Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: CementFinisher on July 16, 2011, 11:37:45 AM
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Any locals have a feeling on when the berries will start showing in the colville, republic area?
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As soon as they get out from under the snow!!!! :o
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still little green beads at 3500ft in the huckleberries.....
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I dont thick there is going to be a crop up high.
It just hasnt been warm enough to be productive, at least over here. Hell I looked at Snotel the other day and it was 38 degrees at 10AM at 5K ft up in the blues. This is not productive berry growing weather.
I really think that they are gonna be too late and end up freezing out. I hope I am wrong because if they make it this will be one of the few years where I could hunt bears over Hucks.
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my wife, our son & her brother got some yesterday. don't know where, guessing low on south baldy or maybe the campground just north of Newport on the eastside of the river. they brought me a cupful while I was still at work. guessing it was up the hill though since they thought it hilarious that they took "Christine" (my Dodge Charger) up in the woods & I wasn't happy about that part of it.
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I just came back from a 40 mile ATV ride all around Republic,Swan Lake area, no berries whatsoever. None. We went places that 4x4's couldn't go, nothing. I'm wondering the same thing.
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So I'm not the only one who is not seeing berries! Last weekend went to a few of my "Honey Holes" all small and they looked like garden peas. Have heard that the crop is better over the border so it maybe a recon run soon.
