Posted: 4/27/2021 10:40:46 PM EDT
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Nothing much for reference unfortunately. I know nothing about bear hunting. We just bought some new land and threw some bait out just to see what's in the area. Got a picture of this guy(gal?) stealing it. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By reelscreamer: Nice bear. I would guess 350-450lbs. Killed some here in Eastern NC over 700lbs. Big enough to eat a bullet and put on the smoker or fryer.... Thanks. I figured it was a decent bear but compared to that deer it didn't appear to be a monster. I have enough points to hunt anywhere in the state and just bought land in a county where you can pull a bear tag every other year, sometimes every single year.  Now I can choose to either cash in all those points to hunt here or get my ass in gear on a guided hunt in the northern part of the state so I can start bear hunting down here. |
| Field judge by the ears. Bad angle for the camera but big ears is a small bear. Ears look small on the head, you have a shooter. More to it but with no experience then follow that and you won’t be disappointed. |
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Originally Posted By ludder093: why haven't you shot that thing yet? Originally Posted By ludder093: why haven't you shot that thing yet? Didn't put in for a bear tag this year. I have enough points to get a tag anywhere in the state. Where we live you can damn near get a tag every year. Not sure if I want to burn all my 11 points for a tag only to hunt someplace I could get a tag every year or two at. Looking at my options for hunts up where the big guys are at but after seeing this guy hanging around our property, not sure it's worth all the fuss. |
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Originally Posted By Towely: Didn't put in for a bear tag this year. I have enough points to get a tag anywhere in the state. Where we live you can damn near get a tag every year. Not sure if I want to burn all my 11 points for a tag only to hunt someplace I could get a tag every year or two at. Looking at my options for hunts up where the big guys are at but after seeing this guy hanging around our property, not sure it's worth all the fuss. Originally Posted By Towely: Originally Posted By ludder093: why haven't you shot that thing yet? Didn't put in for a bear tag this year. I have enough points to get a tag anywhere in the state. Where we live you can damn near get a tag every year. Not sure if I want to burn all my 11 points for a tag only to hunt someplace I could get a tag every year or two at. Looking at my options for hunts up where the big guys are at but after seeing this guy hanging around our property, not sure it's worth all the fuss. @Towely Did you ever end up hunting that bear? |
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Originally Posted By C-4: @Towely Did you ever end up hunting that bear? Originally Posted By C-4: Originally Posted By Towely: Originally Posted By ludder093: why haven't you shot that thing yet? Didn't put in for a bear tag this year. I have enough points to get a tag anywhere in the state. Where we live you can damn near get a tag every year. Not sure if I want to burn all my 11 points for a tag only to hunt someplace I could get a tag every year or two at. Looking at my options for hunts up where the big guys are at but after seeing this guy hanging around our property, not sure it's worth all the fuss. @Towely Did you ever end up hunting that bear? No, sadly it wasn't in the cards to run bait out there often enough to burn my bear points up having a go at it. And now the cards have been re-dealt and we are selling the land. Sucks but it is what it is. We have a decent bear population behind our house, ten acres of land the house sits on, and thousands of acres of public land it connects to so it doesn't throw bear hunting out the window but my god, there are some monsters out on that land... |
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Originally Posted By Towely: No, sadly it wasn't in the cards to run bait out there often enough to burn my bear points up having a go at it. And now the cards have been re-dealt and we are selling the land. Sucks but it is what it is. We have a decent bear population behind our house, ten acres of land the house sits on, and thousands of acres of public land it connects to so it doesn't throw bear hunting out the window but my god, there are some monsters out on that land... Originally Posted By Towely: Originally Posted By C-4: Originally Posted By Towely: Originally Posted By ludder093: why haven't you shot that thing yet? Didn't put in for a bear tag this year. I have enough points to get a tag anywhere in the state. Where we live you can damn near get a tag every year. Not sure if I want to burn all my 11 points for a tag only to hunt someplace I could get a tag every year or two at. Looking at my options for hunts up where the big guys are at but after seeing this guy hanging around our property, not sure it's worth all the fuss. @Towely Did you ever end up hunting that bear? No, sadly it wasn't in the cards to run bait out there often enough to burn my bear points up having a go at it. And now the cards have been re-dealt and we are selling the land. Sucks but it is what it is. We have a decent bear population behind our house, ten acres of land the house sits on, and thousands of acres of public land it connects to so it doesn't throw bear hunting out the window but my god, there are some monsters out on that land... Sorry to hear that @Towely I live on 1.26 acres so no baiting for bear or deer for me. But there is massive private land close by in permanent conservation where I hunt deer so I haven’t needed to definitely get my own land. |
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Originally Posted By evanscottmn: I don't know how people can hunt bears. It's too dangerous for me. @evanscottmn I have a thread below this one of my first bear last September. I made a conscious decision to only take a shot under the following circumstances: 1) Bear had to be < 100 yards. 2) It had to be completely broadside so it would be a double-lung shot (nothing wrong with shooting through the shoulders but from my reading, the double-lung seemed to be used by the majority of bear hunters). 3) It had to be stationary/no movement. I wanted to take the best shot possible to ensure that it was a good hit and would die quickly. It was still unnerving going into the woods after it, but, since I videotaped it, I was able to rewind and confirm I hit it. I’m not telling other people what to do. This is what I felt comfortable doing myself given my skill level and experience with bears (zero prior to this first bear, lol). |
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