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Thread: How far from town to avoid garbage bears?

  1. #11
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    Re: How far from town to avoid garbage bears?

    40-50km from the nearest town...and who knows if that's even far enough, those buggers can travel quite a bit in just 24hours, especially during the rut

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    Re: How far from town to avoid garbage bears?

    I'd worry how close to a fish stream than a dump. 10 kms from either. They taste best in the first 10 days out of hibernation after the plug is out. Some still had 2 inches of fat on the back. It will be mid may here before the bears come out here. 30 inches of snow on the ground.
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    Re: How far from town to avoid garbage bears?

    Quote Originally Posted by tigrr View Post
    I'd worry how close to a fish stream than a dump. 10 kms from either. They taste best in the first 10 days out of hibernation after the plug is out. Some still had 2 inches of fat on the back. It will be mid may here before the bears come out here. 30 inches of snow on the ground.
    Tigrr have you been out towards Hen Ingram..Whiffed. .wondering if snow is any less ? Might be late...usually..almost always snow is gone in Lemon lake bottom end of Horse fly mountain...truck is in the shop...yes again..they found the problem..written in blue and circled..otherwise would have done a road trip to check levels..
    Stay safe
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    Re: How far from town to avoid garbage bears?

    I hunt as far away from dumps as I can, saying that 10-15kms should be good. I usually like to find the bears in the dandelions, clover, alfalfa, grass, Skunk cabbage, oats, all good feed sources for finding bears! Moosin
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    Re: How far from town to avoid garbage bears?

    Still 24 inches of snow in the bush and the small lakes have 30 to 36 inches of ice. It will be a while before bears come out.
    The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money.
    The worst day slinging lead is still better than the best day working.
    Look around is there someone you can introduce to shooting because that’s the only way we will buck the anti gun trend sweeping Canada! "tigrr 2006"


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    Re: How far from town to avoid garbage bears?

    Quote Originally Posted by srupp View Post
    Tigrr have you been out towards Hen Ingram..Whiffed. .wondering if snow is any less ? Might be late...usually..almost always snow is gone in Lemon lake bottom end of Horse fly mountain...truck is in the shop...yes again..they found the problem..written in blue and circled..otherwise would have done a road trip to check levels..
    Stay safe
    Steven
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    Re: How far from town to avoid garbage bears?

    The bears are out here.

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    Re: How far from town to avoid garbage bears?

    Bears are coming out in the west kootenays. Go get em!

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