Montana Black Bear
Hunters can plan on seeing various other wildlife and remarkable country.
Montana black bear. There are black bear brown colored bear cinnamon bear blond bear and black with a white v marking bears. This northwest corner of montana has some of the highest populations of black bears in the lower 48 states. A spring bear hunt can be one of the most enjoyable and beautiful times of the year to hunt in montana. Fwp biologists use this age information along with the sex of the bear to manage bear populations in montana.
Montana bear photo gallery. Various methods of travel are used during these hunts by montana safaris. A black bear was spotted monday morning swimming to wild horse island on flathead lake. Urban wildlife working group.
And montana fish wildlife and parks our wildlife management agency notes our area as being the best black bear hunting in the entire state. We are one of the very few outfitters that uses horses hunting for bear in the spring. Our black bear hunting area approaches 500 square miles. Montana is known for producing high numbers of color phase black bears on average over 60 of our bears are either brown cinnamon or blonde.
Montana spring black bear hunt success runs about 90 kill with about 110 shooting. Opportunities on black bear are in the well over 95 range. Maximum size of black bear is less than that of the. You may also purchase a black bear tag to use on your elk deer combination hunts in the fall at no extra fee for the hunt.
Photographer andy austin told mtn news he was in a pontoon boat around 11 30 a m. Montana bear hunting is pure fair chase no baiting or use of dogs in fact we can t even use scents. In place of mandatory tooth collection fwp will be initiating a voluntary tooth collection process whereby a hunter may extract and submit a tooth to fwp to determine the age of the harvested black bear. We have all color phases of black bear in our area.
Giving a tour when he saw. We only hunt using spot and stalk tactics. The swan valley is one of the few areas in montana that remains open for black bear hunting until may 31st. Black bear lodge whitefish located in a mountain black bear lodge features a sun deck a picnic area and a golf course.
There are a great number of bear in our. Black bear tooth submission.