Hey stonewall, hope you get that bear. If i could ask others a question right along these lines, I to will have a bear tag but while hunting elk in colorado. If anyone checking out this thread might know if predator calling for bear would work out there as well and what type call might be best. Sorry for stepping in on your thread but I thought it was pretty close to you question. I have seen video of a hunting show where they called in a huge grizzly almost to point-blank range predator calling.