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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: saylean on June 26, 2014, 08:53:08 PM

Title: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: saylean on June 26, 2014, 08:53:08 PM: I was tearing apart my goat fence last night, dogs start going ape, I keep working away. The boy is playing by me and I hear some blackberries breaking along the hillside. I walk a bit closer thinking it might be a bear and sure enough, a decent bear pops out, pauses and looks at me. I holler at the boy to come look and he loved it. The bear sauntered off and made his way thru the brush. Pretty cool to see. I've heard of another sow and cub in the area, as well as another smaller bear about a mile away.
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: RB on June 26, 2014, 09:13:27 PM: Right on! just get him to hang out for about another month :chuckle:
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: Ripper on June 27, 2014, 09:38:57 AM: I was in your neighborhood the other day looking at a new house. It backed up to a forested area full of black berries and all I could think about was bears in the back yard. I had visions of sitting on the patio with a cup coffee at sunrise with my rifle at my side. It appears as though my thoughts weren't to far off. Probably can't hunt in the neighborhood but it was a fun thought.
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: bearmanric on June 28, 2014, 08:22:17 AM: Nice love seeing them. Rick
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: saylean on June 29, 2014, 08:30:53 PM: Just bought 4.5 acres just east of I 5, near Conway, lots of blackberries and woods....here's to hoping I will see a bit another. Got about a million rabbits.
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: skagitsteel on June 29, 2014, 10:29:27 PM: Quote from: saylean on June 29, 2014, 08:30:53 PM
Just bought 4.5 acres just east of I 5, near Conway, lots of blackberries and woods....here's to hoping I will see a bit another. Got about a million rabbits.

you will see more, they are in that general area every year
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: Ripper on June 30, 2014, 10:07:34 AM: I tried to buy a house near Conway last year on 5 acres. I was a sweet place that backed up to state land, blackberries galore, a small pond. Some A-Hole came in with an offer above asking and we were left crying in our cheerioes. I'm still bummed about it.
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: stringer on July 06, 2014, 04:40:08 PM: Live up beyond the school, over 30 years now, pm me if you like
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: BLR 243 on July 06, 2014, 05:12:10 PM: got black bears, bob cats, occasional lion and the ubiquitous coyotes here in Conway. Coyote # 31 bit the hay 2 days ago.
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: saylean on July 14, 2014, 08:17:42 PM: Saw another bear in stanwood about 3 days ago, just off 36th ave. Looked like a smaller sow. They seem to be everywhere this year.

Ps...just got internet here in Conway. ;) :tup:
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: kodiak 907 on July 15, 2014, 07:14:55 AM: There is a collared sow that had three little ones there last year. I hunt a friends property off of 300th for deer and there are a ton of bears in there. Good Luck
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: Sideswipe on July 26, 2014, 01:55:10 PM: That's near my offramp. Saw a decent 4x4 couple of yrs back on 300 by Pioneer hwy...just laying inside the barbed wire w/the cows. Think he was biding his time as bow season was on & I'll bet there was an hombre in the stand of timber across the hwy. Maybe we could rename Pioneer Hwy SR9 eh?
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: Mark Brenckle on July 26, 2014, 02:02:00 PM: Took a ride in the hills there at the west end of 300th last weekend, lots and lots of bear poop in there. Not too surprising since they don't allow hunting on the tree farm.
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: beautrim on August 06, 2014, 02:29:58 PM: :tup: good buddy lives up there off 300th sees em all the time, prime territory, was over there last Saturday night coyote crazy out there too throw some calls I bet they come in
Title: Re: Bear at 50 yards last evening in stanwood, 300 st exit
Post by: hrd2fnd on August 06, 2014, 02:43:10 PM: Who can forget the bear living in the highway median last year. I do recall seeing the bear cage setup for at least a week or so before it was removed.