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If I could advise you in any way for bear hunting, and I'm no expert but I have harvested a couple at my ripe old age of 20. I just say patience. If you seeing crap, you know there around. Try a spot over and over, and I have a couple of friends that are hired to feed bear for the timber companies. They set up action cameras and find that many bears are active in midday. I've shot all of mine in the evening but have seen some in the morning and midday. Just don't get frustrated. I have one area I hunt and I'll walk three miles to various clearcuts every night for a week. One night, nothing, the next night I might see more than one. They are a weird animal, and they can hide very well, something you wouldn't think from a 200-300 pound jet black animal. I'll be honest, I hear more bears before I see them. Just stay patient, Randle/Packwood areas have plenty of feed and bears. No worries.

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