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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: atfulldraw on August 04, 2014, 05:08:00 PM

Title: Where to find a bear?
Post by: atfulldraw on August 04, 2014, 05:08:00 PM: I'm new to bear hunting and looking for a little bit of advice. I was planning on hunting on the highway 2 corridor being that I live in Gold Bar. If I missed anything let me know. Thanks.

So my questions are.
1. Is there a certain elevation I should be looking?

2. With the high heat should I be looking at North facing slopes?

3. Creek bottoms or clear cuts?
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: Tbar on August 04, 2014, 05:12:58 PM: Follow the berries, find berries, be patient, find bears. Good luck
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on August 04, 2014, 05:13:42 PM: Definitely cool areas and don't skip low elevations. The wild black berries have run their coarse in the valley so watch those north facing slopes
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: atfulldraw on August 04, 2014, 05:17:35 PM: Thanks for the quick response. I kinda figured berries were going to be the first thing to look for.
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: Tbar on August 04, 2014, 05:20:31 PM: I would actually start West of your current location. Later I would hunt high.
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: atfulldraw on August 04, 2014, 05:27:40 PM: Quote from: Tbar on August 04, 2014, 05:20:31 PM
I would actually start West of your current location. Later I would hunt high.
What sort of terrain should I be concentrating on?
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 04, 2014, 05:30:05 PM: There seems to be an over abundance of blackberries this year ..I do not have much luck in the open when it comes to bears ..Seems I do better in the nasty stuff ..Always finding an advantage point where I can look down into it ..if that helps :dunno: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: whackmaster on August 04, 2014, 05:34:38 PM: Quote from: Tbar on August 04, 2014, 05:12:58 PM
Follow the berries, find berries, be patient, find bears. Good luck
take tbars advice he is very wise :tup:
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: Windwalker on August 04, 2014, 06:37:09 PM: Quote from: Tbar on August 04, 2014, 05:12:58 PM
Follow the berries, find berries, be patient, find bears. Good luck

:yeah: Emphasis on 'be patient'.

A few years back - found a spot to glass- wife and I sat there a half hour glassing..nothing..45 minutes...then spot an ear....a few minutes later a head..15 minutes a second bear. After an hour the 'empty' clear cut turned out to have 4 bears lolling around in it..

If that wasn't bad enough, had to choose one. Wife picks one (I thought I knew which one so I am watching it) then I tell her to hold on -I see a huge blond 5th bear..then BOOM.. I look over and she is facing the other way...holding a smokin gun?
Turns out another had popped up 50 feet from her walking up the trail she was standing in.

Ya just never know..have patience.
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: mxryder909 on August 05, 2014, 07:46:43 AM: logging roads with huckleberrys, blueberry,blackberry is key, then look for scat old or fresh....
If you see animal paths doesnt mean its a bear, these fata$$'s love pooping on the logging roads...
Once you find a fresh scat pile, locate a tree for a tree stand or hill side... Glass glass glass, and start with a distressed fawn call...

Using a call in a clearing could work too... if you cant find bear, come over one night for dinner. Filled both bears tags and were 4days into the season.
Cheers
and happy hunting
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: atfulldraw on August 06, 2014, 08:54:23 AM: Well I went out yesterday afternoon for about 4 hours and didn't see much for sign. All the poo I saw looked like it was from the last century. The area I was in won't have ripe berries for 2-3 weeks. The search continues.
Title: Re: Where to find a bear?
Post by: Kmerr98277 on August 06, 2014, 04:22:02 PM: http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/seasonal-hikes/summer-destinations/huckleberry-hikes (http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/seasonal-hikes/summer-destinations/huckleberry-hikes)