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BCHunter

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« on: April 19, 2009, 01:21:09 PM »
anyone seeing any bears while fishing?
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Re: bears
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2009, 01:45:25 PM »
I'm curious - why do you ask? 
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Re: bears
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2009, 02:31:18 PM »
Because it's Spring Bear season   ;)
And Bear sausage is yummy  ;D

Heard of one up high already this year.....
Havn't seen one myself yet  :)
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Re: bears
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2009, 05:23:23 PM »
seen a few tracks the other day fishing on the vedder, decent sized too.. i figure another 2 weeks and it will be game on.
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Re: bears
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2009, 07:20:28 PM »
There has been some grizz prints around on the lower Cheakamus :o. Lots of black bear crap around too.
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Re: bears
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2009, 08:00:56 PM »
bear sausage :P

I was speaking to a guy yesterday that said he was seeing atleast one bear a day in or around the Chilliwack River, he was fishing the Chehalis River.



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Re: bears
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2009, 09:24:48 PM »
"bear sausage :P "


So what do you do with the Bear? Chintzier? I think it's a good thing that the Bears are afraid of humans through hunters. I had my run in with the wild bunch and it's better if they have been hunted. Sometimes fifteen twenty bear right outside the  tent. :o Otherwise expect every once in a while,more often,someone gets chowed down. Especially if they smell spicey.
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another SLICE of dirty fish perhaps?

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Re: bears
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2009, 09:32:59 PM »
15 or 20 outside your tent? hahaha
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Re: bears
« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2009, 09:39:35 PM »
Went out looking for bears today, in  the lower mainland lots of driving and walking but no bears today. still a little too early i think
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Re: bears
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2009, 11:14:31 AM »
saw 2 the other day, looked like a sow and her cub...didn't bother with getting trigger happy.....gotta let em fatten up on grass and corn first for best meat quality!
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Re: bears
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2009, 06:02:56 PM »
about a month ago i went up to salmon arm with my uncle
just above where the tollbooth was on the oppositte  slope  i saw a big black bear
it wasnt a stump
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Re: bears
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2009, 08:52:57 PM »
Quote from: troutbreath on April 19, 2009, 09:24:48 PM
I think it's a good thing that the Bears are afraid of humans through hunters. I had my run in with the wild bunch and it's better if they have been hunted. Sometimes fifteen twenty bear right outside the  tent. :o Otherwise expect every once in a while,more often,someone gets chowed down. Especially if they smell spicey.

I'm sure everyone knows that the best way to deter bears in the wild is to wear little bells around your neck and carry pepper spray.......

However you may not know how to identify the difference between bear scat (poop) and grizzly scat... 



Here's a quick lesson.....

Black bear scat is usually full of semi digested berries.....   

Grizzly scat is usually full of little bells and smells like pepper spray  ;D
« Last Edit: April 20, 2009, 10:25:37 PM by alwaysfishn »
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Re: bears
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2009, 09:19:50 PM »
im gonna try this weekend again
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Re: bears
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2009, 12:58:05 PM »
Yah i figure that im prolly going to be going out again on sunday. different area this time.... Hopefully I can come across something .. just to scope one would be a nice feeling. not quite sure if im going to take one this year or not, but i do like looking for them.
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Re: bears
« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2009, 02:08:34 AM »
Bears are waking up around my house in Mission here; lot's of sightings by quads up in the hillls. Going scouting this weekend.
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