VenaticOppidan
Lil-Rokslider
Hey all,
Back in 21', my hunting partner and I did our first Idaho spring bear hunt, end of may for about 4 days over Memorial Day weekend in Unit 33, did some On X scouting, talked to some biologists, and picked an area we thought had desirable terrain features. Flew in, got a rental truck, got to the trail head and packed in about 2 miles in, and glassed a few different drainages in that area for the next 3 days. No Bears, plenty of Bear Like Objects (BLO's).
We learned a lot on our first true backpack trip, with no base camp to call home. One, don't take near as much stuff lol. Packs are heavy. Two, be more mobile. Up and move to increase chances of success.
We are now planning on going again in 2023, and are researching different units and trying to get a game plan together. One of the things we have discussed is taking a bush plane into some more remote regions, which would go against rule number 2, but the idea is being flown into an area with good terrain and essentially be hunting the area within a 2-3 mile radius of the drop off. This would limit us as far as how much terrain we can cover, but would the lack of pressure and the access possibly enhance our potential success? Has anybody had any experience taking a transport in for spring bear, self guided, no horses or atv's?
The other option is to go back to 23 and another unit, and plan on doing truck camping, spiking out if needed, and being very mobile and hitting multiple different drainages and areas if we aren't having any sightings after a morning and/or evening.
So what does the brain trust think? Bush planes an interesting angle, or am i overcomplicating things? We know success levels aren't very high, but we want to set ourselves up the best we can to have more than just a nice camping trip.
Appreciate any thoughts.
Back in 21', my hunting partner and I did our first Idaho spring bear hunt, end of may for about 4 days over Memorial Day weekend in Unit 33, did some On X scouting, talked to some biologists, and picked an area we thought had desirable terrain features. Flew in, got a rental truck, got to the trail head and packed in about 2 miles in, and glassed a few different drainages in that area for the next 3 days. No Bears, plenty of Bear Like Objects (BLO's).
We learned a lot on our first true backpack trip, with no base camp to call home. One, don't take near as much stuff lol. Packs are heavy. Two, be more mobile. Up and move to increase chances of success.
We are now planning on going again in 2023, and are researching different units and trying to get a game plan together. One of the things we have discussed is taking a bush plane into some more remote regions, which would go against rule number 2, but the idea is being flown into an area with good terrain and essentially be hunting the area within a 2-3 mile radius of the drop off. This would limit us as far as how much terrain we can cover, but would the lack of pressure and the access possibly enhance our potential success? Has anybody had any experience taking a transport in for spring bear, self guided, no horses or atv's?
The other option is to go back to 23 and another unit, and plan on doing truck camping, spiking out if needed, and being very mobile and hitting multiple different drainages and areas if we aren't having any sightings after a morning and/or evening.
So what does the brain trust think? Bush planes an interesting angle, or am i overcomplicating things? We know success levels aren't very high, but we want to set ourselves up the best we can to have more than just a nice camping trip.
Appreciate any thoughts.
