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Brennan

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I have a question for the bear hunters here, specificly the ones in Washington. When glassing do you try to get away from roads that have vehicle access? I have found a couple of places to glass that are passed roads that are blocked off. Also, how long do you stay glassing in an are?
 
Brennan. I Have My Best Luck ON the Gated Road's Were I Hunt.I Will Be Using a Mountain Bike ON Them. I Will Bringing Up a 4 Wheeler This Year. I HAVE a road That is Brushed Over THAT Alway's Has Bear's ON It. I Call it The Cliff's. LOT'S of Berry's And That's What You Want To Look For. I Do See Bear's Off Of Road's. But Mainly Daylight And Before Dark.Allday Too.Find Berry's Get Cozy Listen And Whatch. Good Luck. Rick
 
For me when it come to bear it isn't so much where the roads coming in are, As how many berrys are in the cut. My 2 most favorite cuts, if I park on the end of the landing you could see my truck from the cut. I only hunt bear hard in Augest. And I look for the cuts with the most berrys and most of the cover around 10 ft tall. My best cut the trees and bushes are around 15 ft tall. And I stand a 50/50 chance at seeing a bear in that cut. The down fall is it is real steep and it is next to impossible to stock in the cut so if you take a shot it is more than likely going to be a long one.

I look for the areas with alot of scatt in them. Then I look for the cuts with the most berrys. Get there early and sit for a couple of hours. My shortest stay will be about 1 hour. And the biggest thing is listen. When they are feeing they are loud. In one cut I can hear them around 300 to 400 yards away. It is steep but that is what the range finder said yesterday.

So to answer you question. I really don't worry about the roads. Just the food supply. Just my .02.
 
Brennan, I used to like getting way off the road but Bearmanric is about 6'5" and 250, I can't carry him too far anymore. He does let out a great "bleat" if ya drop him tho.
Serious, listen to Ric, He is the Beargod.
Carl
 
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