Post by: Shooter4 on May 10, 2020, 10:12:31 AM
Post by: Buckhunter24 on May 10, 2020, 10:24:12 AM
Post by: Shooter4 on May 10, 2020, 10:27:40 AM
I've spent a lot of time I huckleberry the last week and seen very little sign. I would guess activity will pick up over this next week..man I hope so yesterday was brutal, see I spend most of my time in 121 not 117. :bash:
Post by: HillHound on May 10, 2020, 10:39:29 AM
Post by: Shooter4 on May 10, 2020, 10:44:02 AM
I had the tag a few years back. Didn’t fill it but did see some small bears and sign other bigger ones were in the area. Find the burns or clear cuts that have steep draws and don’t have a road running right down the bottom of it. They like cover and water and will spend lots of time in the bottoms of the draws where you can’t see them or get in after them. But they will come out of those to feed on the grass growing in the burns, cuts, roads. If you have trail cameras it always helps to set a couple up maybe even somewhere you aren’t going to hunt right away so you can check them in a week or two once you exhaust your other options. And as always try to stack the odds in your favor by spending every minute you can out there. I have seen a few bears early in the morning, a few close to dark and lots of bears in the middle of the afternoon when some guys would be sitting back at camp drinking beer waiting for the evening hunt. Good luckyeah it seems that unit is mainly walk in only and thick
Post by: snake on May 10, 2020, 01:45:30 PM
Post by: Shooter4 on May 10, 2020, 01:47:40 PM
Spend more time looking/glassing and less time walking.where i was it was thick with no clearcuts so i walked until i found one which was 5.5 miles back
Post by: Buckhunter24 on May 10, 2020, 02:07:20 PM
Post by: HuntNFish94 on May 26, 2020, 06:26:52 PM
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Post by: Shooter4 on May 27, 2020, 04:44:32 PM
Its been tough, definitely not an easy unit to hunt. I've put well over 40 miles on the ground in the unit so far and only turned up a few bears. It'll get better in June.I sure Hope so
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Post by: HuntNFish94 on May 27, 2020, 04:49:48 PM
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Post by: Bango skank on May 27, 2020, 07:16:56 PM
Either way it's a hard unit to be successful in, one of the lower success rates out of the spring bear units. Something like 10% or so.
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They sure hammered em in 49n last fall!
Post by: HuntNFish94 on May 27, 2020, 07:22:30 PM
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Post by: Bango skank on May 27, 2020, 08:15:14 PM
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Post by: CLARKTAR on May 27, 2020, 10:20:59 PM
Speaking of berries, i just found miles of huckleberries in idaho at a high enough elevation that i think they may still be a good bear draw come the august 30th opener, at least on z good wet year.Pm me the details!
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Post by: StuckoYota99 on May 27, 2020, 10:43:09 PM
Post by: dmoua on May 28, 2020, 02:05:58 PM
I'm taking next week off to run around and chase bears in 49. Never been there before but I got a map from bearpaw. Looking forward to it. Have you guys seen any turkeys running around?
Turkeys are everywhere. Season ends in 3 days.
Post by: HuntNFish94 on May 28, 2020, 04:13:22 PM
Really, i think thats all northeast units now, easier to get a bear with a fall tag now since the august 1st opener. Bears concentrate on berry patches in august, that you can pinpoint any year. In the spring with different melting and greenup cycles, its always different. Spring bear was the "slam dunk" hunt until we got the august 1st opener. Now a guy has better odds with the fall season if he gets after it right off the bat.Agreed.
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Post by: HuntNFish94 on May 28, 2020, 04:14:54 PM
Liken dmoua said, turkey wont be open next week. They're all over the unit but most of them have been hunted hard. I've already seen hens with chicks which means the turkey rut is coming to an end.I'm taking next week off to run around and chase bears in 49. Never been there before but I got a map from bearpaw. Looking forward to it. Have you guys seen any turkeys running around?
Turkeys are everywhere. Season ends in 3 days.
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Post by: StuckoYota99 on May 28, 2020, 07:13:08 PM