I have guided for years and never bear, but have always been out there. I watch a ton of videos, just to compare and learn. What others should learn is, if You are going to teach and share Your experience with You knowledge, do it exactly as You just did. You was to the point, a matter of fact of Your knowledge, shared experience without stories. You just shared the how to getting followers if You really are about teaching knowledge, and I never post because of trolls. This is how You teach. Great Job, so impressed.
Thank you Cliff. I am fitting my spring bear plan knowledge into your great experience. Western/central Oregon. Don't stop sharing please. Thanks again.
Your advice put a buck on our meat pole today. Nobody was seeing deer so we changed the season and scenery and ended up finding a lot of deer. Thank you sir!
Same here, always buy one because it’s cheap and who knows if I get lucky. His list of ‘what not to do’ is exactly what I did do when I tried to target them one spring. This video saved me 10 hard years
Hey cliff, any chance you’ll do a video on how to find bears in the fall. I have a CO bear tag for unit 43 ( around your neck of the woods). I have some rough ideas but would appreciate your insight. Thanks for the great videos, keep up the great work!
In my country we simply watch for pic a nic baskets that have bin pilfered by the side of the road . I then track the bear . It’s really unnerving to see them in the wild wearing ties , but it’s something you have to get threw . You know if it were easy they would sell it at Costco, am I right ?
Great info! I'm heading to Montana for a spring bear hunt in two weeks. Do your tactics change when it's a little warmer and/or when the elk and deer are calving?
Hey Preston - I honestly haven't hunted areas where bears switch to elk calves - they do this here in Colorado but we don't have a Spring seasons here. Now, if I were able to hunt them here in the Spring - by June 10th or so I would spend some time glassing the calving areas. At least for us, those area are pretty localized and I'd guess a guy could glass up bears in the vicinity. I personally was never a huge fan hunting bears once it gets hot - they start tearing up their hides, get really dispersed, etc... Now when it's still cool in the mornings/nights - in that first week of June - it can be fun hunting the bear hunt, as you never know when a big bear is going to wander in. Good luck on your hunt!
If you ever get the opportunity I'd like to see your take on processing an elk to be packed out on your back. I do it old skool, bone in, hide on with a saw or an axe after gutting. Everytime I've watched somebody do the gutless method it turns out a shit show. Maybe it works great if your bull or cow dies on a nice open flat bit of ground but mine never die in those places.
I’ll put that on my list for hunting season videos. Particularly when temps are low, I believe hide on quartering is under rated. You can do it with the gutless method or with saw/axe. People perceive it as less clean, but usually the inverse is true. But yes, I think it’s a good video topic. Thanks
Thanks for this info Cliff, almost time here in central Idaho to put this to use! This will be my first spring bear hunt, getting excited. For shot placement on black bear, do you recommend middle of middle or about 4-6 inches forward from middle of middle? Thanks man!
I aim right at the armpit crease line - mid body. Spring bears can have a lot of hair from being in the den so there can be 4-5" of hair on their belly. This causes people to aim low quite often. Black bears are not tough animals, but the key is to kill them insight if possible. Tracking can be tough.
Have you found that north facing hill vs south facing hill any difference? From my experience I usually looked mostly on north facing hills but wanted too ask
just depends on when during the season. Early on, right during green up, lots of south facing. Once season progresses, lots of spring grasses everywhere, more North facing.
Hope you like to snowshoe. Would be better off Escouting in BC. The avy risk is high and the access just is not there unless you like to winter hike a long way in. I can’t speak for warmer climates where that might work well but yea pretty much pointless up here in my limited experience. Also I find a lot of areas that look great for bear but don’t have any bear sign.
New to Colorado and locals advised me the meat is meh. Meat is the #1 reason I hunt. Out of all the bears you have processed, how many were filled full of worms? This is the rumor I keep hearing and don’t want to believe.
I’ve seen worms in bears that eat salmon… both grizzlies and black bears. Other than that, I’ve never seen them. Bear isn’t my favorite game meat but it’s good. The parasite thing is interesting… people balk at it. Interesting thing is I’ve speared many of the most sought after sushi fish on the planet, in the areas they are caught for commercial sale into sushi industry…. Every single one of them had parasites.
The most helpful bear hunting video I’ve seen. Thank you!
Thanks Phil!
I have guided for years and never bear, but have always been out there. I watch a ton of videos, just to compare and learn. What others should learn is, if You are going to teach and share Your experience with You knowledge, do it exactly as You just did. You was to the point, a matter of fact of Your knowledge, shared experience without stories. You just shared the how to getting followers if You really are about teaching knowledge, and I never post because of trolls. This is how You teach. Great Job, so impressed.
Thank you Cliff. I am fitting my spring bear plan knowledge into your great experience. Western/central Oregon. Don't stop sharing please. Thanks again.
Thanks David!
Thank you for sharing these wise words! Looking forward to trying out your advice in a few days in Idaho. Thank you very much for sharing this Cliff.
Thanks. Best of luck!
Great info! Thank you!
Your advice put a buck on our meat pole today. Nobody was seeing deer so we changed the season and scenery and ended up finding a lot of deer.
Thank you sir!
Awesome! congrats
Right on Cliff
Great timing, I’m planning a spring hunt and this popped up in my feed just in time.
UA-cam algorithm read your mind haha!
I knew nothing about finding bears before this video. Bear tags were always some thing that I carried in my pocket just in case.
Same here, always buy one because it’s cheap and who knows if I get lucky. His list of ‘what not to do’ is exactly what I did do when I tried to target them one spring. This video saved me 10 hard years
I really enjoyed this video, thank for sharing your knowledge.
👍
Great advice man solid info
Appreciate it! thanks
Excellent information Thanks
Hey cliff, any chance you’ll do a video on how to find bears in the fall. I have a CO bear tag for unit 43 ( around your neck of the woods). I have some rough ideas but would appreciate your insight. Thanks for the great videos, keep up the great work!
Hi Matt, I will do one. Thanks
Thanks for the info really good video just found a load of crap in the area i will watch the place, hope i am lucky this year
👍good luck!
In my country we simply watch for pic a nic baskets that have bin pilfered by the side of the road . I then track the bear . It’s really unnerving to see them in the wild wearing ties , but it’s something you have to get threw . You know if it were easy they would sell it at Costco, am I right ?
Great tips and advice 👊🏻thanks cliff
No problem. Thanks!
Hey cliff, do you have any fall bear hunting tip videos available? Thanks.
I’ll try to get a video out over next month 👍
@@CliffGray looking forward to it and thank you sir!
Please do a fall bear hunting video, useful for us CO guys.
I’ll do it 👍
Great video Cliff
Great video. Nice sweater. I got one just like it from Bjarne Butler out of BC 👊.
Haha! That’s were mine is from… I’m a super fan of Bjarne’s youtube channel. Thanks for the comment
Great info! I'm heading to Montana for a spring bear hunt in two weeks. Do your tactics change when it's a little warmer and/or when the elk and deer are calving?
Hey Preston - I honestly haven't hunted areas where bears switch to elk calves - they do this here in Colorado but we don't have a Spring seasons here. Now, if I were able to hunt them here in the Spring - by June 10th or so I would spend some time glassing the calving areas. At least for us, those area are pretty localized and I'd guess a guy could glass up bears in the vicinity.
I personally was never a huge fan hunting bears once it gets hot - they start tearing up their hides, get really dispersed, etc... Now when it's still cool in the mornings/nights - in that first week of June - it can be fun hunting the bear hunt, as you never know when a big bear is going to wander in. Good luck on your hunt!
@@CliffGray Yeah, I was hoping to hunt earlier in the season but that just wasn't in the cards this year. It'll still be fun. Thanks for the advice!
If you ever get the opportunity I'd like to see your take on processing an elk to be packed out on your back. I do it old skool, bone in, hide on with a saw or an axe after gutting. Everytime I've watched somebody do the gutless method it turns out a shit show. Maybe it works great if your bull or cow dies on a nice open flat bit of ground but mine never die in those places.
I’ll put that on my list for hunting season videos. Particularly when temps are low, I believe hide on quartering is under rated. You can do it with the gutless method or with saw/axe. People perceive it as less clean, but usually the inverse is true. But yes, I think it’s a good video topic. Thanks
Thanks for this info Cliff, almost time here in central Idaho to put this to use! This will be my first spring bear hunt, getting excited. For shot placement on black bear, do you recommend middle of middle or about 4-6 inches forward from middle of middle? Thanks man!
I aim right at the armpit crease line - mid body. Spring bears can have a lot of hair from being in the den so there can be 4-5" of hair on their belly. This causes people to aim low quite often. Black bears are not tough animals, but the key is to kill them insight if possible. Tracking can be tough.
@@CliffGray makes sense, thanks! If I get one I'll let ya know. Keep the videos coming!
Hi, thanks for your videos. Do you think is a good idea use a 308w 150gr? I don't have anything alse more powerfull
will work fine
Have you found that north facing hill vs south facing hill any difference? From my experience I usually looked mostly on north facing hills but wanted too ask
just depends on when during the season. Early on, right during green up, lots of south facing. Once season progresses, lots of spring grasses everywhere, more North facing.
Late winter scouting for possible bear country looks the same? Outside of the bear sign
Hope you like to snowshoe. Would be better off Escouting in BC. The avy risk is high and the access just is not there unless you like to winter hike a long way in. I can’t speak for warmer climates where that might work well but yea pretty much pointless up here in my limited experience.
Also I find a lot of areas that look great for bear but don’t have any bear sign.
I want to spot and stalk bears in the fall. What advice can you give me that is different to this?
checkout my video on "What do they eat"... Fall is all about glassing food sources, quite a bit different than Spring bear hunting
New to Colorado and locals advised me the meat is meh. Meat is the #1 reason I hunt. Out of all the bears you have processed, how many were filled full of worms? This is the rumor I keep hearing and don’t want to believe.
I’ve seen worms in bears that eat salmon… both grizzlies and black bears. Other than that, I’ve never seen them.
Bear isn’t my favorite game meat but it’s good.
The parasite thing is interesting… people balk at it. Interesting thing is I’ve speared many of the most sought after sushi fish on the planet, in the areas they are caught for commercial sale into sushi industry…. Every single one of them had parasites.
What’s good price for bear hunt in bc ?
Spring bear or fall bear for eating?
Sounds like spring bear hunting is a dream come true for them road hunters.
Beats hiking up terrain imho to hunt what is essentially a were-boar.
This is why I've never got why folks seem to believe bears shit in the woods, they shit in road and almost exclusively the road lol
bwhahaha, well that's kinda true
E bike 😂
yes, they are good to go for spring bears
My advise
Don't plan a spring bear hunt in Washington.
unfortunately, that's good advice!
My advice,.....learn to spell.