Oregon spring bear

[time2hunt]

It’s due tomorrow who’s in ?


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[trophyhunt]

After rotator cuff surgery in Dec, points only.  Good luck!!

[HAGEMANIAC]

I have 5 points, and this may be my only chance to hunt this year other than turkey due to an upcoming late summer deployment. Not sure if 5 is enough to get me into a decent unit but I imagine it should be. Just need to do some research and see what my options are.

[CasterlyRock]

I applied. Do they always draw on the 20th or are they more like Washington where it's approximate? What are the good units?

[time2hunt]

All are good units. Just depends on how much work you wanna put into them. They draw on the 20th pretty sharp.


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[CasterlyRock]

I applied for SW area. Anyone know why it's closed within one mile of the Rogue River down there? That's right where I was going.

[pickardjw]

Idaho this spring for us, Oregon next.

[time2hunt]

We play both sides the one that don’t draw but Idaho tags .


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[YellowShells]

I applied for SW area. Anyone know why it's closed within one mile of the Rogue River down there? That's right where I was going.

It's been that way for a long time - probably because it's an extremely popular recreation area through most of October. I think it started because people liked being able to see bears along the river, back when they were less common most other places. ODFW proposed allowing hunting due to increasing conflicts back in 2020, but they quickly abandoned the proposal due to public feedback. Sounds like the bears are getting pretty habituated now and causing quite a few problems.

[CasterlyRock]

It's been that way for a long time - probably because it's an extremely popular recreation area through most of October. I think it started because people liked being able to see bears along the river, back when they were less common most other places. ODFW proposed allowing hunting due to increasing conflicts back in 2020, but they quickly abandoned the proposal due to public feedback. Sounds like the bears are getting pretty habituated now and causing quite a few problems.

Oh yeah I guess it's for the jet boats. I haven't seen much activity along the river near the coast anyway, other than those tiny excuses for deer.

[YellowShells]

It's been that way for a long time - probably because it's an extremely popular recreation area through most of October. I think it started because people liked being able to see bears along the river, back when they were less common most other places. ODFW proposed allowing hunting due to increasing conflicts back in 2020, but they quickly abandoned the proposal due to public feedback. Sounds like the bears are getting pretty habituated now and causing quite a few problems.

Oh yeah I guess it's for the jet boats. I haven't seen much activity along the river near the coast anyway, other than those tiny excuses for deer.

I haven't spent much time in that area other than floating the Rogue, but it sounds like there are lots of bears throughout that area. It has one of the highest success rates, as I recall. Hope you have a good time if you draw! I'll be headed to the opposite corner of OR this spring, unless the draw changes a lot.

[ShaneTyTrey]

Son and I are both in with 6 points, prefer to only get one tag, but would take 2 over 0, we will see what happens.

[CasterlyRock]

Got selected for SW! Time to start target practice and map scouting.

[Doublelunger]

I drew my tag. Love hunting bear in the spring!!

[time2hunt]

Starting the year strong!!
NOT SELECTED


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[trophyhunt]

Starting the year strong!!
NOT SELECTED


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how many points?? 

[time2hunt]

Only had two so wasn’t expecting. So for we have two tag in camp and the rest of us can buy Idaho . 


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[trophyhunt]

Nice, shoulder surgery stopped my spring bear attempts, I’ll have to figure out Idaho for next year, should have 4 points for Oregon as well.  Have fun!!

[time2hunt]

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[ShaneTyTrey]

As suspected with the poor seed numbers, not selected for us.  Should be a lock next year provided we still have the hunt!

[trophyhunt]

Well, guess I’ll be in Oregon in the spring.  Son in law was supposed to put in for points only but managed to draw an Imnaha tag.  Never been in that unit but it looks like our wenaha, can’t wait. 

[Limhangerslayer]

I went all in for my daughter as her last year for youth. Had a small chance but went all in for Walla Walla. No dice.  She can draw any other tag next year as an adult. 

[Shawn Ryan]

As expected, no draw with one point.

Trophy, I've spring hunted the Imnaha 2x. If you have Q's let me know.

[trophyhunt]

Will do, thank you! 

[Doublelunger]

Well, guess I’ll be in Oregon in the spring.  Son in law was supposed to put in for points only but managed to draw an Imnaha tag.  Never been in that unit but it looks like our wenaha, can’t wait.

Our group hunts that unit. We've killed a lot of bears in there. Most of the good bear country is accessed from the road systems on top and snow really makes it hard to get around early in the season. Private on the bottom makes getting to public land hard. There's definitely county to hunt early but you have to work a little harder. We killed 5 last year. I got lucky and drew again this year.
Good luck!

[ShaneTyTrey]

Looks like a big group jumped in with a lot of point in our unit.  Everyone with 7 or more points did get the tag again, but only 1 out 7 with 6 got it.

the filterable results are up if anyone is interested.

https://odfw.huntfishoregon.com/reportdownloads

[ShaneTyTrey]

Had thought of putting him in as a youth, and it appears no non-resident youth were given a tag.  4-6 points for Residents, there was only one other non-resident youth that applied with 6 points and again, not a tag given, seems odd.

[Bigfoot28]

I pulled a Snake River tag, with 2 points- was planning on Idaho if I didn’t draw anything.

[trophyhunt]

Question, I believe Oregon has a mandatory check for harvested bears, you non local hunters that have killed bear down there, did you bother with checking your bear?  They are only open MON-FRI bankers hours, seems like a big pain if you kill a bear on a fri evening and need to be back to work on Monday?  I'd have no problem sending a tooth in but not waiting around all weekend for them to open at 9 on monday. 

[pickardjw]

If anyone drew 53/62/63 shoot me a PM. I'm open to offering some info based on experience from last year. 

[Doublelunger]

This last storm system dropped a decent amount of snow. Getting into the high country will be tough in the early part of the season.

[CasterlyRock]

The area I just spent a week scouting got absolutely destroyed by flooding and most of the roads are washed out as of now. Hope they can fix them fast but I don't have high hopes.

[Doublelunger]

Bears are out. Saw 4 so far. Our group killed a big one last Saturday. Passed on these two yesterday. Might regret it later. Weather looks good this coming week.

[Timberstalker]

Let’s see the one you guys got.