Does anyone have a spring bear hunt planed I would like to get together with some guys

Yep... got the "Boat Full" with 6 of us Trad Types for a spring bear hunt with "Homer Ocean Charters" in May....getting really tired of "Counting the Days"  

Hunting in May in NB with a TradGang pal at Big Paw Outfitters.

I believe Bear Quest still has openings for the week ending June 26th. Contact Tom Phillips for details.

Check the Bear Quest thread, there may still be an opening.  It's a great hunt and camp.  Lots of fun and, oh yeah, the bears are pretty good, too!

Yep. I will be hunting Spring Bear in Oregon, but we CANNOT bait, so I use a rifle for the hunt.

I hunt the coast in steep rugged terrain and getting within Tradbow range is highly unlikely, but you are welcome to try.

I got a little guff from a couple of my tradbow friends for using a 308, so if ANYONE wants to come out here with only their tradbow, I welcome you to hunt with me. Just make sure you are in great shape and can put on 15 miles a day.

I killed a 350 lb boar that measures 18 13/16. My friend Chris took a 150 lb boar the weekend before. We hunted 9 hours and killed 2 bears that includes a miss by Chris within those 9 hours.

Lots of bears on the Oregon Coast, but it is not a cushy hunt where you are dropped off at a treestand near a road. This is a hunt where you park at a locked gate and walk into large clearcuts and glass for bears.

That sounds like fun Paul. With all that great hunting your coming to ohio for what reason?    lol
It's got to be for the food! Just kidding ya buddy. One more week and it's on. I can't wait and I'm only the camp beotch.

QuoteOriginally posted by leatherneck:
That sounds like fun Paul. With all that great hunting your coming to ohio for what reason?         lol
It's got to be for the food! Just kidding ya buddy. One more week and it's on. I can't wait and I'm only the camp beotch.

Mike,

We have awesome Cougar and Bear hunting here, which is really not a good thing. Deer hunting on the other hand is horrible, hence the reason for Ohio.

I started Spring Bear hunting last year, because I needed something that I could actually find and harvest LOL. There are more bears killed by cars in the area I hunt bear than there are deer kille by cars. We have a predator pit situation in Oregon. Ohio, here I come    

Paul

Paul, us guys in Ohio would love to help reduce the number of Bears in Oregon.  

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Paul, us guys in Ohio would love to help reduce the number of Bears in Oregon.    

Tags go on sale in January I believe. First come, first serve up to 3500 and they are going fast, because of the high success rate.

There are no guarantees, but you are welcome to come out and pound some ground.

I will probably be out May 8th and 9th and the 15th and 16th next season.

This may not be politically correct, but it is correct: "In Oregon, when fat people are wearing shorts, it is time to start hunting bears".

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This may not be politically correct, but it is correct: "In Oregon, when fat people are wearing shorts, it is time to start hunting bears".

       

Same problem in Idaho.

Tuff problem you all have out there.