2025 spring bear thread

[Pucky Freak]

Big ol’ head and ears on Boo-boo.

 

[bigsky2]

My contribution to this thread will be pictures. Glassed up one sow with twins on this trip.

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A worthy contribution.

 

[cgasner1]

Wife leaves tomorrow and won’t be home till late Friday doesn’t look good for me with the quota.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Boom ..

 

[cgasner1]

Boom ..
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3 sows and 2 boars probably a new record.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

3 sows and 2 boars probably a new record.

I’m likely also to get sowed out in WY before even going. To the tune of about $400

 

[TOGIE]

I’m likely also to get sowed out in WY before even going. To the tune of about $400

why i've backed off the idea buying a tag every time i've seriously considered it.

i don't understand why spring bear is so often real time quota hunting instead of tag quotas? seems you're less likely to accidentally kill too many that way as well.

 

[cgasner1]

why i've backed off the idea buying a tag every time i've seriously considered it.

i don't understand why spring bear is so often real time quota hunting instead of tag quotas? seems you're less likely to accidentally kill too many that way as well.

Boars are moving and breeding they will get it done if the sows are on the landscape which is hard to due with the way people kill the sows

 

[Vic Colfari]

Boom ..
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Wow, it made it almost three days after opening? Great......

 

[TOGIE]

Boars are moving and breeding they will get it done if the sows are on the landscape which is hard to due with the way people kill the sows

meaning you just want/need those instant checks on sow kills?

yeah, i guess it would just too hard to have a system of boar only tags with an average hunters ability to field judge a boar v sow.

 

[MTTW]

331 square miles with a 3 sow quota. I would be surprised if it ever goes a week with that quota.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Consistently seeing bears and sign around the 8400’ band. Caught another chocolate bear about 2/3 miles away. By the time I got the binos stabilized it was mostly obscured by vegetation, so did not get a good look at it for sex/age. Maybe will turn up again tonight.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Consistently seeing bears and sign around the 8400’ band. Caught another chocolate bear about 2/3 miles away. By the time I got the binos stabilized it was mostly obscured by vegetation, so did not get a good look at it for sex/age. Maybe will turn up again tonight.


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8400 is maybe 500’ higher than I’ve ever seen a bear in the spring

 

[MTTW]

A couple of game camera pictures I pulled the other day of a decent boar. Pictures are taken off a video so poor quality. I had no idea that was a bear tree when I set the camera but had a couple of bears doing their thing on it.

 

[Pucky Freak]

8400 is maybe 500’ higher than I’ve ever seen a bear in the spring

Pretty wild. I’ve got green grass and glacier lilies at 8800.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Turned up the second bear again in the same spot. 2-3 seconds and back into the timber, so no good look again. Try again tomorrow.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Pretty wild. I’ve got green grass and glacier lilies at 8800.

Definitely wild. I’ve hunted mostly Madison, Gallatin, gravelly, absaroka bear tooth snowcrest, and in Wyoming the Tetons and have never seen a bear that high in the Spring - you are certainly not hunting those places.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

Definitely wild. I’ve hunted mostly Madison, Gallatin, gravelly, absaroka bear tooth snowcrest, and in Wyoming the Tetons and have never seen a bear that high in the Spring - you are certainly not hunting those places.

I've seen one or two at 8000-8500 in one of those listed SW MT ranges in late May but they were pestering calving elk herds, not on grass.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Definitely wild. I’ve hunted mostly Madison, Gallatin, gravelly, absaroka bear tooth snowcrest, and in Wyoming the Tetons and have never seen a bear that high in the Spring - you are certainly not hunting those places.

Okey dokey…

 

[Pucky Freak]

My last glassed bear was 8645’. My new trip goal is a photo of it eating grass with a well-known landmark as a backdrop, and PM to Kurt.