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  1. sierrahunter

    2020 Sierra Nevada Bear

    I pull a 60 lbs Mathews, 400 spine, 27” arrows, 100 grain, 1 3/8” 3-blade grim reaper broadheads. Previous broadside bears are complete pass throughs.
  2. sierrahunter

    California Sooty Grouse

    The archery season here in California is in full swing, and after many years, I finally nailed one with my bow (plenty in the past with shotgun). The grouse in my area don’t let you get close. This one was at 33 yards. I’m looking forward to a grouse meal soon! Also nailed a very small Mt...
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    CA Bears: D-5???

    Jryoung is correct. See below for the regulation. Always read the regs yourself, though. Don't take my word for it, or anyone else's. (h) Archers may not use or possess a firearm while in the field engaged in archery hunting during an archery season or while hunting during a general season...
  4. sierrahunter

    CA Bears: D-5???

    Well done!
  5. sierrahunter

    2020 Sierra Nevada Bear

    This new meadow I was hunting surprised me. I’ve never really observed bears eating pine nuts, but not only were these bears using this food source, they were fixated on it (https://youtu.be/oge6QGLb7r4). This meadow only contained a handful of pine trees, but each one had tons of bear scat and...
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    Pine nuts are irresistible, apparently

    I was hunting a meadow in the Sierra Nevada recently, and could hear the sound of branches breaking down the hill. I hoped to find bears foraging for termites and grubs in downed trees, but had a hard time pinpointing the location. Then I realized the sound was coming from above. I looked up to...
  7. sierrahunter

    California AB 3030 to cut off 30% of CA public lands

    See link below to send note to your State Senator (if you live in the commie State of CA). https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/KAF/campaigns/74786/respond
  8. sierrahunter

    Is this a peculiar bear hunting regulation?

    LOL! Yes, I’m confident that you are intimately familiar with this measurement.
  9. sierrahunter

    Is this a peculiar bear hunting regulation?

    You must shoot small bears.
  10. sierrahunter

    Is this a peculiar bear hunting regulation?

    If you think you’ll need to get the animal out whole, don’t hunt far from roads. I’ve killed a bear every year during the past six years, and all were within a third of a mile from a road. Two were archery. Bears go where there’s food, and in my experience, it doesn’t improve your chances to...
  11. sierrahunter

    Central Manti Spot and Stalk Bear Hunt

    Good stuff!!!
  12. sierrahunter

    Ghost Story Friday - Ursus Americanus

    This video shows a bear I encountered in California last year at 8 yards away. I was deer hunting. This is how almost all bears I come across behave.
  13. sierrahunter

    Ghost Story Friday - Ursus Americanus

    Interesting thread. I, too, noticed the many north of the border attacks in that article. Like the others have noted, the black bears I’ve encountered are scared to death of me. I wonder if bears in rural Canada have less fear of humans because of how infrequent their encounters are. I’ve...
  14. sierrahunter

    2019 California Archery Bear

    Works great, but I usually grind 10-15 pounds of meat at a time. For me, it's not easy to do much more than that (logistically), but if I did, I'd get a bigger grinder.
  15. sierrahunter

    2019 California Archery Bear

    I’d love to spot and stalk one of these, but never have! Of the past 5 successful years, 4 bears were taken using a sit and wait strategy. The fifth was still hunting. I hunt the dense forests of the Sierra Nevada, and don’t even take optics with me. They’re useless where I hunt. Fire...
  16. sierrahunter

    2019 California Archery Bear

    That bear was not very big; well under 200 lbs. Over the years, I’ve learned the curse of shooting a big bear when hunting solo, so smaller is my preference. I generally shoot whatever crosses my path, though.
  17. sierrahunter

    2019 California Archery Bear

    I’m not that patient! I hunted six different areas during that time.
  18. sierrahunter

    California X9A Bear Hunt

    Glad to see all the CA interest this year. Wish I could help with your area. Be persistent!
  19. sierrahunter

    N. Cali Public Land Bear success?

    Find berry patches with fresh scat in the vicinity. Then, perch and wait. They will come.
  20. sierrahunter

    Bear hunting Siskiyou County, CA

    I don't hunt Siskiyou, but of 30 California counties where bears were taken in past years, Siskiyou is in the top 5 for bear harvest. I'd say you have a good chance.

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