Again and again, I glassed the slopes and finally spotted the bear moving towards the same hill it had fed on earlier. Quickly, I grabbed my water, binoculars and rifle, then began my stalk. My goal now was to get as close as possible to the bear, without spooking it, then use my predator call for the lure. The closer I got, the bigger the bear seemed to get. I stalked closer still, sometimes in plain view, as the bear continued to feed from one prickly pear plant to another.
Bears can hear and smell just fine, vision being their weak point.
To get any closer, I would risk making too much noise. I then began calling, imitating a deer fawn in distress. I ceased calling and after awhile it came back down the hill and began feeding again. It really seemed to like that ripe red pear fruit. I then moved to a stair-step shaped rock that would serve as a nice rifle rest.