Post by: billythekidrock on June 14, 2009, 12:48:12 PM
I only noticed it because I nearly stepped in the many piles of scat. There were at least seven piles of scat, some on top of others. While taking a closer look I noticed the flat depression a couple feet away.
While looking over the various piles of scat I could tell that some were full of hair and others were just grass. I noticed what looked to be a bone. Upon closer inspection it became apparent that it was a portion of a fawn skull. I then took a stick and poked around a bit and found a fawn hoof.
Bear piles
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F506%2Fmedium%2FwebIMG_6203.jpg&hash=14b5ca7d4dedd475c74fbfcfa766e58939787aeb)
Bear piles and bed
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Bear bed
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Fawn skull bone
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F506%2Fmedium%2FwebIMG_6209.jpg&hash=065685d1a3dc03df1304c3567fc5aab315728397)
Fawn hoof
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F506%2Fmedium%2FwebIMG_6211.jpg&hash=6b75d241e519a79327cf10399d312430369ba9e7)
Here is a bed that I found about 3 weeks ago.
This bed is next to and under a large tree.
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You can see the claw marks on this root that is at the top of the bed.
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I took this pic a few feet away from the bed.
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Post by: bearmanric on June 14, 2009, 12:51:31 PM
Post by: gasman on June 14, 2009, 12:54:43 PM
CF i presume :dunno:
Post by: billythekidrock on June 14, 2009, 12:59:12 PM
Thats a pretty cool find.
CF i presume :dunno:
Yes. Both of them were in the CF. I found another one early in the season, but I don't think I took any pics of it.
Post by: scoyoc5 on June 14, 2009, 01:01:29 PM
Post by: gasman on June 14, 2009, 01:02:33 PM
I think that is an awsome find. :hello:
Post by: Kain on June 14, 2009, 03:58:28 PM
Post by: markts on June 14, 2009, 04:01:44 PM
Post by: saylean on June 14, 2009, 08:37:32 PM
Post by: bow4elk on June 14, 2009, 08:48:27 PM
Post by: CastleRocker on June 14, 2009, 09:02:26 PM
Post by: Timber on June 14, 2009, 09:32:59 PM
Post by: klikboom on June 19, 2009, 03:05:38 PM
I too have found the meadow beds with an outhouse in the trees.
AAron
Post by: Machias on June 19, 2009, 04:19:18 PM
Post by: bowsandhose on June 19, 2009, 04:43:26 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on June 19, 2009, 05:37:31 PM
Post by: shanevg on June 19, 2009, 06:11:58 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on June 19, 2009, 07:48:26 PM
I found one once that was about 10 feet into the trees on the edge of a meadow, there were probably about 30 piles of bear scat in it. We missed the bear the next day... :bash:
Both the beds I showed are within 20 yards of an opening or cut. The one with the fawn parts is on the edge of a spot where I always see 5 or 6 does. Makes me wonder if the bear bedded there on purpose. :dunno:
Post by: robb92 on June 19, 2009, 09:03:43 PM
Post by: Alan K on June 19, 2009, 09:14:12 PM
We were surveying in the Wishkah area and were down in a brushy hell hole. There was an ancient cedar that had fallen over but hung up on another tree. Towards the base, where there was about 5 ft. of clearance there was all kinds a bear crap, looked just like the pictures you guys have already posted. Thought it was awfully wierd, and it really never dawned on me that it would be a bedding area. I never really think about bears like I do deer and elk.
Post by: Timber on June 21, 2009, 09:12:48 AM
Post by: Ridgeratt on June 21, 2009, 10:14:31 AM
Post by: billythekidrock on June 21, 2009, 06:34:12 PM
I have found spots like that, where the have several piles of droppings all in the same spot. Never a fawn hoof though
Found some today with aluminum foil in it.
Post by: sasquatch on June 21, 2009, 08:16:22 PM
Once I was still hunting down a game trail for deer and as I slipped down the trail I passed by a large old growth fir. There was a bear bedded at the base on the other side and as I passed the tree I was looking up the hill. The bear popped up out of his bed about 4ft from me and ran. I was so startled, the bear covered about 10yds before I gained enough composure to throw up on him. About then he was diving in a hemlock thicket and I only saw flashes of him in the timber out running me up the hill.
Post by: jstamp on June 22, 2009, 03:41:11 AM
Post by: billythekidrock on June 22, 2009, 05:23:13 AM
just wonder if you guys have ever seen any whole apples crapped out. i thought it was odd, and wonder if maybe he packed it there in his mouth and dropped it there squeezing one out.
I bet it was carried there and left. Possibly a smaller bear took them away from the bait and a bigger bear crapped on them?
Take some pics next time.
Post by: Dean44 on June 22, 2009, 06:18:46 AM
Dang!! That bear must have some trouble passing the handgun! :sas:
:chuckle:
That was funny.
This is a good thread!
Post by: Timmybob on June 26, 2009, 04:35:57 PM
Post by: LongTatLaw on June 30, 2009, 10:43:38 PM
nice
Ridgeratt...you suck ;) I was soo wondering why everyone was impressed with a deer hoof in scat when iceman found a bear that shat a SS 357 mag...lol
Nice post! Soo Billy, make any sense to hunt right over top these? maybe climb a tree overlooking it 80 yards off? They spending time mid-day there or some other time??
Post by: billythekidrock on July 01, 2009, 05:51:37 AM
I don't think it would be advantageous to hunt over those beds. They were made near early food sources that are no longer being used. Plus they are in the thick stuff where you wouldn't get in or out without causing quite a disturbance.
If you found a fresh bed in the semi open you might be able to sit over it and have success. I hear tell of a guy who killed a bear in its bed last year. :chuckle:
I found another bed that I am pretty sure was made by a bear in some real nasty brush with bear sign all over, but I did not find any hair or crap nearby so I am not positive. It was recent but you would not be able get near it with out disturbing the whole area. Maybe a stand over a trail leading to it, but it would probably need to be a rifle shot.
Post by: Ridgeratt on July 03, 2009, 07:20:16 AM
Perhaps the photo of the passed pistol was /or should be linked this thread!! :chuckle:
Going to go soak some trail cams this weekend perhaps I can find a pistol also!!