I know. I've hunted Colorado every year since 1954 for elk, deer, and bear.

Bears can be killed by still hunting (the only way I hunt) over natural food areas. I agree that still hunting timber won't be effective. However, if you scout enough and know where the natural foods are. Still hunt those and you can be successful. With that said........you have to hunt for bear specifically. Just hoping you'll see one while deer and elk hunting won't produce much. Seeing one over a gut pile is basically legal bait hunting. So, it does work. A lot of bear hunters use the method in Colorado. I prefer not too. It's just baiting to me.

I usually have 20 areas on natural food for bears. I'll move fast to within 200yds of an area and then still hunt into it. Always being downwind. If nothing is there i'll move fast to the next area. I'll do that until i've hit all 20 areas which takes about 3 days. Then i'll start over and do all the areas again. It takes some luck to hit an area while a bear is still there but i've done it a lot.

Another method is to sit a bit below a ridge and glass. Not my style. It puts me to sleep. I like to keep moving.