Montana 2019 Spring Bear Season

[Twolftg]

Yeah coming up on my last day tomorrow, unless we really get something hit then I could take another day. Saw one today at about 4000ft at 3pm. Standing along the forest road. Seen about half of the state in the last 6 days and having a blast.

 

[MT.PERCHMAN]

This Spring seems late this year . We were into bears last year around the 17 th.It should get better every day now till Season closing !
Good luck all that get out there !
We are headed out in a few hrs .

MT.PERCHMAN

 

[Twolftg]

Well 2019 is a warp for me and my crew, no bear, saw a real pig today at 6pm at 1600 yards did our best to work within range no dice. He slipped away. Thank you Montana for being a great host. We saw about half the state in a trip had a blast. Starting the 19hr drive now. Special thanks to MT.PERCHMAN the guy went well out of his way to help try and get us on a bear. I am grateful.

 

[Twolftg]

I jumped the gun, Montana was not so nice a host.

 

[MT.PERCHMAN]

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The deer are everywhere right now . We had a close call yesterday too. Glad you guys are ok .

MT.PERCHMAN

 

[Brian in Montana]

Well, I got out on Saturday and took my rifle for a hike. Snowline was still lower than I thought. One of my favorite glassing spots was still basically in the throes of winter. The best tender spring growth seemed to between about 5 and 6K feet, everything was still pretty snowed in up around 7K. Didn't see any bear sign at all, and the weather was cruddy too. Frustrating. I never can seem to have the time this time of year to come up with a good plan and execute it. And I always seem to have trouble anticipating where the snowline is going to be. Most bear hunts for me, until about the last week and a half of the season tend to be me running into some obstacle and then just wandering around without a plan.

Oh well, beats sitting around at home anyway.

 

[PaulRevere]

Follow up post of my partner's gorgeous
bear. This is the only pic I snapped because we had a lot of work to do and a pretty brutal pack out in the dark.

 

[Marshian]

I posted a thread elsewhere but got one myself today. And saw fresh scat in multiple areas in northwest Montana. Ironically I have next week off for bear camp west of Libby. Looks like I’ll be camp guide, cook and beer drinker now!

 

[Jcs271]

I jumped the gun, Montana was not so nice a host.View attachment 106584

Well, look at the bright side. You did get a hundred pounds of tenderized venison.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Well, look at the bright side. You did get a hundred pounds of tenderized venison.

Probably cheaper to pay your deductible than to pay for a NR tag...

 

[520 Road Sow]

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Y'ALL C'MON BACK NEXT YEAR YA HEAR!

Hope everyone is ok and you guys make it back safe thats brutal.

 

[Ridge Ghost]

Had some luck on a quick Sunday evening hunt. Not a big bear, but I've been wanting one in a blonde color phase so I couldn't pass him up.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Had some luck on a quick Sunday evening hunt. Not a big bear, but I've been wanting one in a blonde color phase so I couldn't pass him up.

Every man cave needs a blonde bear on one wall and a black one on the other.

 

[520 Road Sow]

Had some luck on a quick Sunday evening hunt. Not a big bear, but I've been wanting one in a blonde color phase so I couldn't pass him up.

Shit yeah that's great, i took a blonde one a few years ago. Not a giant but a very pretty bear. congrats

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Every man cave needs a blonde bear on one wall and a black one on the other.

I split the difference and went one cinnamon in the middle. Pro tip for the masses: unless you only shoot giant bears, don't put them too close together, a single nice bear makes all the rest look like cubs

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I split the difference and went one cinnamon in the middle. Pro tip for the masses: unless you only shoot giant bears, don't put them too close together, a single nice bear makes all the rest look like cubs

Wife- "You aren't going to rug your POW bear"

Me- "Nope"

Wife- "But it's way bigger than your others"

Me- "Exactly"

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Kinda like if you have a Coues or Blacktail on the wall, I feel like you gotta label it or something to save some credibility. haha

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Kinda like if you have a Coues or Blacktail on the wall, I feel like you gotta label it or something to save some credibility. haha

Wow, this dude really needs to lay off the forkies...

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Had some luck on a quick Sunday evening hunt. Not a big bear, but I've been wanting one in a blonde color phase so I couldn't pass him up.

Yeah I shot a small blond boar last year; it was a good hunt and I wanted to kill it so I did. Congrats on the harvest!

 

[El Jason]

Was going to, would have never made it before dark.

Go the next day. They won't be far away.