Plenty of Bears – Bear Stories
July 19th, 2008 at 11:04 am (Black Bear Hunting Story)
I guess when I’m writing I think I’m speaking to a bunch of bear hunters sitting around the fire after a good day. In reality many of us are forced to satisfy our burn to hunt big black bears with reading, dreaming and the like. To satisfy those of us that dream and may not have a grasp on black bear numbers here’s a few words on the bear numbers.
Over the years I realize I have subconsciously selected and increased the likelihood of me being around hunters. Check out my today:
I was reminded, a past neighbor Kody, was headed to Blanding, Utah to start the dogs on bear tracks as the season opened this week end. The big problem with bear hunting in this area is too many bears. Dogs can’t stay on one track to the end without crossing other black bear tracks. Tough problem!? generic serevent
Then here shows up a young man whose camper got ripped up by some black bears. He had the photos to show me. He left his camper in an area called the Book Cliffs and now it has the doors torn off, the windows are out and the camper is a total loss. A 24 year old, my son Jed works with, today tells us he sees bears every year close to his place right outside Salt Lake City, Utah in an area called Hobble Creek. He shot a 19 9/16 incher there over bait.
I’ve seen dozens of bears and have been run out of two camps by the big bruins when I was with my family. It’s never surprising to me to hear about bear people interactions, because I realize the number of bears is so high.
Bears are very hard to count ‘cause they’re so stinking shy and stick to the thick stuff most of the time. It seems fish and game departments in most states, therefore, stay very conservative in the harvest numbers. Big boars, in my opinion, are the number one killer of bears and they do not hesitate killing smaller bears; especially cubs.
With the shear number of black bears, and the male bear prowess, taking of big males likely does not affect bear numbers much, if at all. When I go spring or fall bear hunting I expect to see bears, and not just a few.
Our trip to Prince of Wales Island in September will be like that. We’ve done enough research to know we’ll be in the bears. Not a cake hunt but the bears will be there. I’m pumped!
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Photo courtesy of uncorrelated.com. This guy knows what I’m talking about.



Dorothy Tesch said,
December 3, 2008 at 10:14 am
I would love to see a bear in the wind again. I saw one once when I went on a trip to Tennessee, it was just rubbing its back against a tree along side or the road. What a thrill that was. I wasn’t driving, so couldn’t stop, and the person who was driving wasn’t very interested in bears, or any other wildlife for that matter. He doesn’t know what he is missing.