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Ed Brooks:
Hello, hunting season starts early this yr.  My son got a spring bear permit, that starts 4/15 and runs through June 15th.
This Washington State will no longer let us bait bears or use hounds,  so I have to ask has anyone used calls for bear, if so how did they work and what calls do you use?
I have a wounded rabbit call, deer call that does a bunch of different calls & cow elk calls. I'm thinking a fawn may be best this time of yr?
I hunt in big timber country so I have a lot of ground to hunt, I have contacted the timber company and the game department to see where the trouble bears are and they just send me in the general area that the timber company owns, so that was no help, I do know this ground pretty well and have seen bears here in the past.
This will probable be a rifle hunt so he will not need to be too close. Thank you Ed.

JW_Halverson:
Sit in the woods making noises like a pick-a-nick basket!

chamookman:
Thanks Jdub - just shot a mouthful of coffee out My nose ! I'd say a Fawn distress or Rabbit squeal would work well - Bob.

kleinpm:
This will be my first year hunting bears so my opinion may be worthless. I have talked to the few bear hunters I know and none have really had any success calling in bears during bear season. They seem to think that bears just out of hibernation are more interested in grass and carrion. That seems like malarky to me, a hungry bear isn't going to turn down a fawn or calf.

Is it to thick to spot and stalk? How old is your son?

Patrick

Jeremy Holden:
I've never hunted bear.  But I heard once from an old timer something that has always stuck with me.  He said hunt the food.  Where the food is, the game will be.  Find that nice spring green grass, and good hunting.

Jeremy

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