For those who have hunted the spring hunt or who live in the Sudbury to timmins area what side of the season is better early or late? Ive never hunted bear in the spring and I'm trying to figure out my next year's vacation times. I'm open to hear any comments about weather food sources and bugs. I plan to hunt the same area I hunt in the fall. I've been successful for the last 6 years in mid to late September but wish to try a backpack type spring hunt
ontario spring bear hunt
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They're both good because having a valid black bear hunting license gives me a legal excuse to carry a rifle in the bush when I'm brook trout fishing in my favorite backwater creeks in the spring and late summer.
Nothing like a left over peanut butter and jam sandwich from my lunch and the smell of fish from my back pack to bring old claw toed blackie sniffing around.
I've had them come pretty close and feel much better when my w94 3030 is with me.
Bugs are bad after the third week of May... but the bear hunting gets better as the bugs get worse... they will be in breeding season in June and the boars get randy and drop a little of their normal caution, as the sows come into heat.
If you are near a town or outfitting camp, you can probably have your bear carcass hung in a walk in cooler.
The last part of the season is of course better after the bears have most of their winter fat on.
Some of the spring bears look like a worn out rug after coming out of their winter dens.
The fall bear fur is a lot better.
Sorry... you have that backwards. August, September bears are thinly coated... Early October bears have thicker coats but shorter hair. Bears coming out of den in the spring have thick, long coats... most don't really start rubbing and thinning until after the spring season is done.
My brother is the black bear hunter not me.
I based my opinions on the bears I've seen him hoist up on the meat pole behind his cabin at various times during the year.
We were both avid hunters back before the harris pcs chickened out and closed the black bear season after being threatened by shad.
I don't eat them so I generally don't shoot them unless they make in my face and personal aggressive overtures.
I've been fairly lucky. All the bears I've shot had nice hides. One was missing half a paw so his right leg was much smaller then the left but the coat was nice shiny and full. I've never shot a spring bear to compare. I've done all my bear hunting in late September
Get a lot of nighttime pics of big bears but i've yet to take one over 300 lbs.
I'd like to take a large one as there isn't a lot of meat on a 180-200 lb fall bear
Get a lot of nighttime pics of big bears but i've yet to take one over 300 lbs.
I'd like to take a large one as there isn't a lot of meat on a 180-200 lb fall bear
I've hunted bears pretty much every way they can be hunted... I have called bears for 30 years off and on... but only actually taken two that way... Although I have had many crazy experiences calling... if I was a rifle hunter I could have had a few more. Most of the bears taken were over bait or spot & stalk... about 50/50. Both spring and fall... archery and rifle... 50+ were taken personally with archery equipment and 250+ by clients with their choice of implement.
