Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 14, 2012, 09:57:49 PM
I friend of mine has asked me to come along with him to hunt black-bear up Glacier Creek Rd in Whatcom. I'm checking the area he wants to hunt out on my map and it looks like it's pretty cool country. Anyone have experience up there? This isn't an over-nighter but if we're lucky we'll be pulling black-bear our of them hills in the dark so I kind of want to get a feel for what you guys think. I generally shy away from hauling off into an area I haven't spent some time researching and memorizing maps and landmarks. This will be the shortest prep time I've had to hit a new place.
Mainly I'm curious about a lot of the wolf sightings folks have had around Baker Lake area. How concerned should we be? Also I've heard Grizzley's are making their way over from the North East...how concerned should we be? Any advice or tips would be great and might keep us young bucks alive. I can tell on the map that the road turns into a logging road but I haven't been able to make out a gate on the satellite images (if they're open they wouldn't show up). Are there gates on the way up there? If so how far's the hike past the gate to get up to relatively clear country where we can set in and glass the slopes (i.e. more Alpine country). Thanks for any input!
James
Post by: DaleVR on August 14, 2012, 10:20:38 PM
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 14, 2012, 10:47:03 PM
Post by: jgoetz on August 15, 2012, 06:47:49 AM
Post by: deadwoodbuck on August 15, 2012, 11:17:47 AM
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 15, 2012, 07:01:59 PM
Post by: xXLojackXx on August 16, 2012, 12:00:09 AM
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 16, 2012, 05:32:10 AM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 16, 2012, 07:21:26 AM
Post by: deadwoodbuck on August 16, 2012, 08:32:01 AM
thats the only smart thing to do...care for the meat in hand now...especially with this heat...then return for the one in the bush. nothings guarrenteed except the meat will spoil if you stay hopeing for another.
Post by: h20hunter on August 16, 2012, 08:41:32 AM
Post by: baker5150 on August 16, 2012, 10:29:20 AM
Post by: Sideswipe on August 16, 2012, 10:34:57 AM
On the way up I saw a big reddish/brown splotch in a meadow about 1/4 mile away. The size & color made me think Griz....after 15 min thru field glasses & it not moving I realized it was a very old, rotten log.
Few sightings (2) of decent sized bear spotted in the last couple of wks that I know of were up high 5000', I'm sure there are many lower than that. One of the two I just mentioned got a round between the eyes & died in place. Hunter was walking up to a downed log when the boar stood up on his hind feet to see what was going on....bang!
Go get em.
Post by: xXLojackXx on August 16, 2012, 10:44:45 AM
Put it in a cold creek.
Make sure you put the meat in game bags and then double bag it in water tight garbage bags. Cold water is a guaranteed way to spoil meat if it gets wet. Did that in Alaska in garbage bags and it worked out fine. Just make sure the meat stays dry.
Post by: MatthewHunter98 on August 16, 2012, 04:10:42 PM
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 16, 2012, 09:52:27 PM
Post by: fish vacuum on August 17, 2012, 02:36:27 AM
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 17, 2012, 05:51:39 AM
Post by: baker5150 on August 17, 2012, 12:57:30 PM
Best salmon bagel Ive ever had.
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 17, 2012, 03:30:45 PM
Post by: jgoetz on August 18, 2012, 04:58:20 PM
They had no idea I was sitting about 20 yards away. I was thinking, did I miss something here?!
You never know where you will run into a fellow HuntWA member. I hope you two connected.
Post by: NW-GSP on August 18, 2012, 05:22:12 PM
Stop and get yourself a salmon bagel at Graham's store on the way down.
Best salmon bagel Ive ever had.
I also like that store. I have not tried the salmon bagel. Will have to the next time I go
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 18, 2012, 11:50:00 PM
Post by: ghosthunter on August 19, 2012, 12:48:18 AM
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 19, 2012, 10:20:37 AM
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 19, 2012, 10:22:40 AM
Post by: ghosthunter on August 19, 2012, 12:51:40 PM
Noah and I were sitting around the camp fire at deer camp last year late at night. He heard a twig snap about 50 ft away from us in the black. Ask him what I did.
I am kind of a curious guy so I would not have left until I got a look at those glowing eyes and what was behind them.
If we were in Alaska I might have worried. But this state, bring it on. After 50 years of hunting some real remote dark hell holes I have never come across anything that was to much of a match for the fire power I carry. If I ever do meet something that big and nasty it will be a hell of a story for the other guys to tell.
Next time we want to know what it was, go forth pilgrim and bring light to the darkness. :dunno:
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 19, 2012, 04:58:57 PM
Post by: johnsc6 on August 20, 2012, 09:16:53 AM
:yeah:
Post by: NW-GSP on August 20, 2012, 10:14:41 AM
I woke up in the middle of the night hearing something outside my tent and see my buddys lab so I think nothing of it and start falling asleep again until I realised why would his dog be out of the tent in the middle of the night? so I start yelling at him asking if his dog was in his tent? he says yes! so I reply with are you sure cause if shes in there then there is a bear right outside of my tent he says shoot it! I have my shotgun loaded with slugs and buckshot but the bear took off before I could get a shot off, I was waiting till it was 100% safe
we think it is the same bear that had been coming into my buddys camp the year before, he was tired of it coming in so he tied a bunch of empty canned food containers to his cooler but the bear took off with his cooler and he didnt even wake up :chuckle: he found it all tore up the next day
Post by: MP123 on August 20, 2012, 11:23:36 AM
Yah I've been kicking myself all day for not trying to figure out what it was. On the way back up the mountain today I found big piles of carnivore scat in the area we stopped hearing the noises. Not sure what to think about that! At the end of the day I was closing my truck door and crushed my index finger tip...great way to end a hunting weekend. I'll be a riot alright!
Sasquatsh for sure! :chuckle:
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 20, 2012, 11:41:17 AM
Seriously though, I have never heard of or been in a situation where black bears actually stalked a human. Sounds more like cat activity than bear to me.
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 20, 2012, 06:07:14 PM
Post by: NW-GSP on August 20, 2012, 06:09:18 PM
Ha ha, good replies guys. I definitely feel a bit like a girl after reading this thread. I AM more committed to heading back up and getting that critter either on my plate if it's a Black Bear or on my camera if it's anything else. Might just have to set up camp again and try all over...is that considered baiting since I know he likes me so much?!?
Don't feel like a girl I would have prob done the same thing
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 20, 2012, 06:43:42 PM
Sounds like Yogi and Boo Boo found a new park to play in... :chuckle:
Seriously though, I have never heard of or been in a situation where black bears actually stalked a human. Sounds more like cat activity then bear to me.
My friend insists that the eye space (about 7") and the behavior sounded a lot more like a grizzly. Do cat's have heads that big?
Post by: baker5150 on August 21, 2012, 07:25:16 AM
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 21, 2012, 07:57:50 AM
Here's an old internet pic. of just such an experience. Some say this pic has been photoshopped and is not real, but there are plenty of stories of cases such as this.
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 21, 2012, 05:58:56 PM
Post by: ghosthunter on August 21, 2012, 07:45:55 PM
It does look a bit photo shopped but I can see it happening! :yike: Maybe you're right that it was a cat but the eye-spacing just seems a bit wide for a cat. Anyway, either way I'm out of the hunting game a bit while my broken trigger finger heals. I crunched it in my truck door Sunday afternoon and have NO good feelings in it. Just the bad kind you don't really wanna have.
Ahhh James just put some duck tape on it and go hunting. :tup:
Post by: wildweeds on August 21, 2012, 08:06:35 PM
Post by: furiouzgeorge on August 21, 2012, 09:48:20 PM
It does look a bit photo shopped but I can see it happening! :yike: Maybe you're right that it was a cat but the eye-spacing just seems a bit wide for a cat. Anyway, either way I'm out of the hunting game a bit while my broken trigger finger heals. I crunched it in my truck door Sunday afternoon and have NO good feelings in it. Just the bad kind you don't really wanna have.
Ahhh James just put some duck tape on it and go hunting. :tup:
I can't bend my finger!!! ;)
Post by: Jordanskylery on August 21, 2012, 11:13:23 PM
Post by: Deep Forks on August 22, 2012, 03:09:54 AM
reminds me of my first hunting experience in eastern wa, I was in my tent alone and my buddy had his tent set up about twenty yards away.That Lab has one fine nose. :chuckle:
I woke up in the middle of the night hearing something outside my tent and see my buddys lab so I think nothing of it and start falling asleep again until I realised why would his dog be out of the tent in the middle of the night? so I start yelling at him asking if his dog was in his tent? he says yes! so I reply with are you sure cause if shes in there then there is a bear right outside of my tent he says shoot it! I have my shotgun loaded with slugs and buckshot but the bear took off before I could get a shot off, I was waiting till it was 100% safe
we think it is the same bear that had been coming into my buddys camp the year before, he was tired of it coming in so he tied a bunch of empty canned food containers to his cooler but the bear took off with his cooler and he didnt even wake up :chuckle: he found it all tore up the next day
You're lucky that Big Foot didn't start chucking rocks the size of a small VW bug. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Next time make him some bacon and eggs, poor him a cup of coffee and go back to bed. :chuckle: :chuckle:Yah I've been kicking myself all day for not trying to figure out what it was. On the way back up the mountain today I found big piles of carnivore scat in the area we stopped hearing the noises. Not sure what to think about that! At the end of the day I was closing my truck door and crushed my index finger tip...great way to end a hunting weekend. I'll be a riot alright!Sasquatsh for sure! :chuckle:
Post by: baker5150 on August 23, 2012, 08:12:42 PM
reminds me of my first hunting experience in eastern wa, I was in my tent alone and my buddy had his tent set up about twenty yards away.That Lab has one fine nose. :chuckle:
I woke up in the middle of the night hearing something outside my tent and see my buddys lab so I think nothing of it and start falling asleep again until I realised why would his dog be out of the tent in the middle of the night? so I start yelling at him asking if his dog was in his tent? he says yes! so I reply with are you sure cause if shes in there then there is a bear right outside of my tent he says shoot it! I have my shotgun loaded with slugs and buckshot but the bear took off before I could get a shot off, I was waiting till it was 100% safe
we think it is the same bear that had been coming into my buddys camp the year before, he was tired of it coming in so he tied a bunch of empty canned food containers to his cooler but the bear took off with his cooler and he didnt even wake up :chuckle: he found it all tore up the next dayYou're lucky that Big Foot didn't start chucking rocks the size of a small VW bug. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Next time make him some bacon and eggs, poor him a cup of coffee and go back to bed. :chuckle: :chuckle:Yah I've been kicking myself all day for not trying to figure out what it was. On the way back up the mountain today I found big piles of carnivore scat in the area we stopped hearing the noises. Not sure what to think about that! At the end of the day I was closing my truck door and crushed my index finger tip...great way to end a hunting weekend. I'll be a riot alright!Sasquatsh for sure! :chuckle:
I hear they like Jack Lins Beef Jerky :chuckle: