Anyone getting bears yet?

[HODL]

Am I the only one checking here daily for bear success pics? Oregon has been open for 9 days now and I know some good bears have hit the dirt so far.

 

[AZ_Hunter_2000]

Quiet in AZ.

Only one sow has been harvested so far according to G&F web site.

 

[.204smokechaser]

Only bear I’ve seen so far have been while I’m working and can’t carry guns at work. They’re out in Unit 10 in Idaho.

 

[roosiebull]

Am I the only one checking here daily for bear success pics? Oregon has been open for 9 days now and I know some good bears have hit the dirt so far.

my wife and i made it out our first time yesterday... mainly just checking out the status of the feed so far, i'm going to focus on turkey mostly this month, then next month will be all bear (and some spring chinook mixed in of course)

a lot of our local good spring bear habitat is 3k+ ft of elevation on the far south coast, and it's still barren. saw some good feed yesterday, but it was too easy of access to focus on. we are going back out this evening.

low elevation yesterday afternoon was 65*, and up in the higher elevation, only about 5 miles away was 47* degrees.... if it doesn't green up by early month, we will shift a little north where there is more low elevation, here, it hops up in elevation quick

 

[roosiebull]

we glassed up 4 tonight.... not ideal scenario, we were at 3200' elevation when i picked them up, very little green, and 40 degrees up there with some showers starting... we were coming back down, i got to another vantage, and glassed up this cliffy face that had more green... i told my wife to come over because i wanted to show her that little pocket and tell her that's the type of pockets we're looking for with the current situation, then i pick out a bear! i could believe it.... long story short, we got close, but it was getting late, and there was an ugly canyon between us, and those bear aren't going anywhere... one was a good bear, there may have been 5, but for sure 4. i think it was a sow, 2 yearlings and a boar, the sow chased the boar about 200 yds at one point

new country to me, but figuring out the lay of the land pretty quick

 

[sneaky]

Mid 30s and snowing here all week. Haven't cut any tracks yet. Still early though

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[ndayton]

Well I had an awkward encounter. I saw 6 bears on Saturday sending pictures and video to my wife. As I am working a ridge I spot two bears, get the camera out and using my binos to film I realize these bears are going at it like newly weds.
Feeling like a weirdo I stopped recording sized up the boar and gave him a pass as I didn't feel like ruining the party and there are bigger bears to be found.

 

[Mykolaivka887]

Am I the only one checking here daily for bear success .....

Just got word this evening that Phase III of the ongoing Nelchina bear study (GMU 13) begins next week. Will try to get radio collars and tattoos on more animals this time around.

 

[roosiebull]

Well I had an awkward encounter. I saw 6 bears on Saturday sending pictures and video to my wife. As I am working a ridge I spot two bears, get the camera out and using my binos to film I realize these bears are going at it like newly weds.
Feeling like a weirdo I stopped recording sized up the boar and gave him a pass as I didn't feel like ruining the party and there are bigger bears to be found.

That’s pretty wild! Not what one would expect in April… cabin fever followed by 2 years of social distancing, certainly can’t blame the bear

Don’t blame you for passing either, I would be a little conflicted as well

Goes back to one thing that draws every hunter to hunting, you NEVER know what a hunt has in store, enough of those scenarios that keeps that an active desire in us to see what might happen each hunt… pretty cool and sounds like a pretty dang good day of hunting bear even if it was all pg-13, you could have turned it into a snuff film

 

[KyleSS]

Even though we still have snow, the bears are out in Northern Alberta

 

[Ron.C]

I know of 2 taken here on Vancouver Island. Our spring season opened April 1.

 

[Brando]

Nothing but turkeys and snow this week in Eastern Oregon.
Got up to our area Sunday and decided to head home yesterday to ensure we could get our trailer out before the next big snow storm came through. Didn’t cut one bear track. Hope to be-able to go back out Mid May.

 

[Moose83]

Saw a couple up here in the Bulkley valley today. Still lots of snow though, it'll be a while before it gets really good.

 

[OsoHunter]

Nothing here in Montana yet, but some bears are out, as some reports have been made (about 3 weeks ago), but not recently as there has been a cold snap and snow down to the valley floors. we went out out looking at hillsides for green up a couple weeks ago when it felt like spring, but our deeper spots are now inundated with snow so, figure bears in there have possibly re-denned for a bit. Stay ready!! Photos from a couple weeks ago, and yesterday. Stay Ready bruin hunters!!!

 

[Mykolaivka887]

They're definitely out up here in Alaska. Heading out on Tuesday to try to kill.

 

[Frost]

my wife and i made it out our first time yesterday... mainly just checking out the status of the feed so far, i'm going to focus on turkey mostly this month, then next month will be all bear (and some spring chinook mixed in of course)

a lot of our local good spring bear habitat is 3k+ ft of elevation on the far south coast, and it's still barren. saw some good feed yesterday, but it was too easy of access to focus on. we are going back out this evening.

low elevation yesterday afternoon was 65*, and up in the higher elevation, only about 5 miles away was 47* degrees.... if it doesn't green up by early month, we will shift a little north where there is more low elevation, here, it hops up in elevation quick

Did the far south Oregon coast get hammered with snow last week? 2k feet range in the cascades got 1.5-2 ft last week

 

[roosiebull]

Did the far south Oregon coast get hammered with snow last week? 2k feet range in the cascades got 1.5-2 ft last week

Yeah, I don’t know exactly how much, but it all got covered in snow… guessing it’s still all snow… I came over to NE Oregon to chase turkey until we get some better weather… it’s windy up here, but killed a jake very first setup at noon when I got over here and hiked in… good to have options! Plan to head back to my home corner of the state late week when the weather improves a bit

 

[ricknmontana]

Am I the only one checking here daily for bear success pics? Oregon has been open for 9 days now and I know some good bears have hit the dirt so far.

Not everyone wants to broadcast their success to the world for obvious reasons. Go look. Go hunt to find out what you are looking for. Imho

 

[thinhorn_AK]

In the next few weeks hopefully, waiting for some ice to melt to try a short float/drag and maybe get one.

 

[Blacktailaddiction]

Hunting Sw Oregon again this year after a fun season last year. Curious for those who are seeing multiple bears a night in Oregon are you looking at multiple cuts or just a really big one? Most I’ve seen is 2 in one night and normally just see one a night. Is the key a really good vantage spot? I normally hike into one that’s the right age and just watch it really closely.