TAM Report post Posted November 8, 2004 If there's a good acorn crop up high the bears will be in the oaks. This past year in 22 and 24b there wern't many pears and the bears stayed high eating manzinita berries and acorns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowsniper Report post Posted November 8, 2004 No bears came in, but it was fun to try. I'm definitely going to learn more about bears before next season. Thanks for all the responses. Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAM Report post Posted November 8, 2004 Get a trail camera. I've learned more about bears in the last year and a half with my trail cameras than ever before. They're out there scouting for you while you're at work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
More D Report post Posted November 9, 2004 Thanks for the Bear pics Scott! I have never seen a bear in the wild EVER! Only trophy pics. It was nice to see one alive in a picture at least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel in Ak Report post Posted November 9, 2004 TAM ya hit the nail on the head,them bears sure do scout you out. Had my best friend and brother fly up from Arizona this past August for a caribou hunt and to make this short,I saw a grizz,I lit out after the griz,I walked by the grizz,where and when I dunno,all I know is she was practically behind me standing on her hind legs staring at me.............like mmmmm! mmmmm! that thing looks good. Well while she charged me she covered approximately 70 yards before I shot her and that was in a seconds,man them bears can move,and did I mention she was about 150 yds off before she charged? Yep up here ya never know and ya gotta keep your eye out.And More D come on up,you'll see bears up here.KNow a guy this year that shot a 7ft grizz on his way to go fishing,crossed the hi-way right in front of him.Now thats being in the right spot at the right time.Wanna go fishin? Daniel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted November 10, 2004 i've called in several bears over the years. a couple while i was actually trying to call a bear too. couple others while calling other animals, like coyotes and elk. the ones i called while actually bear hunting i used a circe jackrabbit mouth call. find a place with at least some bear sign. get in a place where the sound will carry a long way, like on the edge of a canyon, and call your butt off. seem to come in real slow. i think an electric call would be best. you have to call so long your lips get numb, with a mouth call. don't know what a cub in distress call sounds like, but to me, almost all the different call tones sound so much alike that i don't think it makes much difference. main thing is to be where there are bears and take the time to do it right. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowsniper Report post Posted November 16, 2004 Hey Tam, How do you use the trail cameras for bear? Do you set them up in any place in particuliar? Thanks, Bowsniper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treestandman1 Report post Posted November 16, 2004 Bowsniper, T.A.M and I have set our trail cams over waterholes and trails in areas that have heavy concentrations of bear. We have gotten pictures of more than 10 different bears. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAM Report post Posted November 16, 2004 As Treestandman stated we like to find water in thick, steep, nasty bear country and set the cameras out. We got quite a few pic's of bear on 4 different tanks this past spring and summer. I drew a unit 22 archery spring bear tag so I'm hopeful I can tag one this spring. In most cases we would get the same resident bears coming in week after week throughout the summer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
