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I was out hunting coyote's near rimrock and called in a big black bear. Do you think the bear could be called in again? I would love to and a black bear to the list.
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Check out this article. . .
http://hunting-washington.com/calling-bears.htm
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Absolutely, in the last 3 years I've called in 3 different bears. I had a bow in my hands so I didn't get the shot I needed but if I would have been rifle hunting all three would have been less than a 40 yd shot. In all three circumstances I was blowing an elk reed like a distress call.
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It depends, did you spook him? How did he leave when you were calling? How close did you get him to come in?
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Re: Calling in bear
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they travel with the feed. all you can do is call the area. watch for for for track's ,tore up log's. i went up there for the first time last year. alot of elk there. try elk sound's too. find a nice canyon were you can see a way's. good luck. i might be up there or blewitt pass. going to call more open country. Rick
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Re: Calling in bear
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I agree with the above posts. If you didn't spook him, and you can come across him while he is feeding you should have no problem getting him to come in. They are very curious creatures.
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We both scared the hell out of each other he only ran a little bit then turn and look back as he walked away. I didnt hear or see him tell he was to close for comfort, He showed up out of a swap when I was playing woodpecker in dist. I got so nervus that I had to stand up. If I would have had something bigger the a .223 then I wouldnt have moved but man its not a nice feeling when something that big shows up out of now where
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Sounds to me like you may have needed a change of underwear.
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Not that time. It scared my dad when it took off thought the trees he didn't see it tell after it took off, he yelled "what the hell was that"
. I have never seen him get up that fast.
Its kind of nerve racking to think they are that quite.
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I would change the call then and location. I wouldn't call from the same area witht he same call. Bears are not stupid. Mix up the sound and the location and he will come in again, but probably come in slow and downwind. Pretty exciting huh!?!
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Re: Calling in bear
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Got some questions about callin myself. I've hunted and killed bears before but the majority of my experience is just glassing (also over bait during a hunt in Alberta 1 time). I've read Billy's article but I have some specific questions:
- How do you go about selecting particular call. Not brand but rather what it's supposed to mimic. In Billy's article he references rabbit/cow/fawn. Are there others that I should have? Or does the actual call really make that much of a difference?
- Assuming I've verified that there are bears in the area and have a good gauge on the wind, are there any specific things to look for when choosing you setup position?
- Would you recommend using a decoy?
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I have had good success with two calls, an older Circe three in one call and a Javelina call. I personnally like a coarser call, but as you can see above a woodpecker call worked. I like something coarser and with good range.
Some place you can see/have protection from behind if your calling by yourself. They seem to approach easier if they can come in from cover. Wide open doesn't seem to appeal to the big boys.
Several guys have had success with fawn decoys, I don't use one, but I know guys who have used them and they do work.
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Re: Calling in bear
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i use a fawn decoy.i use a english walnut call. it put's a nice sound out. it is tuned Raspy cource sounding. i just call with alot of emotion using your chest give it feeling. i can do cub in distress, deer in distress. too. i also use a openreed axis's call for elk sound's. i like the wind at me or cross wind. i also have a FX5 Foxpro. with alot of bear, deer and elk sound's. i havnt been calling the last few year's like i like to. going to be serios this year. Rick
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Re: Calling in bear
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It almost sounds like its the distress sound in general of a call that's important more than actually sounding like a particular critter. If Machias was using a Javelina call in the NW and getting results its kinda hard to believe a bruin was comin in expecting to find a wounded pig.
What about mixing in crow calls?
Is it also good to make some kind of noise like there's a fight or some kind of attack in progress?
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you dont have to make a javalina sound like one. the call has a nice course sound to it. actually people have called in bear's with the foxpro javalina distress. the goat sound's close to a deer. you woulnt believe the sound's that have worked. on predatormaster's. there have been several bobcat's called in when guy's were Howling. that is pretty wild. i use crow and Raven sound's later on when i'm calling. trying to liven thing's up. Rick
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