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Title: Lets look at bears!!! Post'm up guys.
Post by: jrebel on April 18, 2020, 04:02:27 PM
Post your trail cam pics of bears so those with spring permits can at least mentally prepare for an opening!!!  If it doesn't open at least we can dream of the August hunts.  I'll start. 
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Post by: d_wilson on April 18, 2020, 04:32:17 PM
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Post by: d_wilson on April 18, 2020, 04:35:01 PM
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Post by: d_wilson on April 18, 2020, 04:38:07 PM
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Post by: Bango skank on April 18, 2020, 04:41:20 PM
Im not a great judge of bears, but i think these are a couple of the best ive had pics of.  Huckleberry springers.  The dark pic, ive had that scarred up old baddie on a couple cams over a few square miles in different years.  I highly doubt anybody killed him, good chance hes still around, but i havent ran cams in that area for a couple years.  Maybe ill draw huck next year and look for him again.
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Post by: jrebel on April 18, 2020, 04:47:24 PM
d wilson.....couple real pretty color phase you have there.   :tup:
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Post by: d_wilson on April 18, 2020, 04:51:23 PM
Thanks.  Im not a bear guy at all but those are the biggest Ive had on camera lately.
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Post by: d_wilson on April 18, 2020, 04:54:20 PM
I dont think the third one is all that big but it was interesting with the buck in the background
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Post by: Sutherland on April 18, 2020, 04:59:43 PM
Those are same great photos! Gets the heart pumping and mind going lol. Thanks is for sharing!
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Post by: Turdle on April 18, 2020, 05:15:21 PM
here's a couple..
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Post by: Turdle on April 18, 2020, 05:20:56 PM
1 more
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Post by: Turdle on April 18, 2020, 05:21:49 PM
not trail cam, but
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Post by: Turdle on April 18, 2020, 05:22:38 PM
again
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Post by: cougforester on April 18, 2020, 05:35:46 PM
Im not a great judge of bears, but i think these are a couple of the best ive had pics of.  Huckleberry springers.  The dark pic, ive had that scarred up old baddie on a couple cams over a few square miles in different years.  I highly doubt anybody killed him, good chance hes still around, but i havent ran cams in that area for a couple years.  Maybe ill draw huck next year and look for him again.

If we get to hunt this spring you can bet I’ll be on the lookout for that guy. What a toad.
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Post by: jrebel on April 18, 2020, 05:38:18 PM
Turdle....great pics.  Love the small guys climbing the tree.  If I remember correctly, you got to watch them on one of your hunts a few years back.  Thanks for posting. 
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Post by: jackelope on April 18, 2020, 06:53:43 PM
My backyard hitting bird feeder bait stations.

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Post by: Tracker0721 on April 18, 2020, 07:11:10 PM
Mine from last year. I need to find my card from a couple years ago. Bear ate my camera in June and I got some great photos of a first hand mauling.
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Post by: jrebel on April 18, 2020, 07:13:21 PM
Jackelop.....great pics, they are like kids in a candy store to any feeder.  I shut my corn feeder down from late spring to late fall because bears use it as playground equipment.   Funny thing is they don't eat the corn that dispenses on the ground....I think they are attracted by the sound.  It is fortified so they cannot break it....but it makes for great photos.  I don't post those photos due to all the naysayers on this forum thinking it baits bear.  I feed deer all winter long with it.  My food plot feeds the animals through the bear season so it is the best of both worlds. 

Back on track...Bears are very curious and destructive machines when it comes to grub.   :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: jrebel on April 18, 2020, 07:14:28 PM
Mine from last year. I need to find my card from a couple years ago. Bear ate my camera in June and I got some great photos of a first hand mauling.

That first bear looks to be a good size.   :tup:  Second has beautiful color.  great pics. 
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Post by: ThurstonCokid on April 18, 2020, 07:27:31 PM
The first bear was one at my house a few years back cute little guy. (I think neighbor had it removed by wdfw)and the second is a big bear i spotted in June got him on cam the same month. Not a spring bear gmu but a good bear (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200419/72a61242d126b4adfb49e7c43ae5943e.jpg)
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Post by: jackelope on April 18, 2020, 07:37:11 PM
This was a bear on the border of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness a few years ago. At first I thought I had spotted my first mountain goat in the wild. Put the spotter on it and verified it was a bear.
Sorry, not a trail cam pic. I don’t even know what color you call this. It was August pre-season otherwise there might be a rug on my wall.


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Post by: jrebel on April 18, 2020, 07:39:13 PM
This was a bear on the border of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness a few years ago. At first I thought I had spotted my first mountain goat in the wild. Put the spotter on it and verified it was a bear.
Sorry, not a trail cam pic. I don’t even know what color you call this. It was August pre-season otherwise there might be a rug on my wall.


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That is a crazy color for sure.....never seen anything like it.   :tup:
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Post by: BreezyBear on April 18, 2020, 07:41:24 PM
Decent spring bear from a few years ago
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Post by: Rodney107 on April 25, 2020, 01:50:15 PM
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Post by: Rodney107 on April 25, 2020, 01:51:11 PM
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Post by: nwwanderer on April 25, 2020, 04:03:00 PM
A little far south for a Spirit bear but sure looks the part, thanks
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Post by: lee on April 26, 2020, 07:20:50 AM
Couple from the Bumping.
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Post by: solomtnhunter on April 28, 2020, 10:37:51 PM
Had feed out on my property.  This lil guy came in everyday for about a week. The feeder was strapped to large I-Beam because feeder kept getting knocked over by elk.
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Post by: nwalpineguide on May 04, 2020, 07:10:11 PM
Here are a few Trail Cam images of bruin. Enjoy!
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Post by: Alchase on May 04, 2020, 07:32:07 PM
Wow, lots of color phase bears on camera this year!
nwalpineguide, I would mount that first one in a heartbeat!

OK, that sounded funny, I would get that first one mounted by a Taxi in a heartbeat,  :chuckle:
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Post by: HillHound on May 04, 2020, 08:32:39 PM
Picture of one during daylight last week
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Post by: nwalpineguide on May 04, 2020, 10:03:08 PM
Wow, lots of color phase bears on camera this year!
nwalpineguide, I would mount that first one in a heartbeat!

OK, that sounded funny, I would get that first one mounted by a Taxi in a heartbeat,  :chuckle:

Agreed. That is a gorgeous color phase bear, and would look awesome on anyones wall.

A few more from the same area:
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Post by: Onewhohikes on May 05, 2020, 05:34:59 AM
Wheres the cinnamon ones NW
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Post by: trophyhunt on May 05, 2020, 07:26:05 AM
Here
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Post by: buckcanyonlodge on May 05, 2020, 09:29:44 AM
Pre-shot pic----Breeding pair
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Post by: trophyhunt on May 05, 2020, 10:50:24 AM
Great looking bear!  I take it the big one is the boar?  That bear in my pic above was a boar but he was chasing a female that was quite a bit larger! 
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Post by: buckcanyonlodge on May 05, 2020, 11:56:20 AM
Yes, the big one was the boar ..13 years old
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on May 05, 2020, 12:24:01 PM
Yes, the big one was the boar ..13 years old

How did you get a tooth out of him? :dunno:
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Post by: buckcanyonlodge on May 05, 2020, 12:40:05 PM
When he mounted the sow , I made my move. I covered the 20 yards in .02 seconds and hit him hard on the left side just at the "Right" moment. I quickly put him in a half-nelson and before he had time to recover from that "Right" moment I pulled the pliars from my teeth and yanked out the incisor. He rolled out of the half-nelson and just layed there with this funny smile on his face.After a hasty retreat I looked back to see the love struck bear mounting up again.



Actually, one of my hunters had a spring tag and made a perfect shot at 327 yds. He told me the skull measurement put him at #3 in the state.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on May 05, 2020, 12:42:49 PM
When he mounted the sow , I made my move. I covered the 20 yards in .02 seconds and hit him hard on the left side just at the "Right" moment. I quickly put him in a half-nelson and before he had time to recover from that "Right" moment I pulled the pliars from my teeth and yanked out the incisor. He rolled out of the half-nelson and just layed there with this funny smile on his face.After a hasty retreat I looked back to see the love struck bear mounting up again.



Actually, one of my hunters had a spring tag and made a perfect shot at 327 yds. He told me the skull measurement put him at #3 in the state.

I like the first story better.🤣

We could call you blackbearbucklucky.😉
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Post by: nwalpineguide on May 05, 2020, 05:11:19 PM
Wheres the cinnamon ones NW

Ah, uh, maybe one of these qualify as cinnamon:

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Post by: cougforester on May 05, 2020, 07:25:27 PM
Those last two pics are great! Poor guy in November must be a bit chilly.
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Post by: Alchase on May 05, 2020, 07:39:30 PM
When he mounted the sow , I made my move. I covered the 20 yards in .02 seconds and hit him hard on the left side just at the "Right" moment. I quickly put him in a half-nelson and before he had time to recover from that "Right" moment I pulled the pliars from my teeth and yanked out the incisor. He rolled out of the half-nelson and just layed there with this funny smile on his face.After a hasty retreat I looked back to see the love struck bear mounting up again.



Actually, one of my hunters had a spring tag and made a perfect shot at 327 yds. He told me the skull measurement put him at #3 in the state.

I like the first story better.🤣

We could call you blackbearbucklucky.😉

Talk about going out with your boots on  :tup:
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Post by: cougforester on May 05, 2020, 09:47:39 PM
Few color phase and one west side bear that showed up twice.
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Post by: huntnnw on May 06, 2020, 12:31:52 AM
couple NE bears
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Post by: nwwanderer on May 06, 2020, 05:12:54 AM
Best not to walk between those two logs looking for sheds, thanks, more please
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Post by: nwalpineguide on May 06, 2020, 11:12:41 AM
Few color phase and one west side bear that showed up twice.

Outstanding images! Impressive specimens.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on May 06, 2020, 07:16:03 PM
couple NE bears

Great photos.👍

I had an area with a chocolate mama with three cubs all different colors.👍
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Post by: buckcanyonlodge on May 06, 2020, 07:33:30 PM
color phase North Stevens County
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Post by: jstone on May 06, 2020, 07:52:07 PM
Nice Bears
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Post by: acrim on May 08, 2020, 04:25:38 PM
Card pull from early May.
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Post by: birdshooter1189 on May 10, 2020, 10:11:53 PM
Westside, Kitsap County.  I was working in the yard with my 2.5 year old daughter this morning and my wife shouted out the window that there was a bear walking through our property nearby.  I ran my daughter inside and escorted the bear off the property.  Later in the day I pulled these pics from a game camera.
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Post by: nwalpineguide on May 11, 2020, 02:35:28 AM
Chiwawa bruin waking up from a long winters nap.

Enjoy!
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Post by: Onewhohikes on May 11, 2020, 06:14:40 AM
That's the same area as that ol buck video you posted.
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Post by: Flyfisher9 on May 11, 2020, 10:26:57 AM
First bear on the west side I've seen this year
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Post by: PNWheckle on May 20, 2020, 03:01:11 PM
Camera is tilted from the bears

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Post by: trophyhunt on May 20, 2020, 04:28:34 PM
color phase North Stevens County
If that date is correct those are some great hides for that time of year, beautiful bears!
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