Oregon Spring Bear 2024 application time

[Hunt4Meat]

Just friendly reminder to get your tag applications submitted. Closes very soon, the 10th. Good luck. Think I’m going to try Idaho spring bear to get a taste and layout of some of that territory.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

im in and waiting for results,,should score a good one this spring.

 

[Kiwi]

Thanks for the reminder. I'm thinking of buying my son a 'youth' spring bear point. I have a point already and that would give us the option of both applying with a point average.

 

[Bowhunt_406]

If I missed the deadline, can I still purchase a point?

 

[Hunt4Meat]

If I missed the deadline, can I still purchase a point?

I think you have to wait until July to buy preference points, you may want to check this years regs to verify. Going off old memories.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

if you missed feb 10th for oregon spring bear,you cant buy a point later,sorry,,you can buy a fall bear tag though

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

results today,,,yay,after 8 years of waiting,i finally drew mt,emily-wala wala spring bear,,oregons hardest spring tag to draw,,hope it was worth the wait.been chasing poit creep the last few years.

 

[BackofBeyond]

A friend drew a tag as a NR, must have been in the random because he only had 1 point.

All that clean livin’ I guess.

 

[Scott85]

I really didn’t want to go on a spring bear hunt in Oregon this year anyhow.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

does anybody know how the snow pack is in n e oregon?5000ft ball park?

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

by the sno-tel sites its looking like there is still a fair amount of snow at 5000 ft 5 ft,,but relatively melted at 3800-4200 ft from what i can tell,,shal be a good test of my atv tracks

 

[Salmonchaser]

Probably the lightest snow pack overall we’ve had in quite a few years. My guess is things will loosen up pretty quick. Went over to Pendleton last week and was surprised how fast it’s going off. Probably got a foot over the last week but it’s not going to compact and getting back into a warming trend. Watched a bear last night above the house, I’m betting you all have a good year.
Mt. Emily from the east this morning about 0700

 

[Salmonchaser]

Of course this weekend it’s snowing all the way down to the valley floor. Probably dumb a couple feet up on summit road.

 

[QuazyQuinton]

I don't want all the bears to come out and get shot before I have a chance to make it over.

QQ

Edit to add: The Snotel site above our camp shows 52 inches this morning, so we probably do need it to start melting.

 

[Salmonchaser]

I’ve only seen one on the hill behind us, haven’t been looking very hard. I’ll keep at it, see if the numbers pick up.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

just got back from a week over there and didnt see a single bear,,apparently must still be a bit early yet