How can I go Bear hunting in this wether ...?

How can I go Bear hunting in this wether ...?
Rain for six days ....

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca...SAAEgI2YPD_BwE

Its a light rain and as far as I'm concerned its one of the best times to hunt because the bush is damp, therefore quiet. Bears will not be as spooked coming into a bait. There is a downside though. First the skeeters will be really bad and secondly, you have to make sure its a one shot on the spot kill because any blood trail will be immediately washed away. This just about eliminates archery.

Thanks for advise , I will need it .

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Originally Posted by sawbill

Its a light rain and as far as I'm concerned its one of the best times to hunt because the bush is damp, therefore quiet. Bears will not be as spooked coming into a bait. There is a downside though. First the skeeters will be really bad and secondly, you have to make sure its a one shot on the spot kill because any blood trail will be immediately washed away. This just about eliminates archery.

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Personally, I love hunting in the rain.
I still haven't mastered creeping through the woods. I try to cover as much as ground as possible ( walking ) and the rain covers my clumsy footsteps.

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Originally Posted by sawbill

This just about eliminates archery.

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I've got to argue this one, at least a little.

Bears are soft animals and they are not hard to kill. A double lung with an arrow often proves a quicker death than that of a double lung with a .308. Yes, with the rifle they tend just to roll about and not go very far but I have not had a bear hit by a well placed arrow make it more than 20 yards and that takes all of about three seconds.

Marginal hits with firearm or archery will lead to a track job and whatever blood falls is washed away is gone anyhow.

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Originally Posted by oaknut

I've got to argue this one, at least a little.

Bears are soft animals and they are not hard to kill. A double lung with an arrow often proves a quicker death than that of a double lung with a .308. Yes, with the rifle they tend just to roll about and not go very far but I have not had a bear hit by a well placed arrow make it more than 20 yards and that takes all of about three seconds.

Marginal hits with firearm or archery will lead to a track job and whatever blood falls is washed away is gone anyhow.

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In my experience tracking well placed bow shots are easier than well placed rifle shots. I find blood pours our way better from a broadhead than the spray from a rifle hole.
I have also found over the years blood trails don't wash away quite as quick as one would think. Assuming your tracking in dense bush (bear country) the trail is still there for a good while after.

Well, bin there, done that way too many times. I've tracked close to a hundred bears for so-called competent archery hunters for too many years and too many late hours to agree with you guys. I know of many outfitters who do not want archery hunters for the simple reason they can't make that 'well placed shot' when it comes crunch time. You end up either tracking late into the morning hours or losing the animal completely.
And I can't believe you'd say a bear is an easy kill. The hardest north American animal to put down is generally believed to be a wild boar. Guess what. They're the same family.
I just won't get into the archery vs rifle argument. Aside from the usual keyboard enhanced exceptions its a no brainer what kills better, faster and more humanely. Ask any coroner.

I heart shot my bear last week with my crossbow! Amazing blood trail and he only went 30yards and dropped in sight.

Shot placement is key!!! :)

Take some bug spray...lol..no tracking needed with a well placed rifle shot...:joker:

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Originally Posted by sawbill

Well, bin there, done that way too many times. I've tracked close to a hundred bears for so-called competent archery hunters for too many years and too many late hours to agree with you guys. I know of many outfitters who do not want archery hunters for the simple reason they can't make that 'well placed shot' when it comes crunch time. You end up either tracking late into the morning hours or losing the animal completely.
And I can't believe you'd say a bear is an easy kill. The hardest north American animal to put down is generally believed to be a wild boar. Guess what. They're the same family.
I just won't get into the archery vs rifle argument. Aside from the usual keyboard enhanced exceptions its a no brainer what kills better, faster and more humanely. Ask any coroner.

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The outfitter I typically fall hunt with allows bow hunters but I hear what your saying on the bad shots. In the week I am there 70-80% of the clients who get a shot at a bear wound them and they aren't recovered. This is not an exaggeration!