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Here's a stump-er. Would any body have a clue as to how long flies stay on bear ####?
A few of us went out last weekend and didn't see any black bear, but we did find lots of droppings. The first pile we found was still buzzing with flies, wasn't warm anymore or anything, but still looked really fresh. A while later and probably about 1/4-1/2 km up a ridge in a thick wooded area I found about a 10 square foot area with 5 more piles of droppings, 4 of which looked slightly older, but definitely not buy much. I've heard people say all different sorts of things about the life span of a fly, anything from 4 hours to 4 months, but are there any experts that have a theory or some definite info even about it?

PS, please no jokes about why we were wasting our time plying with piles of dung, cause I can imagine there's a few clowns on this forum that just wont be able to help themselves ;)
 
To be honest, I have shot my share of bears and I don't ever recall seeing flies on their droppings even when they were full of berries. All I know is that with that amount of droppings I would say you are in the right area to run across a bear soon.
There, I resisted the urge to make a comment about playing with bear dung. Hope this helps.

BTW Did you make your sig line up after that last hunting trip? Just wondering.
 
bear crap contains a natural flyicide. That is why they and my dog :mad: rolls in it at every opportunity. Are you sure your buddies were'nt sheeittng too close to camp?

Rugerman said:
BTW Did you make your sig line up after that last hunting trip? Just wondering.
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LOL!
 
Bears have amazing digestive systems. You'd swear they are ready to have a crap before they are finishing chewing.
 
I was doing some walk and stalk with my camera, and I was on some bears in BC, when all of a sudden a couple guys come crashing through the bush...one of them called himself AdVanL or something.... anyways, here is the footage......

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BTW Did you make your sig line up after that last hunting trip? Just wondering.[/QUOTE]

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nope, after learning to shoot years back. and btw, we did not pick up, feel, taste, roll it around in our hands, smear it on ourselves for camo and scenting, or anything else disgusting that will get mentioned in the upcoming reply's.

Really the reason were wondering is because a few dirtbikes had gone through a while before us and we were wondering how long it had been since a bear was in that area.
 
On a serious note: I have run across guys on dirt bikes who said they haven't seen anything gamewise. They even apologised if they messed up the hunting. Around the next corner was a big black bear. Another time I ran across a guy with his son on a quad. I thought, "Well, there goes any chance of seeing anything." He said there was nothing there- no sign, tracks- nothing. So we continued on a just to have a look ourselves and 20 minutes later we had a nice buck. In my opinion, short of some kind of direct "confrontation" bears (and other critters like deer, moose) ignore the sounds of bikes, quads, boats, etc. On more than one occasion I have shot bear or deer after dismounting from my quad but only if I left it running. I think they get used to the sound of motors but if you stop and turn them off- most times they are gone.
There a serious answer. Hope this helps.
 
Rugerman said:
On a serious note: I have run across guys on dirt bikes who said they haven\'t seen anything gamewise. They even apologised if they messed up the hunting. Around the next corner was a big black bear. Another time I ran across a guy with his son on a quad. I thought, \"Well, there goes any chance of seeing anything.\" He said there was nothing there- no sign, tracks- nothing. So we continued on a just to have a look ourselves and 20 minutes later we had a nice buck. In my opinion, short of some kind of direct \"confrontation\" bears (and other critters like deer, moose) ignore the sounds of bikes, quads, boats, etc. On more than one occasion I have shot bear or deer after dismounting from my quad but only if I left it running. I think they get used to the sound of motors but if you stop and turn them off- most times they are gone.
There a serious answer. Hope this helps.
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i was once on my quad, saw a bear up the cut line, he went into the bush and hid as I went by, and after a few hundred yards, he was back in the cut line feeding again behind me.
 
Oh good, i though this was going to be another useless bear defense thread instead of something important like how long bear #### attracts flies.
 
No idea about the flies ,but if you are going to be going up and down the same road in a vehicle, run over thepiles of bear poo as you drive up the road. Any uncrushed piles on the way back indicate recent bear activity.:p
 
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