Spring Bear Hunting Tips - How to Stack Up Spot and Stalk Bears

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @mplemke
    @mplemke Рік тому +14

    The most helpful bear hunting video I’ve seen. Thank you!

  • @MyWadeh
    @MyWadeh 10 місяців тому +7

    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.

  • @davidderr2662
    @davidderr2662 Рік тому +4

    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.

  • @dennisshirokov4607
    @dennisshirokov4607 2 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @erictanczos6973
    @erictanczos6973 5 місяців тому

    Great info! Thank you!

  • @joshsmith3650
    @joshsmith3650 2 роки тому +6

    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!

  • @jamesmooney5348
    @jamesmooney5348 Рік тому +2

    Right on Cliff

  • @RaisedinAlaska
    @RaisedinAlaska 2 роки тому +1

    Great timing, I’m planning a spring hunt and this popped up in my feed just in time.

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  2 роки тому +1

      UA-cam algorithm read your mind haha!

  • @bryceoleski5680
    @bryceoleski5680 2 роки тому +3

    I knew nothing about finding bears before this video. Bear tags were always some thing that I carried in my pocket just in case.

    • @joshsmith3650
      @joshsmith3650 2 роки тому

      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

  • @sixsightco
    @sixsightco 2 роки тому +1

    I really enjoyed this video, thank for sharing your knowledge.

  • @Pariscj
    @Pariscj Рік тому +1

    Great advice man solid info

  • @corymattson6350
    @corymattson6350 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent information Thanks

  • @mattekel4175
    @mattekel4175 2 роки тому +2

    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!

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  2 роки тому +6

      Hi Matt, I will do one. Thanks

  • @randalbernatchez8378
    @randalbernatchez8378 2 роки тому +1

    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

  • @joeshoe4940
    @joeshoe4940 2 роки тому +2

    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 ?

  • @sheerwillsurvival2064
    @sheerwillsurvival2064 2 роки тому +1

    Great tips and advice 👊🏻thanks cliff

  • @bhunter3850
    @bhunter3850 6 місяців тому +1

    Hey cliff, do you have any fall bear hunting tip videos available? Thanks.

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  6 місяців тому +2

      I’ll try to get a video out over next month 👍

    • @bhunter3850
      @bhunter3850 6 місяців тому

      @@CliffGray looking forward to it and thank you sir!

  • @daltonl8751
    @daltonl8751 9 місяців тому +1

    Please do a fall bear hunting video, useful for us CO guys.

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  9 місяців тому +2

      I’ll do it 👍

  • @qaszxc12345
    @qaszxc12345 2 роки тому +2

    Great video Cliff

  • @ronland1821
    @ronland1821 2 роки тому +1

    Great video. Nice sweater. I got one just like it from Bjarne Butler out of BC 👊.

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  2 роки тому +1

      Haha! That’s were mine is from… I’m a super fan of Bjarne’s youtube channel. Thanks for the comment

  • @prez803
    @prez803 2 роки тому +2

    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?

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  2 роки тому

      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!

    • @prez803
      @prez803 2 роки тому

      @@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!

  • @mojomike3913
    @mojomike3913 2 роки тому +1

    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.

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  2 роки тому +2

      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

  • @chiliheadajfc
    @chiliheadajfc Рік тому +1

    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!

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  Рік тому +1

      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.

    • @chiliheadajfc
      @chiliheadajfc Рік тому

      @@CliffGray makes sense, thanks! If I get one I'll let ya know. Keep the videos coming!

  • @gabrieloro5971
    @gabrieloro5971 8 місяців тому +1

    Hi, thanks for your videos. Do you think is a good idea use a 308w 150gr? I don't have anything alse more powerfull

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  8 місяців тому +1

      will work fine

  • @mattsmith4256
    @mattsmith4256 Рік тому +1

    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

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  Рік тому

      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.

  • @ricorijo3585
    @ricorijo3585 2 роки тому +1

    Late winter scouting for possible bear country looks the same? Outside of the bear sign

    • @wcndguy5302
      @wcndguy5302 2 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @serosedserio6531
    @serosedserio6531 Рік тому +1

    I want to spot and stalk bears in the fall. What advice can you give me that is different to this?

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  Рік тому

      checkout my video on "What do they eat"... Fall is all about glassing food sources, quite a bit different than Spring bear hunting

  • @GH-ru9kk
    @GH-ru9kk 9 місяців тому +1

    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.

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  9 місяців тому +1

      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.

  • @joshharris-ih2cl
    @joshharris-ih2cl Рік тому

    What’s good price for bear hunt in bc ?

  • @brianp296
    @brianp296 10 місяців тому

    Spring bear or fall bear for eating?

  • @murimurimrui
    @murimurimrui 7 місяців тому

    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.

  • @Northwoods208
    @Northwoods208 Рік тому +1

    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

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  Рік тому +1

      bwhahaha, well that's kinda true

  • @nottellin1340
    @nottellin1340 Рік тому +1

    E bike 😂

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  Рік тому +1

      yes, they are good to go for spring bears

  • @mountainpoo1066
    @mountainpoo1066 Рік тому +1

    My advise
    Don't plan a spring bear hunt in Washington.

    • @CliffGray
      @CliffGray  Рік тому

      unfortunately, that's good advice!

    • @75spinman
      @75spinman Рік тому

      My advice,.....learn to spell.