Bear-Hybernation-Time

[Butts2]

I do not even have a guess so , Oh wise ones    I have a bear permit for one more weekend and a few Bears have been sighted in the general area I am hunting. I saw one but things did not go as planned. It snowed anywhere from 8-20 inches that evening depending on the side of the mountain you are on. Next couple of days are going to be warmer but only a 3rd of this snow will melt off. How much time before the Bears hunker down for hybernation if not immediately and if not I would assume the feeding frenzy will really escalate so fawn distress call like crazy.

[Dave2old]

B2 -- In Colorado sows with cubs generally den earliest, starting mid-Oct. Big boars den last, mid-Nov. Combine this starvation summer with current rifle seasons and gutpiles everywhere, and you should have plenty of bears to spot and stalk. That's what I'd do, and perfectly legal and ethical: go to areas with lots of hunters and gutpiles and some open visibility. Glass until you see a bear, and stalk it. Or, if you find a gutpile in the woods a bear is visiting, take a stand nearby. Bears don't always find every pile, and it can take them several days. Watch for magpies and ravens. Dave