Here is a method of bear hunting for CO that can be effective: Hunt avalanche slides if there are any in your area. When an avalanche comes down it will pretty much wipe out the big timber and heavy brush. When it begins to regrow there will normally be a lot of berries and wild roses that grow up and bear will feed heavily on those. The berries will usually be raspberries and currants and I've found the bears really like the currants. You can hunt slide areas by glassing and then moving in of you spot the bear. This is a game of patience.

Another method is find open areas with lots of those big red soldier ant hills. Bears hit the mounds hard for the larvae. A CO game warden told be about that trick.

Good Luck. If you take your bear, post a pic.