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49 bears?!
« on: May 10, 2020, 10:12:31 AM »
Went out yesterday put on 12 miles to only see 1 moose i think its safe to say I choose the wrong area any help would be appreciated at this moment.

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2020, 10:24:12 AM »
I've spent a lot of time I  huckleberry the last week and seen very little sign. I would guess activity will pick up over this next week..

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2020, 10:27:40 AM »
I've spent a lot of time I  huckleberry the last week and seen very little sign. I would guess activity will pick up over this next week..
man I hope so yesterday was brutal, see I spend most of my time in 121 not 117.  :bash:

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2020, 10:39:29 AM »
I had the tag a few years back. Didn’t fill it but did see some small bears and sign other bigger ones were in the area. Find the burns or clear cuts that have steep draws and don’t have a road running right down the bottom of it. They like cover and water and will spend lots of time in the bottoms of the draws where you can’t see them or get in after them. But they will come out of those to feed on the grass growing in the burns, cuts, roads. If you have trail cameras it always helps to set a couple up maybe even somewhere you aren’t going to hunt right away so you can check them in a week or two once you exhaust your other options.  And as always try to stack the odds in your favor by spending every minute you can out there. I have seen a few bears early in the morning, a few close to dark and lots of bears in the middle of the afternoon when some guys would be sitting back at camp drinking beer waiting for the evening hunt. Good luck

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2020, 10:44:02 AM »
I had the tag a few years back. Didn’t fill it but did see some small bears and sign other bigger ones were in the area. Find the burns or clear cuts that have steep draws and don’t have a road running right down the bottom of it. They like cover and water and will spend lots of time in the bottoms of the draws where you can’t see them or get in after them. But they will come out of those to feed on the grass growing in the burns, cuts, roads. If you have trail cameras it always helps to set a couple up maybe even somewhere you aren’t going to hunt right away so you can check them in a week or two once you exhaust your other options.  And as always try to stack the odds in your favor by spending every minute you can out there. I have seen a few bears early in the morning, a few close to dark and lots of bears in the middle of the afternoon when some guys would be sitting back at camp drinking beer waiting for the evening hunt. Good luck
yeah it seems that unit is mainly walk in only and thick

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2020, 01:45:30 PM »
Spend more time looking/glassing and less time walking.

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2020, 01:47:40 PM »
Spend more time looking/glassing and less time walking.
where i was it was thick with no clearcuts so i walked until i found one which was 5.5 miles back

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2020, 02:07:20 PM »
There's lots of cuts in the unit that are easier to access. Buying that map sounds like a good idea for you since you aren't real familiar with the unit.  The map at this link shows you some potential access points. https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/locations/gmu#region1gmu

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2020, 06:26:52 PM »
Its been tough, definitely not an easy unit to hunt. I've put well over 40 miles on the ground in the unit so far and only turned up a few bears. It'll get better in June.

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2020, 04:44:32 PM »
Its been tough, definitely not an easy unit to hunt. I've put well over 40 miles on the ground in the unit so far and only turned up a few bears. It'll get better in June.

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I sure Hope so

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2020, 04:49:48 PM »
Either way it's a hard unit to be successful in, one of the lower success rates out of the spring bear units. Something like 10% or so.

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2020, 07:16:56 PM »
Either way it's a hard unit to be successful in, one of the lower success rates out of the spring bear units. Something like 10% or so.

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They sure hammered em in 49n last fall!

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2020, 07:22:30 PM »
Fall is a different game for bear. Not to say the unit doesnt hold good numbers it's just not an easy unit to find em when its spring time and they're on the move. The unit consistantley ranks low in hunter success during the spring season for a reason.

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2020, 08:15:14 PM »
Really, i think thats all northeast units now, easier to get a bear with a fall tag now since the august 1st opener.  Bears concentrate on berry patches in august, that you can pinpoint any year.  In the spring with different melting and greenup cycles, its always different.  Spring bear was the "slam dunk" hunt until we got the august 1st opener.  Now a guy has better odds with the fall season if he gets after it right off the bat.

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Re: 49 bears?!
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2020, 08:17:08 PM »
Speaking of berries, i just found miles of huckleberries in idaho at a high enough elevation that i think they may still be a good bear draw come the august 30th opener, at least on z good wet year.

 


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