Not sure what needs to be done… it really is a complex issue. I also don’t know if hunting is really going to magically help limit human-bear encounters… im sure it would have an effect, but if a hunter or hiker stumbles across a sow with cubs or a boar near his food I really don’t think they...
Lol one of the comments on the instagram post is “no one in their right minds is going to climb 1000 ft vertical to maybe see a little sign”
Meanwhile out west my dumba** will consistently go 1500+ just cause the top of the ridge looks cool😂
https://www.kpax.com/news/montana-news/hunter-shoots-injures-grizzly-bear-near-fairfield
Another encounter… not at all blaming either the bear or hunter. Just a part of life here now
Just realized I forgot to upload it! Pics or it didnt happen right? Ill try and grab a screenshot from the video I took. Sorry the quality is so bad. I dont have a phonescope adapter dealio yet. Getting one after this weekend for sure
Went hunting on the family ranch the last day of shoulder season. About 100 yards from where I parked I saw some funky looking tracks. Kept walking and then boom. I recognized them.
A little spooked, i decided to get out of the bottom and crest the tops. I got to my glassing point and began...
I’m planning on using my binos to do most the glassing but like you said, use the spotter to get a closer look at things. I just don’t want to spend the money to get a higher magnification if the quality suffers because of it
Looking at buying my first spotting scope… specifically looking at the Vortex Viper 15-45 or 20-60 straight lens for glassing western/central Montana. Haven’t had a chance to try either out in person yet but anyone have advice on if the extra magnification is worth it? Or does it just limit...
Been a whole bunch of these critters in my city in MT lately…. Not sure where they came from but kinda been a nuisance at times….
(Its a joke)(also not my pic)(also awesome thread idea sorry to derail it)