Good advice Jake. I live here in Unit 1, Baiting is NOT legal up here due to Grizzly Bear protection. No hound hunting here in Unit 1 either, unless you draw a Very limited Permit to do so. A good friend of mine drew the Hound Permit this Year.

I had never really Thought about Bear Hunting, Even Though I live here (I have harvested MANY of them over the years) But I really never thought about how Difficult they would be to hunt? That was until this Year, a Friend of mine Drove here From South Dakota to Hunt Bear, He actually made 2 Trips out here! Sadly, He struck out Both times. Look up the Statistics of how many Bear they claim we have here, the odds look VERY Good, But i can tell you now Without Bait, or Hounds it can be a TOUGH TOUGH Hunt!! When you live here like i do, and are in the Mountains as much as i am, and have a Bear Tag in your pocket, the chances are HIGH that you will eventually See one. But to Drive from another State to here, and Spend a Week (Whatever?) To look for Bear in this Brushy Country, There is a VERY HIGH probability that you will Eat Tag Soup. Your best Bet is Hounds, or Bait

Of course after my Friend Left here from his 1st Trip, i was up Shooting a Muzzleloader 1 morning and Seen this one. But this is the ONLY Bear i have seen this Year. He had a Neat “Slingshot” White pattern on his Chest