StuckoYota99
WKR
Good evening everyone. Tonight I had an eventful outing.
My question is: should I return this weekend to an area that I saw a sow and cubs in? Or should I leave the area alone and avoid and altercation or a bad/illegal harvest?
In Washington it is now illegal to kill a sow with cubs and I wouldn't want to anyway.
I walked to the end of a blocked off spur road and setup on a landing with 360 degree clear cut ranging from 100 yards to 400 yards. I sat down on a log and scanned the hillside. In between gladding and watching the Bitcoin price I looked up and spotted a bear around 5pm that was above me at about 220 yards. It didn't stop and fed on through the brush and small openings. I saw it for about 10 seconds total and it disappeared.
At around 630 as the sun went down behind the hills I spotted a large bear at the bottom of the draw as it fed from left to right and disappeared.
I got setup and began to predator call in 5 minutes sets trying to coax it out again.
Around 7 i spotted a bear at the top of this draw but this one crossed from right to left about 100 yards above the first sighting. It wanted nothing to do with the dying rabbit and occasionally looked over and then kept going the opposite direction.
I began to pack up at 730 and heard branches breaking above me. I sat still and a small black ball came into a clearing about 175 yards above me! I videoed through my binos for a minute then watched the cub catch up with the sow where another black ball appeared next to her.
I slowly backed out of the area at last light.
Super fun evening but I'm felt wondering if the bear i spotted at 5 was the sow and I just hadn't seen the cubs.
And whether or not I saw two different bear at 400 yards. Or was it the same bear that decided to climb up the draw.
My question is: should I return this weekend to an area that I saw a sow and cubs in? Or should I leave the area alone and avoid and altercation or a bad/illegal harvest?
In Washington it is now illegal to kill a sow with cubs and I wouldn't want to anyway.
I walked to the end of a blocked off spur road and setup on a landing with 360 degree clear cut ranging from 100 yards to 400 yards. I sat down on a log and scanned the hillside. In between gladding and watching the Bitcoin price I looked up and spotted a bear around 5pm that was above me at about 220 yards. It didn't stop and fed on through the brush and small openings. I saw it for about 10 seconds total and it disappeared.
At around 630 as the sun went down behind the hills I spotted a large bear at the bottom of the draw as it fed from left to right and disappeared.
I got setup and began to predator call in 5 minutes sets trying to coax it out again.
Around 7 i spotted a bear at the top of this draw but this one crossed from right to left about 100 yards above the first sighting. It wanted nothing to do with the dying rabbit and occasionally looked over and then kept going the opposite direction.
I began to pack up at 730 and heard branches breaking above me. I sat still and a small black ball came into a clearing about 175 yards above me! I videoed through my binos for a minute then watched the cub catch up with the sow where another black ball appeared next to her.
I slowly backed out of the area at last light.
Super fun evening but I'm felt wondering if the bear i spotted at 5 was the sow and I just hadn't seen the cubs.
And whether or not I saw two different bear at 400 yards. Or was it the same bear that decided to climb up the draw.
