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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Skinnyman on July 09, 2009, 09:41:53 AM

Title: Upper Wynoochee Valley Bear??
Post by: Skinnyman on July 09, 2009, 09:41:53 AM: Has anyone had any luck, or seen bear sign in the upper Wynoochee Valley, above Wynoochee Lake?
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Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on July 09, 2009, 10:12:45 AM: I have picked a lot of blueberries up there, should be a bear or two......
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Post by: bearmanric on July 09, 2009, 10:21:38 AM: there are bear's there. Rick
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Post by: billythekidrock on July 09, 2009, 04:38:53 PM: I have heard good things about that area.
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on July 09, 2009, 10:26:48 PM: There's bear up there for sure. I used to hunt quite a bit up past the old grisdale camp. If you head back towards Spider lake, there's some good country. Once you get up high there are some really nice berry patches. It's steep country but there in there, there's also some monster blacktails running around those hills.
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Post by: Timmybob on July 10, 2009, 12:46:47 AM: started scouting around Wynoochie lake and a little SE of the lake this year. Haven't seen to much for bear sign, but like everybody else; I'm sure there in there...Good luck man. I will let you know if I see anything too..
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Post by: actionshooter on July 10, 2009, 01:57:32 AM: Theres a few bear in the, it got super crowded and I quit hunting it about 5 years ago. Used to be my goto area. Expect large numbers of people opening weekend.
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Post by: billythekidrock on July 10, 2009, 05:37:11 AM: Quote from: actionshooter on July 10, 2009, 01:57:32 AM
Theres a few bear in the, it got super crowded and I quit hunting it about 5 years ago. Used to be my goto area. Expect large numbers of people opening weekend.

I heard the same thing.....after I did some preseason scouting. I never went back. :bash:
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Post by: bearmanric on July 10, 2009, 07:52:39 AM: use to be my main hunting for cougar and bear. they run hound's alot at cougar time. got burnt out on that.Rick
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Post by: oneezreiter on July 10, 2009, 08:10:41 AM: I hunted deer there last year and saw a bit of bear sign, there were a lot of people during deer season.
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Post by: alanger on July 10, 2009, 08:14:43 AM: Our friend went picking berries up there and a he jumped a huge black bear. stood up on his haunches and then our friend pulled a pistol on him. the bear got down and walked away. He said he was kinda spooked the rest of the day.
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Post by: beardown on July 10, 2009, 04:47:01 PM: Like everybody else stated, there is a lot of pressure up there. If you get off of the roads and do some hiking, you can get into areas where people cant drive. There are still a few good spots up there. There is also a guy that is "supposedly" illegally guiding bear hunts up there. I have ran into him and he is an absolute jerk. But I would wait until a little later in season to start hunting up there ue to the pressure.
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Post by: actionshooter on July 11, 2009, 10:13:58 PM: Quote from: billythekidrock on July 10, 2009, 05:37:11 AM
Quote from: actionshooter on July 10, 2009, 01:57:32 AM
Theres a few bear in the, it got super crowded and I quit hunting it about 5 years ago. Used to be my goto area. Expect large numbers of people opening weekend.

I heard the same thing.....after I did some preseason scouting. I never went back. :bash:

It used to be a fairly quiet area with maybe a guy or 2 in the at any given time............ UNTIL fishing and hunting news did an article and printed a map several years ago. The next weekend I counted something like 22 trucks. :bash: I haven't been back very many times since.
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Post by: Timmybob on July 12, 2009, 12:35:53 AM: Is archery season busy too?
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Post by: billythekidrock on July 12, 2009, 06:36:28 AM: Quote from: actionshooter on July 11, 2009, 10:13:58 PM

It used to be a fairly quiet area with maybe a guy or 2 in the at any given time............ UNTIL fishing and hunting news did an article and printed a map several years ago. The next weekend I counted something like 22 trucks. :bash: I haven't been back very many times since.

My boss said the same thing. He and his father used to be up there all alone until the maps and article came out. Apparently the article told them exactly where to go including road numbers. :bash:
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Post by: Timmybob on July 12, 2009, 12:20:46 PM: Ouch....That sucks!!
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Post by: Skinnyman on July 12, 2009, 02:28:30 PM: Thanks for all of the info, A little disappointing, but expected. The biggest key is that there are animals there. Now the biggest challege will be finding where people wont go (too much work to get there). I am headed up to scout there on Tuesday we will see what I find. Have a decent spot picked out off of Topo's and Satalite Images that is difficult to get to. Want to see what tracks and sign are there.
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Post by: Houndhunter on July 12, 2009, 03:46:44 PM: good place to get a big one, but i dont think theres a ton in there :twocents:

havnt ever seen guys running hounds in there, but ive only been goin there for bout 4 years now :dunno:
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Post by: bearmanric on July 12, 2009, 04:14:47 PM: i seen a bunch of young guy's from Humptulip's area. bear. several year's ago. i use to run into the Hound guy's cougar calling Happened to often. would see buddy medley's dog's running the road's buddy passed away. have way better place's now. still run into a few Hound Hunter's but i just go behind gate's. clearwater is terrible with hound's. calling cougar. i see them i get out of there dont need trouble..i know a killer bowl with mass blueberry's. alway's bear's. but rather not say were. Rick
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Post by: Houndhunter on July 12, 2009, 06:42:41 PM: now i have once ran into hounds at humptulips, im guessing they was running bear :dunno never did see the guys who owned them
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Post by: hoytem on July 13, 2009, 02:02:19 AM: Quote from: actionshooter on July 11, 2009, 10:13:58 PM
Quote from: billythekidrock on July 10, 2009, 05:37:11 AM
Quote from: actionshooter on July 10, 2009, 01:57:32 AM
Theres a few bear in the, it got super crowded and I quit hunting it about 5 years ago. Used to be my goto area. Expect large numbers of people opening weekend.

I heard the same thing.....after I did some preseason scouting. I never went back. :bash:

It used to be a fairly quiet area with maybe a guy or 2 in the at any given time............ UNTIL fishing and hunting news did an article and printed a map several years ago. The next weekend I counted something like 22 trucks. :bash: I haven't been back very many times since.
same thing happened to us with our deer camp, pissed me off quite a bit. I miss that mag though
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Post by: matlockmike on July 13, 2009, 11:39:05 AM: Been there couple times this year scouting/camping. A ton of poeple in the mountains. I got off on foot and seen decent sign and one Bear. I have never seen that many people up so high this time of the year though. I would have thought it was opening day.
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Post by: PWN Kurt on July 13, 2009, 05:47:19 PM: I've been going up to that area for years, and except for seeing some elk during deer season, and deer during elk season...I don't see much. I've seen one small bear run across the road back in 07. And, in 06 I ran across some scat over near the upper Hump.

I used to go because I never saw anyone and thought it was safe, not because the amount of game...but now that the crowds are there, I've found better pastures.

Kurt