I've personally checked every square mile of "Bearless" country. Last weekend I spent three days and never found a single sigh of bear. Covered miles and miles of country around Jasper Mountain, on a "tip" from someone that said that area was full of bears.

I'm definately begining to think that those fellows that "claim" there are bears in Washington, are full of crap! West siders that say they see 10 bears a night and have to "pick" the one they really want...yeah right!

I've been trying for 4 years to get a bear. I used to see them when Elk & Deer hunting, now I can't find one to save my rump? When I wasn't interested in them, there they were, now that I'm trying...they've left the State.

The next hypothosis that I'm going to throw out is likely to get me shot, but there's a distict possiblity that the reason none of you guy's saw bears last weekend, is because I was in the woods. I won't be out next weekend, so you'd better go hunting while you can...I may make it out the third weekend, so don't waste your time on the hill, the bears will be in Hawaii that weekend.

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