Scouting is a very important part of hunting and this is a great time of year to be looking for bruins coming out of their hibernation dens. It is also a good time of year to start getting into top physical condition for sheep hunts and early season alpine adventures.
I love the outdoors and staying in shape is a must to be a successful hunter so I am regularly hiking the local mountains all the while keeping my eyes open for bear sign so I know where to invest my time once spring black bear hunting season really picks up.
It is a beautiful mountain trail, steep at parts but none the less it will do the 
trick for preperation on backcountry high elevation hunts.
After I made my way up the trail I found some nice open logging slashes that could produce some bear sightings as the sason progresses. I kept going after finding nothing worth looking at twice in the logging slash. I was getting a little disapointed to not be seeing any bear tracks, bear scratching posts, or bear scat. But I kept exploring to no avail.
On the way down close to where I started on the opposing trail, I finally found what I was looking for, a sign. I was excited to see some fresh bear scat at the begining of the trail head, now I have reason to continue scouting the area 
until I find some more clues and vantage points that will lead me to a successful archery bear hunt.