just looking to see if anyone has used calls to bag a black bear in the fall? just looking for ponters

Just stand in the woods going…here Bear..here Bear, If that doesn’t work in an hour try a different call. They are predators most predator calls sound like a wounded rabbit. Sometimes it works. Scent  is a big factor.

I’ve killed some pretty decent black bears but never had any success in calling them in.  Either spot and stalk or when I was sitting on a game trail.

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well the country around here is so thick i dont know how good spot  and stalk would work. and the laws are so tight can not use bait or lures  i think most of the guys that have gotting one got lucky going into to a deer stand or coming back out. right know calling about the only way we are allowed to attacted one. but there has been talk of let up on the laws on runing them with dogs and if that happens it will most like become the most common in the area.

well the reason i ask is i seen it done on tv but it was always out west or up north. i would try the scent bomb but our laws are so tight scent and bait both are outright ban. and it makes people crazy there are a tone of people that have pics of big bears coming in and eating the corn or apples that were put out for deer. but the laws say a area has to be 100# clear of bait ot scent for 60 or maybe 90 days before a bear can be shot. there has been talk of maybe soon they well let up on the laws on running them with dogs and if that happens it well most likely become the most common.

well the reason i ask is i seen it done on tv but it was always out west or up north. i would try the scent bomb but our laws are so tight scent and bait both are outright ban. and it makes people crazy there are a tone of people that have pics of big bears coming in and eating the corn or apples that were put out for deer. but the laws say a area has to be 100# clear of bait ot scent for 60 or maybe 90 days before a bear can be shot. there has been talk of maybe soon they well let up on the laws on running them with dogs and if that happens it well most likely become the most common.

On separate occasions both my brother and I have had black bear come in on a dead run after we made a calf elk mew during elk hunts.
Of course both charges came to a skidding stop and hasty retreat when the bear saw camo-predator-thing instead of an elk calf.