Re: How Do You Find/Look For the BIG BOARS?
Originally Posted by
srupp
Hmm I do like getting up on a hill and using binoculars and if needed spotting scope however my most used strategy is to travel and find where the food is..green grass..the lighter colored grass is higher in nutrients..other times it is just quantity.
I hunt areas I know intimately..I know where there are open sky with grass on the ground..I travel to these spots and look for tracks and poop..I Always Drive over bear poop..know if it's not squashed it is freshey dropped.
I find these far back isolated spots which will ALWAYS hold standing water or small flowing water.
Then I settle down and wait for dark..watching the opening/ food quietly carefully..I use total camo..Bee keepers head gear gloves hoping the wind does not shift.. if it does shift I will slowly head home slowly and watch for moving feeding bears along skidder trails off main FSR roads.
Each day I hit a completely different food source.
The place I usually hunt had 30 feeding locations I knew always hold bears.
The new place has 30 separate locations.
After a long hibernation it's about the food..earlier when fresh out of hibernation the food is sketchy so bears feed longer and need to move..before the alders and willows leaf out.
Cows do not chase out bears..I've seen bears feeding close to grazing cows..nervous cows.
I do lIke GEF idea.,it does work island bears are separate species and watching along the ocean on low tide for foraging bears ..moving rocks for shellfish ..or salmon streams however I enjoy bear meat..Bears eating dead salmon is not my Forte.
Notes where there is no wind is great bears move more..feed more confidently able to use their ears.
On first day of a bear hunt I hit Most all feeding areas..finding fresh sign let's me know where I will start the next day/evening
Remote greened up hidey holes in late after noon is where I expect and find big bears.
Black colored I won't shoot if under 6 feet
Colored phase bears need to be over 5 1/2 feet.
Every single year I find 7 footer bears..last year 1 in the spring..Tyler's And 1 in the fall 40 kilometers away.
Srupp
Thank you for the insights Steven. 30 locations in an area is friggin impressive
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