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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: sled on August 07, 2012, 06:06:38 PM

Title: How many bears?
Post by: sled on August 07, 2012, 06:06:38 PM: I am wondering how many bears will live within say a square mile with a normal food source, and water close. Anyone know?
Title: Re: How many bears?
Post by: 3nails on August 07, 2012, 06:26:45 PM: I think a square mile to a bear is about a square inch of your house to you. I've seen as many as 7 adult bears feeding in one berry patch. A bear just goes where his nose leads him so they could be stacked up in one food source or scattered across the country. :twocents:
Title: Re: How many bears?
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 07, 2012, 06:59:47 PM: I agree ..I to have seen numberous bears feeding in one area ... But never crossing each others paths ... :tup:
Title: Re: How many bears?
Post by: xXLojackXx on August 07, 2012, 07:01:59 PM: I've had 9 bears on 3 trail cams spread about a 1/4 mile apart from eachother this year.
Title: Re: How many bears?
Post by: mtman on August 07, 2012, 08:45:33 PM: Bears usally only put up with each other being close when there is an abundince of food or its breeding season. The amount of food in a given area also effects there home range. If there is not enough food to support the bears they become canibelistic or search for new home ranges. I think in washington they say the average is about 60 sq miles for a boar and a 3rd of that for a sow.