Just west of you, hopefully chasing bruins again this year. Do you find acorns pretty consistent in the same area year to year? I found the mother load of acorns and sign around a water hole last year, but wasn't able to connect. Hoping the mast crop will be equally as good this year, back East mast crops seemed to alternate years in my area.Took a a couple of years to figure out Fall bear hunting in CO. I live in the SW corner of the state. Many or most years, the acorns are not yet edible nor do the bears initiate their fall feeding patterns until closer to mid September. If the acorns are still green, it’s too early.
If it’s a good spot, it a good spot. I hunted an area that had all of the ingredients for fall bear 5x last fall before seeing a bear there.
The 6-8k elevation range is prime, but often hardly aesthetic hunting by western hunting standards. Visibility can be super limited and since the terrain at these elevations is less dramatic, glassing spots where you can see lots of terrain are often difficult to come by.
Scrub oak often looks like it’s brush when glassing from a distance with no frame of reference, but can easily be 12+ feet tall and completely hide a feeding bear.
Also, a bedded down moo cow can totally deceive you from afar.
Just west of you, hopefully chasing bruins again this year. Do you find acorns pretty consistent in the same area year to year? I found the mother load of acorns and sign around a water hole last year, but wasn't able to connect. Hoping the mast crop will be equally as good this year, back East mast crops seemed to alternate years in my area.