Post by: huntingdog16 on January 15, 2016, 07:54:22 PM
Post by: wheels on January 15, 2016, 07:56:53 PM
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Post by: saylean on January 15, 2016, 10:22:31 PM
Post by: ctwiggs1 on January 19, 2016, 12:40:05 PM
Just curious about this
Curtis
Post by: h20hunter on January 19, 2016, 12:43:04 PM
Post by: ctwiggs1 on January 19, 2016, 12:44:44 PM
Post by: saylean on January 19, 2016, 08:16:31 PM
Plus, the hides are great if you catch them early.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 19, 2016, 08:24:03 PM
Spring bears have tasted great, the ones I have killed. I just like to put in to try to get a chance to hunt a little early, and it is a different style of hunt.
Plus, the hides are great if you catch them early.
My thoughts as well. The 2 spring bears I killed tasted good. The 2 fall bears I have killed tasted bad! I know the spring bears that get into the skunk cabbage can be very nasty.
Post by: sled on January 19, 2016, 08:37:06 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on January 19, 2016, 08:46:12 PM
Post by: Turner89 on January 19, 2016, 09:01:41 PM
:yeah: I thought the 2 spring bears my son, and i got were great. The only bad tasting bear I've ate was one that had been eating rotten humpies........that thing was disgusting. I won't hunt them anywhere near where salmon are spawning.Spring bears have tasted great, the ones I have killed. I just like to put in to try to get a chance to hunt a little early, and it is a different style of hunt.
Plus, the hides are great if you catch them early.
My thoughts as well. The 2 spring bears I killed tasted good. The 2 fall bears I have killed tasted bad! I know the spring bears that get into the skunk cabbage can be very nasty.
Post by: ShaneTyTrey on January 19, 2016, 09:10:06 PM
Better hides, and easier to find! The boars are out looking for sows, and your hunting big game in the spring, it's a blast for me.:yeah:
Post by: huntingdog16 on January 19, 2016, 09:29:43 PM
Post by: bobcat on January 20, 2016, 12:16:01 AM
Post by: wheels on January 20, 2016, 12:34:28 AM
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 20, 2016, 11:41:51 AM
Better hides, and easier to find! The boars are out looking for sows, and your hunting big game in the spring, it's a blast for me.easier to find I'm not so sure about.
Post by: trophyhunt on January 20, 2016, 11:53:06 AM
Post by: luvmystang67 on January 20, 2016, 11:59:10 AM
Taste, as H20 mentioned, one was not great, the other was good (but I turned it into summer sausage and pepperoni, even duck is good like that) :chuckle:.
Plan to spend a lot of time at it. I think success rates are fairly low because people don't dedicate enough time to being out in the woods. I know Monroe took ~4 bears total last year, one of which was mine.
Clearly Skagit is the place to go :tup:
Jokes aside, its not an easy hunt, but what else are you going to do with your spring, hunt turkeys? (Jk, turkey hunting is fun too).
Post by: sled on January 20, 2016, 12:05:51 PM
Post by: saylean on January 20, 2016, 08:33:30 PM
They're not really any easier to find on the west side... in general and in my opinion. They aren't very active until the spring green up begins and at that point you lose a lot of your advantage. The food source is anywhere (grass and stumps) so it is hard to focus on one particular area that'd hold bear (no berry patches). Their hide can be good if you get them before they rub, but they're also good late in the regular season. In general they're going to be lighter weight because they've been fasting for the winter, so if you're looking for trophy weight I'm fairly certain spring is a bad time.
Taste, as H20 mentioned, one was not great, the other was good (but I turned it into summer sausage and pepperoni, even duck is good like that) :chuckle:.
Plan to spend a lot of time at it. I think success rates are fairly low because people don't dedicate enough time to being out in the woods. I know Monroe took ~4 bears total last year, one of which was mine.
Clearly Skagit is the place to go :tup:
Jokes aside, its not an easy hunt, but what else are you going to do with your spring, hunt turkeys? (Jk, turkey hunting is fun too).
Clearly, he means Monroe is the place to go....
Post by: Turner89 on January 20, 2016, 08:54:36 PM
Post by: jkononen on January 22, 2016, 09:22:10 AM
Post by: h20hunter on January 22, 2016, 09:25:27 AM
Post by: h20hunter on January 22, 2016, 09:27:37 AM
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 22, 2016, 09:28:08 AM
Hunting is better in Monroe, its just the hunters that are better in the Skagit. :P :chuckle:not true skagit is clearly better.
Post by: h20hunter on January 22, 2016, 09:29:57 AM
Post by: TheSkyBuster on January 22, 2016, 09:30:24 AM
Post by: luvmystang67 on January 22, 2016, 11:08:20 AM
North Skagit bears are few and far between. Plus they all taste nasty. Do not waste your point(s) applying for this unit.
For my points I cannot imagine a better hunt than North Skagit. I've heard there are more bear than deer up there. I haven't been able to draw because it is too competitive.
Post by: D-Rock425 on January 22, 2016, 11:10:40 AM
Post by: dune on January 27, 2016, 10:56:27 AM
Post by: Kit Carson on January 29, 2016, 05:06:32 PM
Post by: X-Force on January 29, 2016, 08:50:05 PM
North Skagit bears are few and far between. Plus they all taste nasty. Do not waste your point(s) applying for this unit.
I can second that. Thick, steep, hardly any animals, crazy to have anyone put in for it.
Monroe or the north east are the ticket. :tup:
Post by: acnewman55 on February 27, 2016, 10:28:20 PM
I love the fact that you get keys to the gates.
Can somebody explain that to me?
If you draw you actually get gate keys to access DNR land?
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Post by: RadSav on February 28, 2016, 03:58:41 AM
North Skagit bears are few and far between. Plus they all taste nasty. Do not waste your point(s) applying for this unit.
Yeah? No bear.
Yeah. They taste nasty.
Yeah! That's the ticket.
Me and my girlfriend....Morgan Fairchild! We hate Skagit bear hunting!! Yeah!!!