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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Swannytheswan on October 17, 2011, 12:46:30 AM

Title: ...about to give up till spring
Post by: Swannytheswan on October 17, 2011, 12:46:30 AM: well I have hunted hard this year for em I have been out everytime I have gotten a chance and I saw 3 this year but wasn't able to connect I'm kinda lost now since the berries are gone and i can't seem to find them or even much sign anywhere. I hunted all weekend and didn't see any anybody got any tips I don't wanna stop but don't know where to go from here.
Title: Re: ...about to give up till spring
Post by: inchtowntracking on October 17, 2011, 07:56:51 AM: Know where any fruit trees are? That would be where I look.
Title: Re: ...about to give up till spring
Post by: woodman on October 20, 2011, 06:18:40 AM: I would not give up on them. I have shot them while deer hunting on occasion. They just show up when you are not looking for them sometimes. Just a matter of being at the right place at the right time. Everytime that you go to the woods, you stand a chance of running in to one. Best of luck to you.
Title: Re: ...about to give up till spring
Post by: Swannytheswan on October 22, 2011, 11:35:49 AM: I don't know where any fruit trees are as i hunt public land...I have tagged out for deer in early season archery and
i'm not elk hunting so happening one incidentally is unlikely I guess what I am really asking where should I be looking this time of year/ what food would they be eating now...this is my first year bear hunting and I really wanted to get one but I am out of places to look.
Title: Re: ...about to give up till spring
Post by: woodman on October 22, 2011, 11:59:48 AM: I am still getting them on my cams. I was right next to one tearing up stumps 2 days ago. I am attaching a pic of a sow and cubs from last Sunday. I have been running into them in woods where it is heavily treed with old stumps that they can tear into. Also where there are Salal SP? berries.
Title: Re: ...about to give up till spring
Post by: Forrestrover on October 22, 2011, 07:13:28 PM: We saw a little one today. There were still a lot of blackberries where we were. You shouldn't give up!