Michigan Black bear hunting tips please?
Hello im leaving to go black bear hunting in Ontanogon michigan. In the Upper peneinsula.
I would just like any tips you guys could give me for black bear hunting since this will be my first time hunting bear.
Any tips would be appreciated .
thank you
Been bear hunting my whole life they are my favorite hunt. Hounds and bait work best otherwise glass south facing slopes early in the morning they look like burnt stumps at first so look close. Be carefull not to shoot a sow with cubs even if it is leagle (probably not) it is immoral. Don’t rush your shot bears have poor vision but good noses so wait and harvest humanly. Good luck and the thing you should be most carefull of is becoming addicted and going back year after year. They are very good table fare as well. Salami pepperoni and sausage are best however the backstrap of a well fed baited bear is very nice also…..Now I have to defrost some sausage 4 breakfast tomorow.
Have 2guns and stay aware of things around you. Don’t eat or smell like bacon or food. Use binos to scout and look often of your surroundings. Look for fresh scat,animal kill and tracks.
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keep a high powered pistol along with your rifle. look at your surroundings, dont get distracted.
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Don’t feed the bears.
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Don’t approach the animal till your sure it’s dead…or you could end up like him. Don’t take a shot till your sure of it..in the vitals. Wounded bears are extremely dangerous to you and anybody they happen to come across. Use a good bonded cartridge.
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Been bear hunting my whole life they are my favorite hunt. Hounds and bait work best otherwise glass south facing slopes early in the morning they look like burnt stumps at first so look close. Be carefull not to shoot a sow with cubs even if it is leagle (probably not) it is immoral. Don’t rush your shot bears have poor vision but good noses so wait and harvest humanly. Good luck and the thing you should be most carefull of is becoming addicted and going back year after year. They are very good table fare as well. Salami pepperoni and sausage are best however the backstrap of a well fed baited bear is very nice also…..Now I have to defrost some sausage 4 breakfast tomorow.
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