we're just sitting here B S ing frickin grizzly just walked through the saddle
behind us good thing it didn't come aroundon top of us
hunting and grizzly bear habitat how should a hunter change their methods
when in grizzly bear habitat compared to somewhere else so grizzly bears throws a
whole nother dynamic into hunting hunting alone is is really difficult
because you should be watching your back this is just a time of year in the fall
when bears they're about to go into hibernation so they're really trying to
load up on calories and and you're out there hunting elk and they're out there
hunting elk
archery season is by far the most dangerous time of year cuz you're out
there you're hidden and you're sounding like an elk your smell like an elk so
the bear naturally is hunting you
rifle season you know we're beyond the bugle
usually and so the Bears have transitioned a little bit to the gut
pile season we call it so the the Bears are roaming around waiting for to run
into the gut piles it's a big food source for him now
as hunters we're pretty much doing everything wrong we're out there at dusk and dawn
we're silently stalking game we use things to mask our scent and that all
makes us more prone to surprise encounters besides that we're handling
carcasses and we're using game calls so a lot of things we do just make us more
prone to bear encounters
so what are someof the things that hunters can do to
minimize startling a grizzly bear hunt with the hunting partner and that's
probably the best thing you can do we're predators too we have eyes on the front
of our head so groups of people is more intimidating to bears also we can avoid
some of those seasonal food sources like whitebark pine you know in September
those bears are really utilizing that food source and there's a good chance of
bumping into a bear one thing that I do is if I'm around deep dark tight cover
thick stuff I tend to try to stay away from it just so I don't sneak up on
something you know up close I'll travel more of the open country and you know I
can see my surroundings a little more so I have a less chance of startling a bear
yeah absolutely if they make daybeds in that deep dark timber away from Maine
trails so there's always a chance I jump in a bear out of a daybed also gut piles
if you know that there's been an elk or deer harvested in a drainage you might
try to hunt a different drainage that day as
hunters were really focused in on the game and we kind of have tunnel vision
but you need to be aware of bear tracks and scat and sign that there's grizzly
bears in the area they're kind of procrastinators sometimes and they they
get all their calories right at the end there in the fall so they're really
active and that sometimes leads to more conflicts with people and more encounters
where are grizzly bears in Wyoming and maybe beyond in the Northern
Rockies ecosystem so Yellowstone grizzly bear is in Montana Idaho and Wyoming and
in Wyoming grizzly bears are especially in this northwest corner so you can see
him in the mountains up here or you can see them on those River corridors and
even some of that sagebrush country where we traditionally haven't seen
bears but they've certainly increased in population and distribution in areas
that bears expand into you you have a lot of conflicts and then over the years
people learn how to live and tolerate bears and they learn how to store
attractants and then those conflicts go down so it's definitely an evolving
process of basically figuring out how to live with one another
absolutely hung him up and everything didn't have any problems last night so
meat comes up the hill onto the horses and we're out of here