish but that is a whole different story.

[seth30]

WOW, where did you get that bear?

[Kain]

SWEET.  You should post that pic with the story on a new thread.  Dont be stingy now, most of us have to live out our hunting vicariously through others.  

[87Ford]

Nice bear!  Thanks for posting the pic.

[letsgosleddin]

Very nice bear there Shane Bob. Im gonna head out this weekend for my first try at a bear.

[billythekidrock]

Most sign I have been seeing is around 600 - 800 feet. Pretty low.

[rasbo]

I see sign at every elevation Ive been at,this is a weird year though,im hanging at 2500 to 3000

[jackelope]

Hiked from 2k to 4500 or so sunday, saw fresh sign(peeled trees) at about the high point...no ripe berries yet. Close down around 2k.

[nanum]

Seem's like it's a little tough right now with the berries not being ripe. Seems like last year around this time the berries were ripe and I was seeing alot of fresh sign lower down around 1500'. I havent hunted bear alot and the only times I have seen them is when there in the berries. Not sure what the strategy is if I'm not hunting berries.

[actionshooter]

They are ripping stumps apart in the older clearcuts right now. We could hear one poppin' stumps last week but never got a look at it. These are older clearcuts that the stumps are starting to rot in.

I agree, the majority of the sign I have seen has been in clear cuts with rotten stumps and logs. The berries are gonna be way late this year IF they come on at all.

[Dean44]

I saw one at 50' above sea level in the coastal range this last weekend.  Very heavy stump damage was evident. Also a large bear pile full of black carpenter ants.

[Skyvalhunter]

Seen them in all different elevations up by Stevens Pass. Just get out there and keep looking.