Newpond0
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I scouted some spots yesterday that I heard from a reliable source has bears. I called one in that never showed up close enough last fall a few miles down the road in identical terrain so I know there is at least 1 around there.
The thing is there’s no green yet even on the southern facing areas and it’s around 0-5 degrees Celsius (35ish Fahrenheit) for the most part nowadays. The berry plants are all dry and brown still, old yellow grass, and the thin black spruce aren’t leaving stumps full of bugs and I’ve never seen any peeled cambium layers on those trees. Lots of wind and rain with snow lately too.
Spring bear opens May 1st, I’m assuming they’re out of hibernation, but I didn’t see any sign except for lots of moose craps and a few coyote turds full of grey rabbit fur. The only food source I saw was the occasional single skunk cabbage bulb growing out of the thick moss.
Also if anyone’s thinking about the berry patches later in the summer, I realized last year that during the times when the berrys are rype (July and august) there’s no hunting allowed. The government might be doing this on purpose as the locals really love their berry picking here and they don’t want people shooting in there during that time so that’s never an option
How would you guys play this? Is it just too early? Or is it a matter of searching for the food source? Is it possible they’re just forced to eat rabbits and animals while still having their plug?
The thing is there’s no green yet even on the southern facing areas and it’s around 0-5 degrees Celsius (35ish Fahrenheit) for the most part nowadays. The berry plants are all dry and brown still, old yellow grass, and the thin black spruce aren’t leaving stumps full of bugs and I’ve never seen any peeled cambium layers on those trees. Lots of wind and rain with snow lately too.
Spring bear opens May 1st, I’m assuming they’re out of hibernation, but I didn’t see any sign except for lots of moose craps and a few coyote turds full of grey rabbit fur. The only food source I saw was the occasional single skunk cabbage bulb growing out of the thick moss.
Also if anyone’s thinking about the berry patches later in the summer, I realized last year that during the times when the berrys are rype (July and august) there’s no hunting allowed. The government might be doing this on purpose as the locals really love their berry picking here and they don’t want people shooting in there during that time so that’s never an option
How would you guys play this? Is it just too early? Or is it a matter of searching for the food source? Is it possible they’re just forced to eat rabbits and animals while still having their plug?
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