Game Trail Cam

[Bearmanric]

Bobcat the only spring bear hunting is in the blue mountain's. it's by permit. hopefully I will get a tag. I'm going to do some calling too. will get some picture's. I havent seriously been able to hunt for awhile. my job was my life. I will hunt now. it's alot of fun bear calling. I have a pretty great wife. she's a RN nurse. she want's to get me in the Hospital so I can actually get paid for overtime.more time off. and I can work all the hour's I want. so I can buy my toy's. take care. Rick

[BobR]

Bobcat, The Blue Mountains is the only area in WA open to spring bear. WDFW has been talking about other areas, but it has not happened yet. I have asked Rick to put in for a Blue Mountain Spring bear tag. But you have to get lucky and draw a tag. Unlimited tags in the fall.
BobR

[BobR]

Rick, you beat me to the trigger by a few seconds,LOL
The deadline for applying for spring bear is the first week in March (March 9 last year). You have to buy next years license and tags to be able to apply. Don't forget,
Bob

[Bobcat]

Good Luck!!!

[BobR]

I checked my camera on the way up the mountain. All it is taking pics of is me setting it up. As soon as I leave the lenses are fogging over and freezing up. I picked it up. I have been scouting for a place to put it up high where the weather is much better. But there is no fresh sign up there. My new teaser comes set up to use with 9 volt batteries, but the supplemental instructions say it doesn't work well in cold weather with the 9 volt. And I can vouch that that is absolutely correct. It comes with wiring harnesses to convert it to 6 volt lantern battery or 4 AA rechargeable batteries. I have had very good luck with an older model squeaker in the past attracting cougars and bobcats.
Yesterday, I made it through the snow on my favorite logging road to a long hogback ridge that goes clear to the bottom. I rode down there on my new Honda. I have never been down in there in January. I could not believe what I found down in there. Green grass, green vegetation , plenty of browse, in January. Plenty of fresh elk, deer and cat sign. The bottom of these drainages up high is where I need to be calling. It is also where the camera needs to be. I decided to go to town yhis afternoon and get the right batteries. I am getting the camera and teaser charged and ready, and in the morning, I am taking it back up there where it needs to be. Monday, I will start walking and calling these drainages. Rick, if you are bored, head on over. We can park one ATV on top and hunt down to another. There are three drainages that come down toward our house. They are six to eight miles long. It is an all day thing, but walking on the sidehill going down the creeks, stopping every half mile or so to call for an houris not bad at all.


Looks like spring in this photo. Green grass 55 * F temp.
The creek down in the bottom is the same creek that goes right behind our house six miles down



In this pic, I am way down low in a timbered draw that goes down to the creek. Look at the browse. I am on a major elk trail, fresh tracks, pellets. I did not take my rifle and stuff yesterday, because we had rain forecast for the afternoon. At 2:00 PM, the skies got dark, and I could hear the wind howling through the trees way up top as the front blew in. But it was dead calm down in this draw. Browse, sheltered from the weather, no wonder all the deer and elk are down here. I am taking the camera down into this area tomorrow with the teaser.
Bob

[ICMCumin]

Bearmanric said:

Sound's like your having fun BobR. got layed off today. so i have some time to hunt now hopefuflly it will quit raining. thinking of a hunting plan. take care Rick

Hang in there, Bear. Don't feel alone - Its happened to a bunch of us. Keep your head high and swing for the fences.........

[REM223PA]

my problums with the tracker
1. took it bear hunting sat it at 1 bait wy i sat at a nother bait. problem with that the baers eat it!
should have not got my cent on it?
2. most the photos i get of deer are gost photos thay must jump the noise of the shuter.
3. my batterys dont last my camra flash comes on automaticly and kills them
4. and most inportinly is i put it out and then can't sleep
in anticipation of the photos

[BobR]

Rem223pa, I have not been messing with my camera. I brought it home, the weather is just too nasty.
When I di set it out for bears, I will make sure it is scent-free. Everything I touch, the bears try to eat. For some reason, they accociate my scent with food. ;D

[Sabre2th]

BobR said:

Rem223pa, Everything I touch, the bears try to eat. For some reason, they accociate my scent with food. ;D

Is that supposed to be a good thing? I don't know that I would want my scent to make a bear think of food. ;D

[REM223PA]

Bobr
you sent around the bait can be a good thing.
the more thay smell ya the more there be used to you
i bow hunt N.B CANADA every year i have some nice trouphys from up there i will bait every day at the same time and make as much comotion as i can and be for i leave i bang the buckits to gether to let them know it dinner time , some time i make the hunters were my camo in so thay have my sent on them. i have bear come in wy i still there the tracker comes in handy .
i work a lot of baits so i put sand down under the bait so thay leave a nice paw print.i also cut the bait up in very small portions thay like to take larg one off to a nother spot to eat it thay will leave the bait with the food if thay can. but i got my game traker working fine now

[BobR]

REM223PA, If I did not know better, I would think I wrote your last post. ;D

[REM223PA]

BOBR
LOVE THAT SPING HUNT

PHOTOS OF LAST SPRING HUNT IN, BIG GAME HUNTING

[Spinne]

I know this is an old thread but, if you want a good digital camera, stay away from Olympus. They are not very user friendly. For about $300 you can get a Canon A70. I have one and it takes AWESOME pics. Very easy to use and compact. I sell cameras for a living and this is the one I chose. I have taken it on several vacations and I absolutely love it, I'm even taking it to Munich with me for my honeymoon, instead of a film camera. I may post some pics, if you want to see the quality it produces...let me know.

[Bobcat]

Hey Spinnie,

You bet.......we would love to see some of your honeymoon photos! ;D

Seriously, when you get a minute go ahead and post a few shots from your Canon. Why don't you start a new thread in this forum about digital cameras instead of posting it here. I think the Posse would value your input.

Good Hunting,

Bob

[Joe]

Bobcat.......... Honeymoon photos ;D