Originally posted by BobR:
I have the one month old and four month old bear cub distress on my WT caller. I have had some good results with these sounds.
I do not care to kill another bear and only use these when I have someone here that wants to get a bear. Some of my more exciting bear stands have been with these sounds. I think these would work very well in the spring, but I have never drawn a spring bear tag. Our best bear areas here are in the timber and thick cover, the same areas we hunt bobcats. I have called more bears with the bear cub distress than any other sound, but it is hard to get the caller
more than 30 to 40 yards away from me. I can get the bears in close, but they almost always wind me before I get them out where I can see them. I have only had one bear slip in close on me before I knew it was there, and that happened at night while calling bobcats with a fawn distress.
That bear came in behind us. He was 15 to 20 yards away when he winded us. He scared the crap out of us when he EXPLODED through the timber making his exit. I have had fun with the bear cub distress when I have a new guy here calling bobcats at night with me. We can't shoot bears at night, but it is fun to show guys how well they respond to that sound.
On one occasion, I had three bears coming in from three different directions. They were making lots of noise, and my friend kept whispering, "Turn the light on, turn the light on."
Bob