Figured I would try to get some spring bear chatter going. Here's a general thread on the subject. Still hoping to see individual threads pop up of peoples hunts and harvests.
I was poking around last weekend. Yep definitely bears out mowing the grass. Fresh hits everywhere and was seeing new hits throughout the weekend.
Didn't see any bears but honestly didn't try too much. I was being super picky about where and when I'd take a bear if the opportunity presented itself. It was too hot during the day and I didn't want to deal with dressing and packing out a bear in the dark. The area is also really grown in, so it was basically "Alright. I'm going to sit on this log from 5PM until 7PM. IF the bear comes into X area from Y direction and I get a good look at it, I might take it. If t comes from A or B direction I'm going to just yell HEY BEAR and shut it down"
We did (presumably) hear one bear in the proximity. Loud snapping, causing a few rocks to slide, but it never came into where I wanted it to be.
Normally I like to poke in and out of these feeding pockets just like the bears do versus sitting and waiting, but with all the dry maple leaves that wasn't going to happen.
I'm sitting it out this weekend because I have other things that need doing but maybe next weekend. I'd wager there are bears already dropping, especially in R2, so looking forward to reading about it. Beauty time to be out there!
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