Anyone Bear Hunt Bemidji Area?

[NouKa]

Wondering if anyone hunts bear in the Bemidji area, seems to mainly be around the iron range and Superior National Forrest areas.  Curious about population densities and success rates.

[glenn57]

we are about an hour north and east of bemidji. we are nearbowstring and jessie lake!!! and no sign of bear hunters this year.

[jkcmj]

My brother and I hunted the Paul Bunyan forest near Bemidji in 1999 and 2001.  Scored 2 bears in 1999 and 1 for 2 in 2001.  I saw a nice boar on one bait site, maybe 75 yards out he stood his front legs up on a log and kept looking at me intently trying to see if I was in the stand or what I was...had a lot of nocturnal bears.  We left due to heavy hunting pressure in the area, along with lots of pedestrian and 4 wheeler activity right up till dark.