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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: DoubleJ on August 09, 2012, 09:35:54 PM

Title: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: DoubleJ on August 09, 2012, 09:35:54 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv612%2Fdoublej88%2FIMAG0354.jpg&hash=e441052b1cddf8b34a60bf8952a38d71a1c23e93)

Didn't figure it was big enough to be a big bear. We saw 2 piles. One was so dry it felt like air. This one was also dry but still had about half of the heft to it from what you'd expect it to weigh. Any guess how old it was based on my crappy description?
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: TommyH on August 09, 2012, 09:38:16 PM: more than a week.... looks dried out on the outside.
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: NW-GSP on August 09, 2012, 09:41:50 PM: I saw about fourty piles like that yesterday, some had a little bit of grass in them. I thought it was coyote scat
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: bobcat on August 09, 2012, 09:46:21 PM: Hard to say, my first guess would be coyote.

But could be bear. Can't say I'm an expert on the sujbect.
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: DoubleJ on August 09, 2012, 09:47:40 PM: Tons of what I know is coyote scat all along the road. I'd say there had to be a dozen yotes in there. Just thought this was bear scat based on the pics I see on here and all the berry seeds
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: bobcat on August 09, 2012, 09:49:04 PM: Coyotes like berries too, much easier to "catch" than a live animal.
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: TommyH on August 10, 2012, 07:09:03 AM: small bear!
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: D-Rock425 on August 10, 2012, 07:50:41 AM: It could be bear scat but most of the time what people think is little bear scat is normally just coyote poo.
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: DoubleJ on August 10, 2012, 08:23:11 AM: Well, damnit again. I obviously have no idea what I'm doing with bear so I'm not wasting another drop of gas on the damned things. More for you guys. If I see one while hunting something else that's fine but I'm not chasing them anymore
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: Kowsrule30 on August 10, 2012, 04:42:38 PM: You'll get better at it....
Title: Re: I'm guessing this is cub scat?
Post by: runamuk on August 10, 2012, 04:51:10 PM: Quote from: DoubleJ on August 10, 2012, 08:23:11 AM
Well, damnit again. I obviously have no idea what I'm doing with bear so I'm not wasting another drop of gas on the damned things. More for you guys. If I see one while hunting something else that's fine but I'm not chasing them anymore

don't throw in the towel yet it takes time and they are not easy to hunt... anyone who convinces you they are must have super powers or live where they can bait and hound :chuckle: Many people have spent many years trying to get a bear.... I am on year 4....3rd serious season last year I just didn't have the money or time to hunt bears so only scouted. I know eventually the plantes and stars will all be in the right alignment and I will succeed....