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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: jtf on October 17, 2010, 09:31:51 PM

Title: been getting skunked, what to do
Post by: jtf on October 17, 2010, 09:31:51 PM: well i have seen sign. called around the sign. nothing.

so do you all see more bear at dusk/dawn?

i have been calling mostly midday. i stop about half an hour before sunset cause by then i am working my way back to the wheels.

when you call do you keep it going for a good 15 minutes or is that over kill. i usually call for about a minute then take a short break and begin to whine for the remainder. after about 30-45 minutes i figure there are no bears in the area and move out slowly in case i get one coming in late.

should i stay longer?

should i call more?

what do you all do, calling wise, when ya find a place that looks like it might bring one in?
Title: Re: been getting skunked, what to do
Post by: Kain on October 17, 2010, 09:37:49 PM: Go here and read the tutorial.

http://www.callingbears.com/ (http://www.callingbears.com/)

You can also buy a movie called "Call'n Bears, They Come to Eat.

Some video's of bear calling.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,30467.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,30467.0.html)
Title: Re: been getting skunked, what to do
Post by: Machias on October 18, 2010, 12:54:06 PM: I call NON-STOP for 45 min to an hour. I put a watch out in front of me, because calling for that long wears you out and seems like 2 hours. But the bears I have watched while calling almost always stop when I stop calling and start back when I start calling, however if you pause too long or they get down in an area where they can't hear you or get distracted I think they meander off. :twocents:

Of course you could always wear blaze orange and move around alot that seems to work for some guys. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: been getting skunked, what to do
Post by: Austrian Hunter on October 18, 2010, 01:09:07 PM: Quote from: jtf on October 17, 2010, 09:31:51 PM
well i have seen sign. called around the sign. nothing.

so do you all see more bear at dusk/dawn?

i have been calling mostly midday. i stop about half an hour before sunset cause by then i am working my way back to the wheels.

when you call do you keep it going for a good 15 minutes or is that over kill. i usually call for about a minute then take a short break and begin to whine for the remainder. after about 30-45 minutes i figure there are no bears in the area and move out slowly in case i get one coming in late.

should i stay longer?

should i call more?

what do you all do, calling wise, when ya find a place that looks like it might bring one in?

Stay until the last minutes, the last 15 - 30 minutes are the best!
Title: Re: been getting skunked, what to do
Post by: bobcat on October 18, 2010, 01:20:14 PM: I've only called in a couple of bears, and actually that isn't true- I didn't call them in, the electronic caller did. But with these two incidents, the bears came in both times right at a full hour of calling. At least that is when we first saw them. I have no idea how long they had been responding to the call or how far they came to get there. So I would say to try to give it at least an hour. I don't know if the time of day is significant but both bears came in somewhere around 10 to 11 in the morning.
Title: Re: been getting skunked, what to do
Post by: charlesbearden1 on October 18, 2010, 11:16:10 PM: Personally I would quit calling 30 mins before sundown, you dont want to run into a bear in the dark or a cougar you called in that is hungry and looking for a distressed animal. make sure you have enough light to get to your "wheels". I recommend Johnny sstewarts predator call has been working for me call 30 mins at a time, clean the sspit out of your call and start back up
Title: Re: been getting skunked, what to do
Post by: Machias on October 19, 2010, 08:14:14 AM: I call until I can't shoot anymore. I got a headlamp, they won't bother you.