The Good: Fall is a longer season, and bears are out every day of that season unlike the spring hunt. Access is good as there aren't any snow drifts to lock you out of the high country. Boars start to roam in late May because the bear rut starts mid-June. Days are longer in the spring, but that means the day starts eariler and ends later. Put in for a fall bear hunt when pursuit is limited and people can't run their hounds on bear. If you draw a quality tag you will have a few hounddoggers offer to go along for free, and save some money.
The Bad: Boars don't move as much in the fall and might be harder to locate. Those free hounddoggers will want to run any bear they rig and the focus most likely will be on running and catching anything they can rather than holding off for Mr. Big. The outfitters and guides will cuss yo for jumping in on an under the table hunt. After the boars start moving getting ready for the rut they can be like a mature tom lion, and that is put down lots of tracks and give the dogs a fit just to make it to the jump. You can start an old boar track and switch into a small bear, this burning up dog power, time and money.
I suppose a guy could go on and on about bear hunting, but truth is a Boone & Crockett bear or lion by the rules is as hard a trophy to collect these days as any in the field. And a man has to earn them........
In a perfect world a guy could run off bait with dogs which gives a guy a chance at that big boar track early in the day when the dogs are fresh and temperature is cool. Down side to that is an illegal kill might cost a guy felony charges. So there you go, the good, the bad and the ugly.
I don't know how many times I've cut Mr. Big late in the day after the scent is nearly gone, and in a place that doesn't have good road access which makes it difficult to ever get on that bear fresh. It isn't hard to stop those big bears with a pack of hounds that are in shape and have seen lots of bears. The climb into those bears can be tough however. Perhaps the hardest thing is holding those hounds until you get the right bear so they have the stuff it takes to stop them. Its a game of being in shape, knowing the sport, time and patience plus that luck I talked about......