TallTine1
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You've never hunted it.... Yet your still posting to this thread, weird.
Hey conman.... Send all these guys a pm with the advice they really want to hear so they'll stop. Idk why they won't just ask u.
Geez that went south in a hurry. With almost 2 months until the hunt everyone is pretty quick to pass judgment on the guy. At some point in everyone lives they were the hunter who "didn't have time" and only wanted to hear the good stuff. There is really no point in negatives of the hunt since its a permit. He has the permit and can't change the time or location.
Lol.....because I post more than others......means I kiss .....wow....good to know.No, what he is saying is that it's a popularity thing, as in kissers.
Ok, here we go......
Negative or not, if you're going to hunt black bears in public access pocosin type areas in eastern North Carolina, Don't sit on roads and hunt the obvious road crossings in to the fields. Take the time to follow those trails back a few hundred yards to establish staging areas. Bears stage just like deer prior to entering open feeding areas and become extremely wary when approaching open crossings. Don't enter the hunting area with just the clothes on your back. Unless you're proficient enough to kill the bear in the open, you're going to be crossing canals and swamp areas to recover him. You're going to get wet! Don't go on this type of hunt without the proper means to cross canals/big ditches. Something that floats would be recommended or be prepared to swim. Don't expect a lot of help recovering the animal, so be prepared to field dress and cape the bear in the woods. That means pack saws and dang good knives plus the ability to pack the meat and hide out. If you're fortunate enough to shoot one and then have to trail it, be prepared to meet other "things" tracking the same blood trail.
That's about the most I can think of to share right now. There are others on here that hunt these pocosins similar to us. Y'all feel free to chime in to help.
To others that think you have to be a "big dog", an asskisser or any other crap that you want to complain about this forum and how people respond, the world wide web is a big place. If you don't care for the way we do things here, the simple thing to do is pack your crap and move on. I'm sure we will miss you like a cured hemorrhoid.
Ok, here we go......
Negative or not, if you're going to hunt black bears in public access pocosin type areas in eastern North Carolina, Don't sit on roads and hunt the obvious road crossings in to the fields. Take the time to follow those trails back a few hundred yards to establish staging areas. Bears stage just like deer prior to entering open feeding areas and become extremely wary when approaching open crossings. Don't enter the hunting area with just the clothes on your back. Unless you're proficient enough to kill the bear in the open, you're going to be crossing canals and swamp areas to recover him. You're going to get wet! Don't go on this type of hunt without the proper means to cross canals/big ditches. Something that floats would be recommended or be prepared to swim. Don't expect a lot of help recovering the animal, so be prepared to field dress and cape the bear in the woods. That means pack saws and dang good knives plus the ability to pack the meat and hide out. If you're fortunate enough to shoot one and then have to trail it, be prepared to meet other "things" tracking the same blood trail.
That's about the most I can think of to share right now. There are others on here that hunt these pocosins similar to us. Y'all feel free to chime in to help.
To others that think you have to be a "big dog", an asskisser or any other crap that you want to complain about this forum and how people respond, the world wide web is a big place. If you don't care for the way we do things here, the simple thing to do is pack your crap and move on. I'm sure we will miss you like a cured hemorrhoid.
Agreed Mike! If you don't want honest advise (positive and/or negative), don't ask. If you don't like this site, take a hike... Pretty simple concept...
I know something you don't know....I don't think people have a problem with advice, I think it's the shady comments people make implying they know more than anyone else without commenting on what that might be. Some people constantly like to post like they know some big secret, without ever offering what it might be. Either tell it, or don't waste the forum space.
I don't think people have a problem with advice, I think it's the shady comments people make implying they know more than anyone else without commenting on what that might be. Some people constantly like to post like they know some big secret, without ever offering what it might be. Either tell it, or don't waste the forum space.