Finding Bears And Berries

[BuckhunterBen]

Hey guys, I set some trail cameras over the summer in a drainage filled with berries and running water. Went back in today to pull them and no berries or running water(Which I was prepared for). Cams revealed bears running around until about 2 weeks ago.

Now obviously I’ve read a ton on here and done other research so I’m aware that bears generally aren’t gonna be where they were in July/August come September.

Is it even worth going into that drainage to sit some of the standing water?

No berries, no fresh sign, no bueno.

 

[Hem]

Hey guys, I set some trail cameras over the summer in a drainage filled with berries and running water. Went back in today to pull them and no berries or running water(Which I was prepared for). Cams revealed bears running around until about 2 weeks ago.

Now obviously I’ve read a ton on here and done other research so I’m aware that bears generally aren’t gonna be where they were in July/August come September.

Is it even worth going into that drainage to sit some of the standing water?

No berries, no fresh sign, no bueno.

They probably are all town bears now raiding dumpsters. No joke.

 

[Straight Arrow]

​ More than 60 bear sightings this week in Bozeman, as city urges bear-proof bins​

KBZK TV news.

 

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[td] Bears are showing up all over Bozeman and the city is urging residents to take steps to keep both people and wildlife safe. ​

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My daughter at Chi Omega has a video of one going in the dumpster behind the sorority.

 

[El Jason]

No berries, no fresh sign, no bueno.

No bears. Go somewhere else. Find the food.

 

[Coopers]

No bears. Go somewhere else. Find the food.

any tips for finding the food? Other than boot leather?

 

[El Jason]

Not knowing where you are, the food sources I’d look for are, in no particular order:

Fruit trees. Old homesteads.

Chokecherries in foothill creek bottoms.

Old burns and look for bears digging

High ish altitude and find the currant bushes