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Post by: YellowShells on February 12, 2025, 09:38:28 PM
I applied for SW area. Anyone know why it's closed within one mile of the Rogue River down there? That's right where I was going.
It's been that way for a long time - probably because it's an extremely popular recreation area through most of October. I think it started because people liked being able to see bears along the river, back when they were less common most other places. ODFW proposed allowing hunting due to increasing conflicts back in 2020, but they quickly abandoned the proposal due to public feedback. Sounds like the bears are getting pretty habituated now and causing quite a few problems.
Post by: CasterlyRock on February 13, 2025, 09:36:54 AM
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It's been that way for a long time - probably because it's an extremely popular recreation area through most of October. I think it started because people liked being able to see bears along the river, back when they were less common most other places. ODFW proposed allowing hunting due to increasing conflicts back in 2020, but they quickly abandoned the proposal due to public feedback. Sounds like the bears are getting pretty habituated now and causing quite a few problems.
Oh yeah I guess it's for the jet boats. I haven't seen much activity along the river near the coast anyway, other than those tiny excuses for deer.
Post by: YellowShells on February 13, 2025, 05:09:26 PM
QuoteIt's been that way for a long time - probably because it's an extremely popular recreation area through most of October. I think it started because people liked being able to see bears along the river, back when they were less common most other places. ODFW proposed allowing hunting due to increasing conflicts back in 2020, but they quickly abandoned the proposal due to public feedback. Sounds like the bears are getting pretty habituated now and causing quite a few problems.
Oh yeah I guess it's for the jet boats. I haven't seen much activity along the river near the coast anyway, other than those tiny excuses for deer.
I haven't spent much time in that area other than floating the Rogue, but it sounds like there are lots of bears throughout that area. It has one of the highest success rates, as I recall. Hope you have a good time if you draw! I'll be headed to the opposite corner of OR this spring, unless the draw changes a lot.
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Post by: trophyhunt on February 20, 2025, 10:10:21 AM
Starting the year strong!!how many points??
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Post by: Shawn Ryan on February 20, 2025, 09:55:52 PM
Trophy, I've spring hunted the Imnaha 2x. If you have Q's let me know.
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Post by: Doublelunger on February 21, 2025, 09:54:53 AM
Well, guess I’ll be in Oregon in the spring. Son in law was supposed to put in for points only but managed to draw an Imnaha tag. Never been in that unit but it looks like our wenaha, can’t wait.
Our group hunts that unit. We've killed a lot of bears in there. Most of the good bear country is accessed from the road systems on top and snow really makes it hard to get around early in the season. Private on the bottom makes getting to public land hard. There's definitely county to hunt early but you have to work a little harder. We killed 5 last year. I got lucky and drew again this year.
Good luck!
Post by: ShaneTyTrey on February 21, 2025, 01:54:54 PM
the filterable results are up if anyone is interested.
https://odfw.huntfishoregon.com/reportdownloads
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Post by: kselkhunter on May 12, 2025, 07:03:52 AM
No bear sign sighted for us, and still lots of snow in the units. Talked to locals and nobody has mentioned any bear sightings or harvests yet. Am hoping some snow melted over these two weeks, as we couldn't get up very high on the last trip. Got into alot of turkeys though, so that was fun. Hoping we see a bear this weekend.
Post by: Doublelunger on May 12, 2025, 05:34:29 PM
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Let’s see the one you guys got.
Crap I wish I could. The hunter didn't give permission. Its noggin was 18 and 12/16". Pretty good for a NE bear.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on May 25, 2025, 07:34:52 AM
Put my tag on this pretty blonde one.
Nicely done, cool color phase.👍
Post by: Fidelk on May 26, 2025, 02:50:39 PM
Post by: Doublelunger on May 26, 2025, 03:43:19 PM
Sweet looking bear....sweet looking rifle. Can you share details on rifle and scope?
Rifle is a Seekins precision, havak element. 7mm prc. Topped with a night force nx8 4-32. Rolled this bear at 675 yards. Its been a touchy gun. After 2 shots it doesn't group for crap. 1.5-2" if I wait 10+ minutes between shots and let it completely cool it shoots 1/2 inch. Talked to seekins and now that bear season is over it's going back to get looked at.
Post by: Fidelk on May 27, 2025, 12:45:59 PM
Sweet looking bear....sweet looking rifle. Can you share details on rifle and scope?
Rifle is a Seekins precision, havak element. 7mm prc. Topped with a night force nx8 4-32. Rolled this bear at 675 yards. Its been a touchy gun. After 2 shots it doesn't group for crap. 1.5-2" if I wait 10+ minutes between shots and let it completely cool it shoots 1/2 inch. Talked to seekins and now that bear season is over it's going back to get looked at.
Not in that higher end world of "custom" rifles.....but can see why it would be a concern. Accurate enough to deliver a kill at 675 yards but doesn't group well after the first two shots (at a certain range distance). But if the first two shots from a cold barrel are amazingly accurate, and the rifle is intended for hunting, do I need it to be that accurate for a third or more shots, when I'll probably never need a third shot? There was a thread recently that went on for pages over a similar situation. Maybe a conclusion was reached? Good luck in getting it figured out.
Post by: Doublelunger on May 27, 2025, 02:05:20 PM
Sweet looking bear....sweet looking rifle. Can you share details on rifle and scope?
Rifle is a Seekins precision, havak element. 7mm prc. Topped with a night force nx8 4-32. Rolled this bear at 675 yards. Its been a touchy gun. After 2 shots it doesn't group for crap. 1.5-2" if I wait 10+ minutes between shots and let it completely cool it shoots 1/2 inch. Talked to seekins and now that bear season is over it's going back to get looked at.
Not in that higher end world of "custom" rifles.....but can see why it would be a concern. Accurate enough to deliver a kill at 675 yards but doesn't group well after the first two shots (at a certain range distance). But if the first two shots from a cold barrel are amazingly accurate, and the rifle is intended for hunting, do I need it to be that accurate for a third or more shots, when I'll probably never need a third shot? There was a thread recently that went on for pages over a similar situation. Maybe a conclusion was reached? Good luck in getting it figured out.
Yup, you're correct. Its a hunting rifle and I don't care about shooting groups. What is frustrating is trying to work on a hand load. I was trying to get the berger 175s and 180s to shoot and was at my wits end! I had over 140 rounds down the pipe before I realized I could only get one or two shots before I had to wait 10 minutes. Not a fan of spending an hour at the range to shoot 6 shots. Also nobody else with this rifle has the issue. Sounds like I got a lemon by comparison. I think I'll get it figured out. Seekins has a reputation for top notch customer service.
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