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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: buglebrush on March 25, 2014, 09:27:20 PM

Title: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: buglebrush on March 25, 2014, 09:27:20 PM: The last two years "Stuck in the rut" has videos of Black bears killing elk calves. We need to all get serious about filling our bear tags. You can now get a nonresident bear tag for Idaho good in several units around CDA for $30. Great opportunity for Spokane area hunters to go get a spring bear.
Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: huntnnw on March 25, 2014, 09:51:11 PM: Use to be the number 1 mortality for elk calves I dunno if wolves have surpassed it, but they do some damage on fawns and calves. I have never understood these hardcore deer and elk hunters who do not hunt bears, but b&^$% about elk or deer numbers! get out there and do your part!
Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: buglebrush on March 25, 2014, 11:29:38 PM: Quote from: huntnnw on March 25, 2014, 09:51:11 PM
Use to be the number 1 mortality for elk calves I dunno is wolves have surpassed it, but they do some damage on fawns and calves. I have never understood these hardcore deer and elk hunters who do not hunt bears, but b&^$% about elk or deer numbers! get out there and do your part!

Couldn't agree more!
Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: Todd_ID on March 26, 2014, 09:32:04 AM: I've had very good bear baits in Idaho go vacant once the elk calves start being born. The bears start travelling all over sniffing the thermals looking for the next meal.
Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: grundy53 on March 26, 2014, 10:08:13 AM: Quote from: huntnnw on March 25, 2014, 09:51:11 PM
Use to be the number 1 mortality for elk calves I dunno if wolves have surpassed it, but they do some damage on fawns and calves. I have never understood these hardcore deer and elk hunters who do not hunt bears, but b&^$% about elk or deer numbers! get out there and do your part!
:yeah: this is the main reason I hunt bears.

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Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: boneaddict on March 26, 2014, 10:11:09 AM: I've watched it unfold a couple times for both deer and elk. Pretty amazing. They dont just nail the newborns either. They go with it well until the fall, just not as successful, but the meals are bigger.
Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: Jester052 on March 26, 2014, 06:29:22 PM: Nice
Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: wadu1 on March 26, 2014, 06:41:24 PM: I've seen a lot of little hooves in bear scat in Canada. So I'm not surprised.
Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: Longbowz on April 02, 2014, 09:31:48 PM: In an area with a spring bear season south facing slopes where elk cows love to calve are a great place to look for bears.
Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: Huntin Hounds on April 04, 2014, 03:19:25 PM: During the end of May beginning of June my we rig our dogs through the elk calving areas to get races going. That's where the big bears will be hanging out.
Title: Re: Black Bears eat elk calves
Post by: billythekidrock on April 05, 2014, 08:00:20 AM: Bears are hell on fawns as well.

Bear scat with fawn hoof.

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Bear scat with fawn skull.

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