Registered: Dec 2010
Location: Ridgeway V.A
Posts: 352

Just wondering if any coonhunters have had any bears come in on them while hunting. I've had it happen twice to me and my eight year old son. We were hunting a single dog when he came of the tree bugar barking behind us when about a 200 pounder came in and circled us and left.second time we just had cut same dog lose and a bigger bear came in and bluff charged us the dog got between us and keep him off US that night. I nearly crqpped my pants that night.

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Registered: Aug 2009
Location: Ocala, Fl
Posts: 225

yea, there a real pain here. I wish FWC would open a season here. More bear than coons. Most are not scared of people or dogs.

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Registered: Dec 2010
Location: Ridgeway V.A
Posts: 352

They are a definitely a pain here to and we have a short season but no dog season Where you can run them stinkers.

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Registered: Jan 2011
Location: barnesville,ohio
Posts: 357

Never seen one in the wild but a guy just got a picture of one by his deer feeder about a mile from a few places i drop pretty regular

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: North GA
Posts: 14395

All over here. I saw yesterday evening an according to our smart Dnr. The population is exploding. No crap! Knew that for yrs. They just figured it out lol. Killed 500 and something here last yr. Most were in north Ga. We can't dog em here and kill em either. Even though we have millions of ac of public land. They can dog them in a few counties in South Ga and that's where the great big ones are killed.

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Registered: Jan 2012
Location: Bedford County VA.
Posts: 31

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They are a definitely a pain here to and we have a short season but no dog season Where you can run them stinkers.

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Registered: Dec 2010
Location: Ridgeway V.A
Posts: 352

Ttt

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Washington, NC
Posts: 3315

A few years back I was hunting was treed in a branch bottom. I was squalling trying to get the coon to look again when I heard something running toward me through the woods. Turned around and could see some eyes looking at me from about 50 yards (luckly it was clear in that bottom). I put my spotlight on it and could see it was a large bear. I hollered at it and it just turned and ambled off in the direction of my truck. I always figured it was a boar looking to take a cub bear away from the dog to eat it, since a sow thinking the dog had her cub would not have stopped.

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