Coastal BC Spring Black Bear Hunt?

I have been eating spring bear here on the Coast for decades. I get one or two every year depending on how I am feeling healthwise. I make sausage from them and it is the best sausage I have ever had. Just got two tags hope to fill them this year. When they first come out in spring they are grazing like cattle on the first greenery of the season, so for Coastal black bears it is the best time to get them taste wise. They have used up their winter fat, are at their leanest and won't taste fishy. I Make ltalian sausage out of mine. Can't wait to make up some. Look for ones up the logging roads on areas that green up first and back from the ocean beaches, focus on ones up river drainages where south facing mountain sides and roads are free of snow first and greening up. Many times you can get them right on or close to the road foraging on greenery and the tender first shoots of growth. If you have access to sliide or avalanch areas that are south facing these will green up first and are like catnip to hungry bears. For the sausage I use 30% pork fat and seasoning. You can generalĺy get the fat from any local butcher shop as they normaly have more than they will ever use and discard it. I get the pork fat free from my local shop. Just give them a couple week notice when I want to do up a batch of sausage so they have a chance to collect some for me.

Also the coat of a spring bear that isn't rubbed are the nicest you will get. It will still be thick from winter and at it's prime till late May depending on where you are and the temperature. If it gets warm early like it did last spring here they will rub sooner. But if you can get one that is not rubbed it will be the best for a rug or mount.
 
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ChromeArty said:
Yeah man. So many bears around here! We honestly need to start hunting them.

And we do habe wolves too... how does that work? Any season? Tag? Limit?
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I don't mean to be rude, but read the friggin' regulations synopsis.

Here's a hint: Bottom of page 35 of the current edition.
 
Me and the wife just booked June 2nd to 10th off work to go on our annual Hunting / Camping / Get pissed drunk in the woods trip :)

Hopefully the Cabin is still standing. Still lots of snow on Mt Washington right meow,

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GMC403 said:
Yup!, Spring Bear....... mmmmmmmm





The Bear I shot last spring was better tasting than any Buck I’ve harvested to date, and I like Venison. The wife likes working/cooking with it better as well.
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That looks great!
 
Spring bears are great I hunt the Fraser valley in bc for them every year, lower elevations in the Fraser valley they are already moving around ran into a small 5 footer opening day when I was out checking some trail cams for deer. I usually wait for the end of May into June and if the snows not bad hit the alpines around chilliwack lots of bears around gorging on the berry patches their and no one hunts them cause you gotta pack frame in. I try and stay away from fall bears down here unless I’m very far away from fish, good luck and have fun

Fawn bawls and rabbit distress calls can be your friend, once they peel out of their dens and shake the cobwebs loose and start eating to throw on weight their always looking for an easy meal. Also as a novice like you said you are take the time to identify the bear and watch it first, make sure their is no cubs with it. I will not shoot a bear if I only have a few seconds in timber or will I shoot one if I’m driving into a spot to hike and one hops on the road unless I’m 100 percent sure it’s a boar and if you haven’t seen a lot of bears, or it’s a young bear that can be a hard call. Better safe than sorry
 
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MD said:
I don't mean to be rude, but read the friggin' regulations synopsis.

Here's a hint: Bottom of page 35 of the current edition.
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Well... kinda rude... I have read them bud... but I'm new to this, so maybe give me a break:)

Didn't see any wolf stuff, I'll look again.

Have a nice day, and be patient with new hunters as they are who will continue this tradition. Jumping on them for any little thing will discourage them.

Cheers
 
Ardent said:
Spring is THE time to hunt coastal black bears. And no better place on the continent to do it than the Pacific Northwest. 1/3rd of Canada’s black bears call BC home, and the densest populations in BC are on the coast. Take your pair of bear tags and have a blast. :)

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Wow! Better get my %&@# together!! :D
 
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