Hounds securely tethered to dog boxes in the back of side-by-side vehicles test the air for the scent of a bear .
Duane Hostetler ( left ) and Joe McGillivray compare the progress of the dogs on GPS handhelds .
The race is on as the hounds catch wind of a bruin , but just because they smell the bear doesn ' t mean they will tree the bear .
Even though the bear gives the dogs the slip , Hostetler and the other hunters relish time spent in the woods with the pack .
BRIAN LYNN ( ALL )
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