Montana Spring Bear Hunting
04-18-2005, 05:44 PM
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RE: Montana Spring Bear Hunting
Muley
There in our garbage already. There pretty small in our area though. I'll look you up in a few weeks when I get done here in Billings.
Bob
There in our garbage already. There pretty small in our area though. I'll look you up in a few weeks when I get done here in Billings.
Bob
04-27-2005, 11:50 AM
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RE: Montana Spring Bear Hunting
Well, I got up in the mountains yesterday and saw absolutely no bear sign anywhere. No tracks, scat, torn up logs, nothing. It was 75 yesterday and now we are getting some pretty good snow, not sticking down low here. I have very little time to hunt Bear this spring, so I hope the next trip is more eventful, anybody else having any luck?
04-27-2005, 01:27 PM
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RE: Montana Spring Bear Hunting
I went out opening day and camped out for a few days.I have been out a few more times since and called one small bear in about 100lbs. and a coyote.I seen some old tracks nothing fresh.I think a few bears are moving and some got up earlier and went back to bed.I seen fresh tracks around feb.I called fwp and last week they only had 6 and I just got off the phone today and the lady said the have gotten 8 in so far.I think it will get better pretty soon.The bear I called in was down low below the snow line.
Elkshed
Elkshed
04-27-2005, 11:05 PM
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RE: Montana Spring Bear Hunting
I was up high, working the snow line, looking for sign and pounding those south facing slopes. There was some greenup but not a lot. I still can't get to my favorite ares because of the snow pack, I swear Bear season opens to early in the spring, half the roads to get to my areas are locked until Jun 1.
04-29-2005, 10:11 AM
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RE: Montana Spring Bear Hunting
Went out bear hunting thursday the 28th.I had to go through about 6 inches of mud and parked.I hiked about 6 miles up to the snow line and glassed the south slopes and did some calling.Just seen some deer down lower.I don't think anything is awake up high.I dropped down low as I could get and seen a lot of lush green grass and 3-4 day old bear tracks.about a 75lb'er and a 250-300 lb'er.I'm thinking sow and cubs.So i would imagine that the bear are following the greenup.I know where I'm going tomarrow.
Elkshed
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04-29-2005, 01:04 PM
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RE: Montana Spring Bear Hunting
Going out tomarrow,but it looks like the snow is pretty low down in the Little belts.I will be hunting lower around the clear cuts and open meadows and glass.
I wish they would extend the season to the end of June,some years the snow has not even melted in the high country,were more of the bigger boars come out.
I wish they would extend the season to the end of June,some years the snow has not even melted in the high country,were more of the bigger boars come out.