What are you seeing?

[BryanL]

Grown up cuts with lots of blackberries are what you want to look for, some of the bear I have recently seen are in that unit… bear don’t like human presence, especially if the main way in there is bad wind… of course there are archery hunters all over, but areas that aren’t getting their wind blown into the food source every time, there should be bear.

The really thick cuts, hang out and listen, I hear most bear before I see them, especially decent bear, they’re noisy creatures, but may have to hang out for a bit to hear them. Mornings are good this time of year too, daylight to 11 is a good time to be looking… good luck! Hopefully your little hunting buddy is with you when you do have a good encounter

Thanks for that! I’m going to keep pressing on. We usually can only cover around 2-3 total miles before he’s pretty wrecked. May try some bike/trailer options. I may squeeze out some solo hunts, but he really wants to be with if we can connect with an animal. After we get through this smoke and illness we’ll be back out there. I also need to develop my own patience when glassing. My adult ADHD and doubt (nothing here) kicks in pretty quick after 15 mins or so.

 

[roosiebull]

Thanks for that! I’m going to keep pressing on. We usually can only cover around 2-3 total miles before he’s pretty wrecked. May try some bike/trailer options. I may squeeze out some solo hunts, but he really wants to be with if we can connect with an animal. After we get through this smoke and illness we’ll be back out there. I also need to develop my own patience when glassing. My adult ADHD and doubt (nothing here) kicks in pretty quick after 15 mins or so.

If you find an area and have any specific questions, feel free to pm me and I’ll do my best to help, if I don’t know, I will tell you I don’t know.

Don’t get too discouraged not seeing scat, if they aren’t using the path you are, you won’t see scat, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t bear around.

One good form of sign to look for is mashed down blackberries, blackberry leaves are white on the bottom side, so if you are glassing around blackberry patches, you will see that white bottoms of the leaves where bear are in there mashing them down, that’s a great way to “scout” areas bear are using, especially when blackberries are the main game in town like this year…

Don’t sit and glass in a spot your wind is going towards where you expect to see a bear, they have the best noses in the woods and will not tolerate human scent, one could be on its way to come out and feed, smell you and sneak off, you’ll never know a bear was around.

I have watched them wind me from crazy long distances. I read their noses are 6-7x better than a blood hound, and I believe that through my experience… you can’t get away with bad wind at all… deer or elk you can get away with a lot more, even pressured and sketched out deer and elk… you can’t fool the nose of a bear, or hope marginal wind will work

 

[Steve300xcw]

The area I have been hunting has always been heavy with bears. This year is no different. Alot less deer for some reason........

Anyways. All the scat I have seen this fall, has been pretty much all grass. Look like a pile of oats and wheat. Haven't really saw that before