Spring bear 2019

[Wild one]

100% wild one.

7a is a great place to spend a few days, lots of bears, lots of amazing lakes, makes for a GREAT experience and a good hunt.

By far 5,6, and 7 have to be my top choices to hunt black bear. If you like 7a you need to head West into 6 it gets even better in my opinion for both fishing and bear hunting

A heads up for anyone wanting to try regions 6 or 7 take your time to look at the bear before you shoot because I have seen some of the biggest bears in these regions but also some of the smallest. In my opinion this is due to the number of sows with 3-4 cubs in these regions.

[Rieber]

Hmmm - this concept of combined fishing and bear hunt is really starting to appeal to me. Except if I happen to get a bear on the first evening, then the idea of spending the night in the canopy with a dead bear suddenly puts a damper on that party.

I'm going to give that a bit more thought.

[Wild one]

Hmmm - this concept of combined fishing and bear hunt is really starting to appeal to me. Except if I happen to get a bear on the first evening, then the idea of spending the night in the canopy with a dead bear suddenly puts a damper on that party.

I'm going to give that a bit more thought.

Why are you cuddling with a dead bear lol

Hang it in a tree where it’s shady with a good breeze. Lots of tricks to buy you a few days after a bear is down. Some places I have drove to higher elevation with bags of deboned meat and buried them in the snow

But hey if you want to cuddle with your bear instead that’s your call lol

[Rieber]

Why are you cuddling with a dead bear lol

Hang it in a tree where it’s shady with a good breeze. Lots of tricks to buy you a few days after a bear is down. Some places I have drove to higher elevation with bags of deboned meat and buried them in the snow

But hey if you want to cuddle with your bear instead that’s your call lol

Meh - He would keep me warm for a little while at least. lol.
Rieber cuddles with the dead bear - that's not a very nice picture for the bear.

[gcreek]

Hmmm Region 5 sucked for black bears out east last year..hmmm so did flyfishing..
Best time is may east of the pond first week of june out west..
Hmm with Tim in Duncan now maybe vancouver island. ..
Srupp

Wonder how many the healthy population of grizzly have thinned out.

Can a grizzly eat enough black bears to therefore be called a black bear?

[Gateholio]

Seems like lots of interest in bear hunting already !

Maybe it’s time for another HBC bear contest this spring ?

[bc_buckshot]

Did we have a bear contest this year 2018?..... if so I have the winning bear in my freezer.

[Wild one]

Did we have a bear contest this year 2018?..... if so I have the winning bear in my freezer.

What did your bear score in the end?

[srupp]

Did we have a bear contest this year 20down.... if so I have the winning bear in my freezer.

Hmmm yes you do have a great bear..no doubt about that..but seen 2 harvested last year from HBC members that were seriously big..bodies..and skulls..
Great bears all around..been a couple years since I put a big one down..much prefer colored phased bb..over 7 feet..
Good luck to all..
Cheers

Steven

[Wild one]

There is no doubt some big bears that were never posted. Seen pics of a few tanks

Right now there is two bears that make BC book in my freezer alone lol