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All Hunting => Big Game Hunting => Topic started by: Dcoleinpa on June 29, 2010, 04:49:05 PM

Title: calling bears
Post by: Dcoleinpa on June 29, 2010, 04:49:05 PM
I have heard of people calling spring bears in.

Can bears be called in the fall?

Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: Bulldogmikey on June 29, 2010, 05:00:54 PM
Yep, or at least I think so, I didn't but a local man I hunted with did. Sounded awful to me but he swore by it and he killed 3 that I know of while saying he called them!

Mike
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: 3CB on June 29, 2010, 05:04:02 PM
Apple's, road kill, lots of things call em. LOL!!! A rabbit squealer should work just fine. Find the bear sign and set up your calling!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: letinmfly on June 29, 2010, 05:20:45 PM
Talk to Dave Hodgkins about this topic.  He's learned in this!!
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: Porter on June 29, 2010, 10:44:52 PM
No Nets...  the bear calling foo  ROTFLMBO

Not being around bears, I didn't even know you could call them in...  I thought honey was the magic recipe!

Cannot wait to see what the bear hunters have to say.
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: drabndouble on June 30, 2010, 02:38:50 AM
Randy Anderson , of Nebraska , he calls bears with prey sounds on a mouth call.
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: Turkeybuster on June 30, 2010, 08:08:52 AM
Best call in Pa. is Donuts works every time.
Jon
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: GR8CALLS on June 30, 2010, 01:10:42 PM
 Any squealing rabbit call works great! Just be alert...............Bears come to the call aggressively!

Bill
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: Dcoleinpa on June 30, 2010, 01:48:25 PM
Best call in Pa. is Donuts works every time. Jon

Donuts also call game wardens in!
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: superstrutter on June 30, 2010, 07:04:45 PM
100 lbs. of corn will work! *up*
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: Old Geezer on July 01, 2010, 07:07:02 AM
Trash cans work good too! 

The Geezer

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Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: Blackfalcon on July 04, 2010, 11:31:14 AM
Many bear hunters use bait or dogs, for calling I prefer a cub in distress although they will come to rabbit distress calls. I make bear calls using a fairly heavily bladed raspy call,go a little at a time until you get it right as you can easily ruin a reed, and you have to experiment with the barrel to get it the right length. Once you have it correctly bladed and the right barrel, it makes a realistic sounding cub in distress, I use a LV002 JC reed although some use a medium voice, (sounds more like fawn balling/distress though). Once you start calling to a bear, you have to keep calling, if you stop calling the bear will lose interest. Sows tend to come in more agressively than boars, it is not a sport for the faint of heart if you have a sow come charging in.
Personally, I advocate the shooting of boars only, abandoned cubs if they survive,can become nuisance bears, more of a problem when the cubs are young, in the spring, than in the fall.
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: charlieparrish on July 20, 2010, 07:51:27 PM
I've called bears before using natural voice distress bleats...Black Falcon is correct in saying that they sometimes come in agressively when they do respond...Probably not a good idea to call from the ground while bow hunting unless you hunt in an area that lets you carry a pistol while bowhunting. I have had them just suddenly show up at close range looking for lunch. ROTFLMBO
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: Porter on July 21, 2010, 12:12:08 AM
I've called bears before using natural voice distress bleats...Black Falcon is correct in saying that they sometimes come in agressively when they do respond...Probably not a good idea to call from the ground while bow hunting unless you hunt in an area that lets you carry a pistol while bowhunting. I have had them just suddenly show up at close range looking for lunch. ROTFLMBO

Charlie...  that does not surprise me at all.... 

Although you should have seen the text ole dcole sent me last night.  I think he was almost a bears dinner... luckily he knew dcole was just perusing for some lovings  *peep*
Title: Re: calling bears
Post by: Dcoleinpa on July 21, 2010, 11:26:23 AM
walking down a field/logging road come around the bend and there he was 20 yards or less...... he sure was pretty