Re: Bear help!
All great advice so far. I would emphasize that right now at this specific time of year when they're just waking up, to focus on the freshest patches of green grass you can find, because that's what they're keying in on right now. Eventually they gradually start eating dandelions and other forage like that, but right now I would say its all about grass.
Also, Region 2 is a pretty difficult area to cut your teeth in bear hunting, for a variety of reasons not the least of which is the rugged terrain, so don't get discouraged. Its a steep learning curve, but there's definitely a good number of bears and plenty of colour phased ones too.
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