Bear Town state forest is loaded... October Mountain is pretty good too. Nice big, thick country. Lots of big boars roaming around up there. Find some wild berries and some water. I have always had luck near beaver ponds. The will be traveling from feeding areas to the water continuously. Try some attactant scents as well. Usually takes a couple of days for them to be drawn in though.

u can try in becket johnson road rigth off of rt.20fallow the road over t5he pike look to your right yoyu will see powerlines that areas got some bear moose ,you can also ark down the road and go in that way old apple orchards there 3 swamp inbetween hard woods, or you can try wildlife mangement area i southampton ,I think it over200acres iam pretty sure you will see bear there cause it a to far from were ill be

Anywhere off of Brace Road in Tyringham is good bear country.

Saw a little one (around 130lb) last night by October Mountain.

Lots of bear everywhere. Hamden County has lots. We have 4-5 bear behind our camp there.

However, the thickest population has always been in the mountins of Florida/Monroe MA. The upper Deerfield River valley. Watch the berries in the evenings/early AM.

Guys,
After reading your posts, you have me wanting to hunt bear!
Sounds pretty cool, do you guys mostly stand hunt, or do some still hunting?

I still hunt them,but that is very hard and I have had no success. Most guys stand hunt over natural food, as its the best way to bag one in MAby legal means. Beechnuts are a bear favorite...

never tried the stalking thing,stands over some berries,in the woodsor like jf5 said beechnuts yummy, there are some old orchards in preu/savoy mangement area but havnt been out there,go on the masswildlife site, and look at the wma and it will tell you whats in that area wild berries ,old orchards, swamps hardwoods, and it will say bears ,deer and all diffrent animals they seen in these areas

I want to apologize to Mike Hill, Jamiebuck and Western Ma hunter for taking so long to reply to you, I have been out of town for a week. It also looks like I have been out of the Berkshires for a heck of a lot longer. It is great to hear that hunting opportunities are now better in Mass than I could have ever dreamed of. In fact, it sounds like the hunting isbetter in Mass than it is in California. I might go back to do some hunting in the Berkshires. I still have my FID issued in 1968.

Caldoc

cali, dont use that old fid card ,that dont accept them anymore, in the old days fid was good for life , now with ma. strict gun laws they have to be renewed every 5 years,i thing its 100.00, to i know it for my pistl permit, if you have a old cali fid ,you might be able to just do a change of address,and have another background check,if not you might have to take a nra certifed gn class unless you already taken one, know in ma. to they want you to take a hunters safty class unless you have a old huntinglicense.I belive they have all the info on ma.fish and wildlife site, hope this helps you

Sent my re-application for zone 3 today...