Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: andrew_in_idaho on May 06, 2015, 06:33:00 PM
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I'm just curious what bear activity is typically like when it's raining, probably a difference between the bears here in idaho and the ones in western WA. A buddy of mine who is a pretty successful bear hunter says they don't come out in the rain. What are all of you experts experiences with bear activity in the rain?
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I don't see them very often while raining. :dunno:
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I've seen them quite often during the spring bear hunts I've been on in the blues. And it can rain pretty good down there in the spring :chuckle: if it's not snowing!
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Never seen a bear in the actual rain, however I do tend to go out less often on a rainy day. I've seen bears when its an overcast day and looks like rain.... :dunno:
D-Rock and I have decided that bears hate rain... which is our excuse for not hunting in the rain.
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In the last three seasons I have seen around 50 bears, not a single one in the rain! (I shot one once in a very light sprinkle with a high cloud ceiling) I have hunted in snow, rain, wind, sun. I know some of the lack of sightings are because of limited visibility in rainy conditions, however based on my experience I would say with confidence bears are definitely less active in the rain, at least where I hunt.. :twocents:
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Interesting.
My experience is unless it's really down pouring I've seen as many bears in the rain as in the sun shine. This is on the westside of the Cascades. In fact a couple years ago I watched four bears eating berries on an open ridge. They didn't appear until the clouds parted and I could see the ridge. It was raining the whole time.
