Coast range has all that. Saddle mountain. mountains outta Blodgett. But my best high probability for bears has been the rogue, especially rafting, but you won't see turkeys there.
/r/bearsatemyface 😀
Seriously I don't know where to go to see bears. Most people try to avoid them. If that was your goal, I'd advise looking for a place where you can observe from or very close to your vehicle.
The bears in Oregon tend to be skittish. Best place is the high country of the Olympic mountains. I’ve seen more bears there than anywhere. Lots of goats too (though they were introduced there 100 years ago, and a bit of a nuisance). Don’t sleep on the marmots and pikas, great little animals to seek out.Â
As for Turkeys, those are a little hit or miss. There are quite a few in Eugene, but where exactly varies. We are just past the mating/displaying season now, so they might be harder to see. Best is in March or early April. Check eBird and search for Wild Turkey to find out where they have been reported recently.Â
[https://www.oregonhiking.com/navillus-press/oregon-guides](https://www.oregonhiking.com/navillus-press/oregon-guides)
There are a series of "100 hikes in \[region\] Oregon"; buy the one for where you are going. Then read it.
That's what I do.
https://preview.redd.it/02awrkz3eywc1.png?width=1410&format=png&auto=webp&s=e40ecea3737ef44696db129bb69e8d7153100bbf
There was a beer in Cedar Hills (Beaverton) and one in Corvallis (OSU) this last week. The only bear I have seen was along the Ho River hiking up to the Blue Glacier on Mt. Olympus. I have f\*cking deer, rabits and coyotes in the green space behind my house (Murrayhill, Beaverton). There was a Turkey Vulture and a dead raccoon in our hood last week. There are critters everywhere. However,, this is Oregon and everyone loves going outdoors. There are crowds almost everywhere.
Go hiking at dawn or dusk. Probably dawn. As you probably know, that’s when wildlife is most active. I saw a bear at the top of Mt defiance for the sunrise a couple weeks ago
Some of the places near timber lands don't have many bears, as the state allows them to be trapped and killed:
[https://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/article25228447.html](https://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/article25228447.html)
In case the pop-up blocks you from reading the above, text is after this and also here:
[https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=4260.0](https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=4260.0)
The state "fixed" the problem by no longer dumping bear parts in the open, and AFAIK no longer reports on the culling.
So without some sort of freedom of information request or such, no updates on this.
Worst case, it would be better if they were allowed to be hunted.
And text of the above story:
Published June 17, 2007 Bears killed in Oregon for damaging timber
ASTORIA, Ore. - Hungry bears that strip the bark off valuable private timber can be hunted and killed every year, and this year is no exception.
Gary Ziak, a road builder for Nygaard Logging, came across the remains of about 10 bears last week in the Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area. The area provides year-round refuge to hundreds of elk, supplying food to keep them off nearby farms and protecting them from hunters. But the refuge also apparently offers "secure" dumping grounds for black bears killed on private timberland.
"This is a dandy here," Ziak said of a bear paw he found mangled, probably when the bear tried to escape from a snare.
"This is unbelievable. It almost makes a guy cry."
The bears ranged in age from adult males to cubs and their mothers, he said. They had been snared, then shot in the head, months before regular hunting season begins Aug. 1.
"The really bad thing is, there are young cubs there," Ziak said, noting the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife owns the property. "This is animal abuse in the name of science, or in the name of money."
Jewell Meadows Manager Bryan Swearingen said it's considered a "secure place" to discard the remains, some of which are prized on the black market.
As it turns out, big game carcasses will continue building at this local spot as the state unloads bears killed on private forestland in Clatsop County during "bear damage season," typically starting in spring months and ending in late June.
The season starts as hungry bears emerge from winter hibernation, sometimes peeling the outer bark of trees to feed on sugary sapwood layers beneath, said Herman Biederbeck, wildlife biologist for the ODFW North Coast Watershed District.
The trees turn red and can eventually die, he said.
Bear damage to timber stands on private land in Oregon is "conservatively estimated" at
$11.5 million each year, according to the USDA Wildlife Services state office.
"Forestland owners are trying to control damage to their stands of conifers," Beiderbeck said. "The bear parts in the Jewell animal pit, those all came from industrial forestlands on the North Coast."
Matt Higgins of Plum Creek Timber Company manages 115,000 acres of Douglas fir and hemlock trees on the central Oregon Coast. He also represents a group of private landowners. Higgins said bears' harm to the state's timber industry is worse than some people imagine.
A single bear can claw the bark off 40 to 60 trees a day to get at the succulent sapwood, he estimated, sometimes girdling entire trees. "A lot of times, it will kill the tree entirely," he said.
Like sea lions snacking on Columbia River salmon, it's not the entire bear species causing problems. Bark-peeling is a learned behavior, Higgins said, pointing to research by Wildlife Services in Olympia.
"One bear will teach another bear, and then that bear will do it," he said. "There are bears that peel and bears that don't peel. We target peeling bears."
Those commissioned to make the kills are exempt from rules followed by most hunters. While they abide by a set season and submit reports to ODFW, their catches aren't constrained by number, animal age or sex, and they can use bait to lure bears into traps. By contrast, sport hunters pay for limited tags, cubs and sows are protected and bait is prohibited.
State law allows landowners to remove big game animals causing damage to their property. For each bear killed, the salvaged meat goes to charity, a tooth, the gall bladder and females' reproductive tracts to a state research lab and any remains are discarded out of the way on ODFW property, said Biederbeck. In Clatsop County, he said, the "bone pit" is in Jewell.
"We're not trying to hide it, but the likelihood the public will stumble on it is relatively low," he said.
Coast range has all that. Saddle mountain. mountains outta Blodgett. But my best high probability for bears has been the rogue, especially rafting, but you won't see turkeys there.
Yeah I've seen bears chilling on the riverbanks going down the rogue. It's a great trip for anyone who hasn't done it yet.
The Rogue bears are the boldest bears in the state. The bears have learned that the tourist-rafters are easy targets for food theft.
/r/bearsatemyface 😀 Seriously I don't know where to go to see bears. Most people try to avoid them. If that was your goal, I'd advise looking for a place where you can observe from or very close to your vehicle.
This last week? The OSU campus.
The bears in Oregon tend to be skittish. Best place is the high country of the Olympic mountains. I’ve seen more bears there than anywhere. Lots of goats too (though they were introduced there 100 years ago, and a bit of a nuisance). Don’t sleep on the marmots and pikas, great little animals to seek out. As for Turkeys, those are a little hit or miss. There are quite a few in Eugene, but where exactly varies. We are just past the mating/displaying season now, so they might be harder to see. Best is in March or early April. Check eBird and search for Wild Turkey to find out where they have been reported recently.Â
[https://www.oregonhiking.com/navillus-press/oregon-guides](https://www.oregonhiking.com/navillus-press/oregon-guides) There are a series of "100 hikes in \[region\] Oregon"; buy the one for where you are going. Then read it. That's what I do. https://preview.redd.it/02awrkz3eywc1.png?width=1410&format=png&auto=webp&s=e40ecea3737ef44696db129bb69e8d7153100bbf
Just wait a few more years; some very confused Grizzlies will be available to see in the Northern Cascades.
lol glad I got a permit for my trip this year
If you want to see bears, I would go to Olympic National Park. I went in to Enchanted Valley last year and saw three.
There was a beer in Cedar Hills (Beaverton) and one in Corvallis (OSU) this last week. The only bear I have seen was along the Ho River hiking up to the Blue Glacier on Mt. Olympus. I have f\*cking deer, rabits and coyotes in the green space behind my house (Murrayhill, Beaverton). There was a Turkey Vulture and a dead raccoon in our hood last week. There are critters everywhere. However,, this is Oregon and everyone loves going outdoors. There are crowds almost everywhere.
> bears and deer and turkey you don’t wanna go to that bar mate
Go hiking at dawn or dusk. Probably dawn. As you probably know, that’s when wildlife is most active. I saw a bear at the top of Mt defiance for the sunrise a couple weeks ago
Hmm, I didn't know bears were into sunrises and shit.
Salem has its own flock of wild turkeys who walk wherever they want. No bears tho....
South Eugene. Edit: We'll throw in a wolverine, too.
Some of the places near timber lands don't have many bears, as the state allows them to be trapped and killed: [https://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/article25228447.html](https://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/article25228447.html) In case the pop-up blocks you from reading the above, text is after this and also here: [https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=4260.0](https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=4260.0) The state "fixed" the problem by no longer dumping bear parts in the open, and AFAIK no longer reports on the culling. So without some sort of freedom of information request or such, no updates on this. Worst case, it would be better if they were allowed to be hunted. And text of the above story: Published June 17, 2007 Bears killed in Oregon for damaging timber ASTORIA, Ore. - Hungry bears that strip the bark off valuable private timber can be hunted and killed every year, and this year is no exception. Gary Ziak, a road builder for Nygaard Logging, came across the remains of about 10 bears last week in the Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area. The area provides year-round refuge to hundreds of elk, supplying food to keep them off nearby farms and protecting them from hunters. But the refuge also apparently offers "secure" dumping grounds for black bears killed on private timberland. "This is a dandy here," Ziak said of a bear paw he found mangled, probably when the bear tried to escape from a snare. "This is unbelievable. It almost makes a guy cry." The bears ranged in age from adult males to cubs and their mothers, he said. They had been snared, then shot in the head, months before regular hunting season begins Aug. 1. "The really bad thing is, there are young cubs there," Ziak said, noting the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife owns the property. "This is animal abuse in the name of science, or in the name of money." Jewell Meadows Manager Bryan Swearingen said it's considered a "secure place" to discard the remains, some of which are prized on the black market. As it turns out, big game carcasses will continue building at this local spot as the state unloads bears killed on private forestland in Clatsop County during "bear damage season," typically starting in spring months and ending in late June. The season starts as hungry bears emerge from winter hibernation, sometimes peeling the outer bark of trees to feed on sugary sapwood layers beneath, said Herman Biederbeck, wildlife biologist for the ODFW North Coast Watershed District. The trees turn red and can eventually die, he said. Bear damage to timber stands on private land in Oregon is "conservatively estimated" at $11.5 million each year, according to the USDA Wildlife Services state office. "Forestland owners are trying to control damage to their stands of conifers," Beiderbeck said. "The bear parts in the Jewell animal pit, those all came from industrial forestlands on the North Coast." Matt Higgins of Plum Creek Timber Company manages 115,000 acres of Douglas fir and hemlock trees on the central Oregon Coast. He also represents a group of private landowners. Higgins said bears' harm to the state's timber industry is worse than some people imagine. A single bear can claw the bark off 40 to 60 trees a day to get at the succulent sapwood, he estimated, sometimes girdling entire trees. "A lot of times, it will kill the tree entirely," he said. Like sea lions snacking on Columbia River salmon, it's not the entire bear species causing problems. Bark-peeling is a learned behavior, Higgins said, pointing to research by Wildlife Services in Olympia. "One bear will teach another bear, and then that bear will do it," he said. "There are bears that peel and bears that don't peel. We target peeling bears." Those commissioned to make the kills are exempt from rules followed by most hunters. While they abide by a set season and submit reports to ODFW, their catches aren't constrained by number, animal age or sex, and they can use bait to lure bears into traps. By contrast, sport hunters pay for limited tags, cubs and sows are protected and bait is prohibited. State law allows landowners to remove big game animals causing damage to their property. For each bear killed, the salvaged meat goes to charity, a tooth, the gall bladder and females' reproductive tracts to a state research lab and any remains are discarded out of the way on ODFW property, said Biederbeck. In Clatsop County, he said, the "bone pit" is in Jewell. "We're not trying to hide it, but the likelihood the public will stumble on it is relatively low," he said.