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Old 10-17-2021, 09:12 AM
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As long as there is food you will find Black Bears. It is not really temperature etc, the reason they seem to disappear when it gets cold is frost reduces the food value of green feed and snow covers it up. With Bears it is all about packing on weight for winter but if you want the best chance of success I would be looking in farm country bordering bush and river bottoms. Grain piles, standing barely and oats, etc are going to be where you find bears. There is pretty low food value in what is still available in the bush and most of those bears will hibernate when the calories expended exceed the calories they can intake.

As far as getting a perfect setup for a spring bear you may want to look at booking with someone who has baits setup. It is far easier to ensure animal is a boar, perfect broadside etc under those conditions. Best of luck.
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