Not sure what they are doing as far as the spring season but the bear population has grown a whole lot.

and with less hunting pressure the bears are now expanding into areas that bears are not usually found, also instead of hunting 3and 4 year class bears we are now hunting 8 and 9 year class a lot bigger, also the fall bears are harder to bait in with the abundance of berries, this takes a little more work.
But if you want a spring hunt PM me.
another pic of a bear