Got a bear tag!

Make sure that you spray the pepper spray directly into the bears mouth when he attacks ... it will make a nice seasoning while he eats you!

LOL, just kidding, just kidding.

But seriously, pepper spray just makes them madder and doesn't deter them in the slightest. I lived in the Idaho mountains and I can tell you stories about people using pepper spray on bears ... it is a running joke up there.
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A few months ago someone was charged up here by a griz they sprayed it with pepper spray and it stopped and then charged again so his buddy shot it with a .44 Mag.:D



If I remember correctly, baiting bear is legal in Montana (I know it was in Idaho when I lived there). Next time, take all the stinkiest ORGANIC garbage you can find (never litter with non-organic garbage), carry it with you and find a good, open spot (preferably inside a clearing in a stand of trees to provide YOU cover), dump it out of the bag (or box) leave it for an entire day and then go check your bait trap. More often than not, it will draw them down and you will find a bear near-by "guarding" his garbage pile.
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Baiting is illegal in Montana.
 
What rifles did you take and which one did you carry?
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Took the 30-06 and the .35 Whelen, carried the 30-06, hunted between the 2600 and 3500 altitude and there were snow flurries three days of five and we couldn't get into the higher passes at all. It was a strange thing driving from springtime green to snow country. I should have booked the later week when it would have been 80 degrees! :(
 
I should have booked the later week when it would have been 80 degrees!
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Me and my brother and sister went out bear hunting today. My brother shot at one and missed:(. and we saw one other bear. we saw a total of about 20 piles of bear scat and heard at least two other bears running away. The bears are now out in full force. It is awsome.
 
It's too bad you couldn't get the shot. But hey.. it's all about the hunt, right? (ok, mostly, not all)

You put a smile on my face with this:
Took the 30-06 and the .35 Whelen, ...
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I only have one step left to finish my .35 Whelen. I built mine on a Yugo M48 action, so I will have to deep-seat the bullets by .080" in most loads; and up to .250" for the Nosler 250 gr.
So... I am waiting for my 'no-throat' chamber reamer to show up, then the smithy can finish-chamber it with the throat adjusted for the way I will be loading.


Good luck next year!
 
Not to hijack the the thread here, but to clear up one issue on bear spray. The spray is very effective if you use the proper stuff. If you are in Grizz country, you have to make sure it's of the oil based variety. Too many people use the water based stuff and it is basically just a bigger can of the stuff you can buy for your wife to carry around. You spray a grizz with that stuff and I can guarantee you will have just turned yourself into a tasty meal. Stick with the oil based stuff, like UDAP, it has been PROVEN to be effective. It's not as much of an issue anymore now that the bears are off of the endangered list, but there are still many places where you can't "legally" pack a gun into. Yellowstone park being one example. So for many people, the spray is still the best means of protection they have. Personally, my bear protection is usually the long gun in my scabbard or slung over my shoulder. Good luck to all who travel bear country.
 
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