If you are an ID resident and you're wanting to hunt bear in ID it seems to me that the game dept in ID would be the first place to look. Most western game depts have harvest data that is available to the public. That helps you narrow it doen real quick as to what areas produce the most bears. Once you know that get ahold of the game biologist for those regions and begin to get detailed info. I have found the game depts and game wardens to be a wealth of info and cannot understand why more hunters don't reach out to them.