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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: scottfrick on April 05, 2015, 08:11:23 PM

Title: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: scottfrick on April 05, 2015, 08:11:23 PM: seen this guy yesterday around 1:30 in the afternoon
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: stevemiller on April 05, 2015, 08:14:52 PM: Looks like a biggun. :tup:
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: scottfrick on April 05, 2015, 08:17:52 PM: It was A very nice sized bear. I know this because he was no more than 100 yards away. He stood there for at least a good 2-4 minutes looking at us. There was a another one with him that I didn't get to see. My brother inlaw saw it tho and said it was smaller than the one in the picture.
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: wheels on April 05, 2015, 09:19:09 PM: nice what unit or general area
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: Timberstalker on April 05, 2015, 09:19:51 PM: Probably a sow and cub.
Boars aren't with the sows yet.
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: scottfrick on April 06, 2015, 04:46:32 AM: Quote from: Timberstalker on April 05, 2015, 09:19:51 PM
Probably a sow and cub.
Boars aren't with the sows yet.
I'm not sure. Very well could have been since I was not able to see it. I would have figured the cub would have been a lot closer to this bear. It was pretty far away on the other side of the clearing. Just glad I was able to see a bear. Now just gotta wait till the spring hunt starts!!
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: scottfrick on April 06, 2015, 04:47:42 AM: Quote from: wheels on April 05, 2015, 09:19:09 PM
nice what unit or general area
Mashel unit
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: Eli346 on April 06, 2015, 05:13:53 AM: Sometimes a sow will come out into a clearing and mill around a bit for a few minutes. I think it's to check for danger before she lets the cub come out. I've seen this a couple of times. She would turn and 'woof' at the cub and it would come out after the mother.
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: trophyhunt on April 06, 2015, 05:53:22 AM: Nice pic Scott, she could have had last years cub with her. You draw the kapowsin tag?
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: scottfrick on April 06, 2015, 06:14:43 AM: Quote from: trophyhunt on April 06, 2015, 05:53:22 AM
Nice pic Scott, she could have had last years cub with her. You draw the kapowsin tag?
Ya I got a kapowsin tag.
Title: Re: First sighting of the year for me
Post by: longwalker on April 06, 2015, 06:40:51 AM: Was that actually on The hunt side or the bridge gate side? You can go up the bridge hate side right now and probably see two or three a night if you know where the feeders are. The guys that feed the bears get pretty touchy about trail cams so I've gotten pretty good at hiding them