It seems the spring hunt you take the chance of having bears not even being out of their dens the first few weeks of the hunt around here. Now where the spring hunt is spot and stalk or dogs only (no baiting) it's a tuff hunt for the unit I drew. I met a new friend that had the spring hunt this year and he did not tag out. Even the guys that run dogs around here had a rough time getting in bears. Others I have talked to have had some big bears out in the daylight on baits. I worried about it being so hot in June that they would be nocturnal but I had three different bears coming in during daylight hours the first week. I wish I could have kept my finger off the trigger as a much bigger bear came in the day after I harvested mine, but I was excited and he gave me a great shot, no regrets! There's always next time.