I saw 9 in one evening last fall. It was the third week of September up high in the WA Cascades. The berries and even the Hemlock was gone. They would show up, look around and then leave within minutes. "End of the Season".
New snow kept us from getting up where we wanted to go. Still a great trip.
I'm lucky enough to be hunting with some damage tags back home in WA this weekend. Hopefully pics to follow,
Nice bears. I passed through Lolo on my way to hunt with my son last week. Maybe we should have poked around there.
We had an enjoyable time in some weather east of there.