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    Draft Black Bear Conservation Plan for California available for comment until June 14, 2024

    The State of California has produced a Draft Black Bear Conservation Plan, which will fundamentally change how it manages black bears (see link below). The plan will change how California determines if bear populations are healthy. Instead of using bear tooth aging to establish population...
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    Is it safe to shoot squirrels with a .22?

    Lots of hunters use a .22 for squirrel, but is that safe? Where does that bullet go when misses occur at squirrels way up in a tree? We all know that shooting a skylined elk is ill-advised because the backdrop is unknown. How is that different than shooting straight up in the air? Just some...
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    Archery bear success in California

    This year really surprised me. The drought is very real in the Sierras, but the choke cherry production is through the roof. I hunted a patch of choke cherries for six days since the season began, and saw from two to four bears every day in the thicket. I had two opportunities, but couldn’t make...
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    Timber companies close forests in California

    This is going to be a very rough year in California. https://www.spi-ind.com/OurForests/RecreationAccess https://www.wmbeaty.com/
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    11th hour California Gobbler

    For obvious reasons, fall is my favorite time of year, but turkeys are not easy to hunt this time of year. I have a tried and true location I hunt both spring and fall turkeys, but this year, the birds simply would not leave private land. So, I began exploring a new location, and was able to...
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    Creepy Spaghetti

    I found this while hunting recently, and had to look this up. This is a horsehair worm, which apparently infects crickets and such when it’s small. When it reaches a certain stage, it somehow causes its host to seek water, where it bores holes through the insect’s body, and exits into the water...
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    All Forests closed in California

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    Bear pot pie

    100% from scratch. The wife made it, of course. She’s a keeper.
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    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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    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...
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    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
  13. sierrahunter

    2019 California Archery Bear

    Like last year, it took me 9 days in the woods to get a bear, and just like last year, I got lucky on September 1. But in past years, I’ve hunted at 6,500’ elevation in the Sierras. This year, I focused on 3,500’ instead. I prefer the higher elevations because it’s cooler and prettier (with more...
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    Bear #2 from the Sierras

    Some of you know that I already punched my bear tag during archery season (posted here), but I had such a close encounter with another bear, that I’m considering it my second bear of the year (and I got video!). I hunted a new area last week (for deer), and saw a ton of both deer and bear...
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    2018 Sierra Nevada Archery Bear

    Hi Everyone, It’s been awhile since I posted here, so I thought I’d tell you all about my fall archery bear from early September here in California: I had spent eight days out in the woods in search of bears, and again woke up early for my ninth day in the field. I had come across a number of...
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    Montana congressman Ryan Zinke as interior secretary?

    What do you all know about this guy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/trump-taps-montana-congressman-ryan-zinke-as-interior-secretary/?utm_term=.8658394ff202
  17. sierrahunter

    Sierra Nevada Black Bears - lots of 'em

    Just retrieved pictures from my trail cam in the Sierras. The camera had over 800 photos from the past couple of months. Most were of black bears. I especially like the photos from June 10. You'll notice by the time stamps that a big boar is walking within a minute's distance of a sow. A couple...
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    Eat your heart out, Steve Rinella

    Feast your eyes on bear bourguignon. From my Sierra Nevada bear this past fall. It was as good as it looks. My wife is the best.
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