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Bear Reports?

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Date/Time: 04/27/2024 03:46PM

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Bear Reports?

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	08/31/2017 09:22AM quote quark2222: "I believe black bear hunting season starts 9-1-17. Tomster" Yep! If my luck holds there'll be bear tenderloin on the grill tomorrow evening...with onions and mushrooms. Mmm Mmmmm!!!
quark2222	08/30/2017 07:59PM I believe black bear hunting season starts 9-1-17. Tomster
PapaBear1975	08/29/2017 06:51PM quote Canoe42: "Umm, Papabear, you should know what your offspring are up to. ; )" I know...darn "kids", right, haha:-).
QueticoMike	08/29/2017 02:49PM Saw a couple of bears on Fall Lake back in 2015 while paddling through. Didn't have any problems with them.
fsupp	08/29/2017 01:00PM The Sawbill Outfitters' online "newsletter" had this recent post on bear activity, complete with a picture of chewed up water bottles, but the lakes mentioned are all east of where you're headed. 8/21/17 - The Forest Service has received a handful of reports of bear activity in the Boundary Waters this summer and has asked us to pass that information along to our customers. Bears have been spotted in campsites on Ogishkemunchi, Gneiss, Knife, Duncan, and Seagull. There was no aggressive behavior in any of these cases, although some of the bears did make a mess. Link.
Canoe42	08/28/2017 09:18PM Umm, Papabear, you should know what your offspring are up to. ; )
PapaBear1975	08/28/2017 09:07PM Awesome. Last time I went that way was back in 94' with my dad. We NEVER had any issues in the numerous times we went that route. The one time I went out of Moose lake out to Ensign, then Ashigan- nothing but bears the whole darn way. That was in 95'. So since then, I have always tried to keep tabs on any "hotspots", so I know where to avoid.
VoyageurNorth	08/28/2017 08:54PM I have a couple groups up there now & one just came back and no reports from those people. Hope it stays the same.
PapaBear1975	08/28/2017 08:29PM Heading up to Basswood via Fall Lake entry point- just checking in with anyone who has been up there recently the last few weeks had any issues with unwanted camp visitors?