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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: dc on May 06, 2016, 08:11:39 PM

Title: Leavenworth bear hunting
Post by: dc on May 06, 2016, 08:11:39 PM: I will be camping with family in the Leavenworth area mid to late August. Wondering if it would be worth taking my rifle and a bear tag? Thanks for any help. Dave
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Post by: predatorpro on May 06, 2016, 09:02:38 PM: You'd be dumb not to! Lol
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Post by: JoeE on May 06, 2016, 09:03:39 PM: I've done a lot of bear hunting in that area. It's my favorite spot to go east of the cascades for bear.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on May 07, 2016, 06:44:01 AM: No shortage of bear in those woods.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on May 16, 2016, 08:09:25 PM: My first time in Leavenworth 2 yrs ago I spotted this guy from the parking lot of the condo I stayed at in town

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi799.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy275%2Fdeerhunter_98520%2F049_zpsf958057f.jpg&hash=88b5c3c4bbf6ecf35a74c2d13deb63483e80e427) (http://s799.photobucket.com/user/deerhunter_98520/media/049_zpsf958057f.jpg.html)
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Post by: pope on May 16, 2016, 08:45:13 PM: I know a guy who lives in the Icicle in a "cabin", an old rock climbing friend. Bears have knocked his barbecue off his porch more than once.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on May 23, 2016, 03:23:23 PM: That bear was right across from the beginning of icicle up on the hill