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Post by: buckmaster303 on August 15, 2016, 12:22:07 PM
They run hounds out there in the spring to manage the bear population. Not sure how many they took this year, but last year the hound hunters took 43 bear out of Vail according to the security guy. I see a few out there every year including one small one yesterday morning. It was on a hillside about 1200 yards away, so I was happy to just watch it for a couple minutes before it wandered off.
were you up high or lower I usually hunt the left side when I go in but think I might try the other this evening I know they are in there just a matter of where.
Post by: actionshooter on August 15, 2016, 12:31:47 PM
They run hounds out there in the spring to manage the bear population. Not sure how many they took this year, but last year the hound hunters took 43 bear out of Vail according to the security guy. I see a few out there every year including one small one yesterday morning. It was on a hillside about 1200 yards away, so I was happy to just watch it for a couple minutes before it wandered off.This is basically what I have been told also.
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Post by: brew on August 15, 2016, 05:50:31 PM
My camera spotted this one in there. Wandering around in the heat of the day to boot!can i ask why you positioned your cam there ?...the surrounding brush looks very tight/thick so just wondering what made you put the cam there?
good looking bear though
Post by: yorketransport on August 15, 2016, 10:07:35 PM
were you up high or lower I usually hunt the left side when I go in but think I might try the other this evening I know they are in there just a matter of where.
I was up high when I saw this one. There are a lot of good berry patched up at the top.
no to worried about a monster I just would like some bear sausage is all I know theres a lake up there somewhere I gotta try to find on the map uncle has taken a few nice ones from around the area.
I may know the lake you're talking about and it's not far from where I saw the little bear. It's a great spot for just about everything.
Post by: buckmaster303 on August 16, 2016, 03:02:18 AM
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Post by: Thefisherman83 on August 16, 2016, 01:23:10 PM
My camera spotted this one in there. Wandering around in the heat of the day to boot!can i ask why you positioned your cam there ?...the surrounding brush looks very tight/thick so just wondering what made you put the cam there?
good looking bear though
It was the only "tree" in the area and it was a brand new camera, I wasn't sure how well the "wide angle lens" was going to work. It obviously didn't work well and the camera has been moved. I know there is a big bull in the area, that's why I was dead set on getting it in there.
Post by: brew on August 16, 2016, 06:19:34 PM
copy...was just wondering due to the position of the cam how you were able to get a point blank pic of that bear. great job on that and hope you can track down some bulls. last year i only saw 3 elk up there and they were all at the end of august and two were 6 pts and one was a 6x7. they were all on the deschutes side...never saw them again although we also had trail cams out in those areas as wellMy camera spotted this one in there. Wandering around in the heat of the day to boot!can i ask why you positioned your cam there ?...the surrounding brush looks very tight/thick so just wondering what made you put the cam there?
good looking bear though
It was the only "tree" in the area and it was a brand new camera, I wasn't sure how well the "wide angle lens" was going to work. It obviously didn't work well and the camera has been moved. I know there is a big bull in the area, that's why I was dead set on getting it in there.
Post by: buckmaster303 on August 16, 2016, 07:07:07 PM
Post by: Thefisherman83 on August 17, 2016, 06:33:24 AM
copy...was just wondering due to the position of the cam how you were able to get a point blank pic of that bear. great job on that and hope you can track down some bulls. last year i only saw 3 elk up there and they were all at the end of august and two were 6 pts and one was a 6x7. they were all on the deschutes side...never saw them again although we also had trail cams out in those areas as wellMy camera spotted this one in there. Wandering around in the heat of the day to boot!can i ask why you positioned your cam there ?...the surrounding brush looks very tight/thick so just wondering what made you put the cam there?
good looking bear though
It was the only "tree" in the area and it was a brand new camera, I wasn't sure how well the "wide angle lens" was going to work. It obviously didn't work well and the camera has been moved. I know there is a big bull in the area, that's why I was dead set on getting it in there.
I found a couple.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/board,36.0.html
Post by: The100Road on August 17, 2016, 05:09:12 PM
For those of you that have seen them in vail are the clearings a place a could glass for them with some luck? Or do you usually see them in the thick and dark sh**?
Post by: brew on August 17, 2016, 06:37:04 PM