Post by: billythekidrock on May 10, 2013, 09:08:11 PM
This morning I had a pretty cool vocalization encounter with a bear while checking one of my cameras.
When I got to the camera site I found a few piles of bear crap so I knew I should have some video and as I got closer I could tell it had been eating grass within a few feet of the camera.
After retrieving the SD card I fired up the laptop to see what I got. After viewing the few videos it did take, I put the laptop back in its case and zipped it up. The zipping sound spooked a large critter about 15 yards away. I thought it was a bear due to the loud crashing and brush breaking, but I do get deer on this camera so I couldn’t be sure.
I grabbed my other camera and hunkered down hoping to get a pic or two. After about five minutes of silence I stood up and the mud around me made some slight sucking noises. The critter immediately moved off in a deliberate but quiet manner circling to the down wind side. It had never moved very far from the original spot that I heard it.
I hadn’t put the trail camera back yet so I put it back as quick and as quiet as I can when I heard a twig break and some brush moving 20 yards directly behind me. Again, I hunker down with my camera at the ready but it is so thick I can’t see a thing. After a couple of minutes I blow a couple of times and it starts to vocalize, confirming that it is a bear.
I hunkered back into the brush and waited for 30 minutes without hearing a sound so I left to check another cam.
I head North into this area and then East to the cam. As far as I can tell, the bears typically head South and then East to feed on grass for a few weeks in the spring. This bear crossed my scent path and then started making a ruckus when it heard me in its feeding area.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2FCapture28.JPG&hash=b96366ba285971622e07d153d173098ee16af973)
Here is the type of vocalization that I heard. The photo is mine, but the audio is not.
Black Bear Vocalization (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNruqFIaTgE#ws)
Post by: RadSav on May 10, 2013, 09:31:11 PM
Sure makes you know your alive, doesn't it? I've been charged by three different non wounded bear. One charged something like eight times before I finally got him to leave the cubs alone. Dang if that is not fun and exciting.
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Post by: billythekidrock on May 19, 2013, 06:03:50 AM
I bet that got your heart rate up. I have had a couple run ins with a sow and cubs and ive heard similar vocalizations.
Actually it didn't. I was more disappointed that I was not able to get some photos.
A couple of years ago jumped a sow and two cubs from their beds in this same location and was able to get this short video. The cubs went up the tree while mamma hung out a short distance away.
Two Angry Cubs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyTBXY0CoE#)
Post by: boneaddict on May 19, 2013, 06:34:25 AM