RE: 30 yards from biggest bear I' ve ever seen while bugling in an elk!
I' ll tell you what, i can' t give you the location. It was about halfway between augusta and the blackfeet boundary, along the front. I' ve hunted augusta, dupuyer, and the badger two medicine so far this year. All have A LOT OF BEARS. You will have no problem getting a bear, just get up high, and glass. They' re staying out in the open feeding on leftover berries and doing a little grazing as well. The elk are farther back in, they still haven' t come out onto the front much yet....just some locals.
I should have tooken the bear, there' s no excuse for passing a shot like that. But, i' ll just keep going after em and eventually it' l pay off....just got to put in the time and effort. I' m going to be out all of saturday, and during the morning and evening of sunday.
Bareback, if i was you, i' d go in through benchmark and head north by Renshaw. The bears are down on the creek bottoms, stay away from up high. Good luck, you will get a bear easy if you work for it.
Dan