I’m headed again this year. Access is pretty reasonable actually as the northern boarder is the road to Pittsburg landing and it’s very well maintained. There’s good parking, and several trails to stage from in order to get back in. Hope this helps!
Thanks for the suggestions! I usually run First Lite clothing, but there's just not an offering for anything under a 30" waist, I believe (hope) they're looking to change that in the near future.
I'm not a big guy, 5'6" 125lbs on a good day. So a 30" waist (which is the industry standard of "small" apparently) is just to big. Any options out there other than having clothes custom fit? I feel as though it's a bit ridiculous to purchase $250+ pants just to have custom alterations made...
The plan is to access the unit from the north at the river....then hunt the snow line. Not that last year is any indication of this year, but last year I had a buddy on the Oregon side take a bear at that time in similar elevations and he said there was lots of green growth to hunt. Again, past...
That's odd there's not a lot of data on bear populations. We're already set on unit 18....my plan is to hump in from the Snake River side and go from there. Thanks for the reply and good luck on your hunt!
Heading to Hells Canyon after bear this Spring, bringing a turkey tag as well, figured "Why not?" Plan is to pack in as far back as we can get and go from there. Funny thing is, I can't seem to find bear population numbers for this unit, I'm told there's plenty of them back there, and even...