You can listen to this guy's opinion and experience regarding this dilemma. He tends to be fairly unbiased and makes a couple of good arguments that are worth considering..
I have spent most of my time hunting bears in Western Washington which has many similarities to where you are planning to hunt. As for timing of Greenup I won't be able to offer any information. Generally speaking, the bears will be looking for fresh greens and in my experience, the spring after...
I've been comparing the ELs and NL pures. After getting some time behind the glass on both and playing around with them. I'm liking the ELs more for the price. If price wasn't a concern, I still don't know if I'd choose the NLs over the ELs, however, price is a deciding factor. The colors are a...
Getting close to "pulling the trigger" on buying a Franchi affinity 3.5 waterfowl elite.
Hoping to hear from all of you Franchi owners to weigh in on i f you've been happy with yours? If you had the money to do it again, would you get the same gun or get something else?
Opinions on the 3.5" vs...
The Franchi affinity 3 or 3.5 gets my vote. There's a video out there with a guy putting numerous shotguns through some unrealistically harsh conditions and the franchi was the only inertia gun that passed the test. I'll post it up when I find it. That will be my next 12 gauge. I've used the...
Looks pretty dialed in! The clothing price was crazy, even crazier after I noticed that amongst all the high end clothing was the $20 wrangler outdoor pants lol 😆
That's a nice looking color phase black bear. Maybe you could reposition the camera down a bit and be able to identify the sex. Being able to see the muzzle and relative leg length to body size usually helps. Bear move around a lot, try to find where the bear show up on your trailcams during the...
Reed calls work as good as e callers. Reed calls will reduce your ability to hear incoming bear so keep your head on a swivel. Bear will often times sneak in so if calling alone I like to keep a nice cliff or open area behind me. Predators like to come in down wind, so look that way. Seasonality...
Whereabouts? If in the PNW there is a book by Douglas Boze called "The ultimate guide to black bear hunting". It's not a literary masterpiece by any measure but rather a book by a regular bear hunter. It is a good compilation of basic bear hunting tactics and general black bear behavior. He...