Killed a pretty good one last season while specifically camping/hunting public land for a bear. She dressed 275# Last one I killed was a few years ago...long enough to forget how much work it is pulling one of them out of the woods. 80yds off hand shot with a 1969 flat bolt Ruger 308. I'm 6'6" 230# for size reference on the hand pic.
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Bear Hunting!
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Seems like a good man.
I've went 2 years and no luck yet. I set up on signs last year and spotted a big one but she had cubs. Hoping my luck will change this year.
They're already moving along the Etowah river this year, that's a month or two earlier than we've seen them in previous years. We've had to electrify the dumpster at the gun club, usually it's October when we have to do that.
Last year it was a Mom and 2 cubs with only one sighting of a large male.
This year the only one seen was a large lone bear...
Last year it was a Mom and 2 cubs with only one sighting of a large male.
This year the only one seen was a large lone bear...
2 years ago we watched one cross the powerlines, I remember saying most people will never see a bear in the wild in their whole life. Even in a zillion hours of deer hunting I had never seen a bear in the woods until then.
Hope you do, it was pretty cool....
I want a bear soooo bad, that's on my bucket list. I just have no idea where to go and actually have a chance at seeing one. I've been to Cohutta several times and never seen anything but sign.
Anybody need a hunting partner?....
Anybody need a hunting partner?....
