Florida Bear Hunting
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Yes, I quit shooting anything that wasn't outside the ears years ago. Also quit shooting jakes, when I called in my first long beard. A total of 1 jake. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a snob and don't look down on people who do take spikes or jakes. It just doesn't do it for me any more. 2 years ago I called in 3 jakes from over 300 yds away, the guy I was hunting with shot one, I didn't realize he had never taken a turkey. He was as happy as if it had a 10" beard and 2" spurs, when I found out it was his first bird I was just as happy also. Not to mention he took it with one of my custom tungsten loads. It was a great day. The only bird taken all weekend by 8-10 hunters.
I saw that the Bear hunt only lasted 2 days instead of 1 week. Almost 300 Bears were culled in just the 2 days, that ought to tell them something. BANG BANG!!
...that there are a lot of hunters and a good portion of them don't miss?
We got 80+ out of our area the quota was 40 so we had a 1 day hunt. Basically the last survey in our area was 2002 and the State responds to 120 bears killed on the hiway, so there has not been a reliable count to set to quota, they are everywhere. The reported kills were tagged and counted, I am betting there is a sizable count of non reported bears taken.
Here is the largest in our area and I think the state that was taken in the 2 day bear season.
An Eastpoint, Florida hunter tagged a mighty bruin in the state’s panhandle that weighed just under 500 pounds.
Randy Segree, the hunter that tagged the big eight-foot boar said “On the first morning of the 2015 bear hunt I did not have to go far”
The Franklin County bear was one of what many in the area call “community bears” or bears that roam freely in and around the town.
The big bruin was part of Florida’s recent statewide bear hunt to help thin populations of bears around the state.
The hunt had a set limit of 300 animals statewide and yielded that amount in the first 48 hours.
Thomas Eason, FWC’s top bear expert said “We heard reports of 500-plus pound bears”
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Harvested Florida Panhandle Bear Weighs in at a Whopping 486 Pounds - Wide Open Spaces
An Eastpoint, Florida hunter tagged a mighty bruin in the state’s panhandle that weighed just under 500 pounds.
Randy Segree, the hunter that tagged the big eight-foot boar said “On the first morning of the 2015 bear hunt I did not have to go far”
The Franklin County bear was one of what many in the area call “community bears” or bears that roam freely in and around the town.
The big bruin was part of Florida’s recent statewide bear hunt to help thin populations of bears around the state.
The hunt had a set limit of 300 animals statewide and yielded that amount in the first 48 hours.
Thomas Eason, FWC’s top bear expert said “We heard reports of 500-plus pound bears”
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Harvested Florida Panhandle Bear Weighs in at a Whopping 486 Pounds - Wide Open Spaces
Eastern NC is getting known for trophy black bear. In years back the east part of the state grew cotton and tobacco. Since no more subsidies on tobacco the farmers have switched to corn and soybeans. Bears are eating year round and not hibernating. The reason the are getting so plentiful and big.
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That's a big boy. Choot 'im, CHOOT 'im Frank ! Some great snausage there.This is a bear on our lease right now, 4 feeders down...a butterball
That is just a SLOB of a bear!!! DANG!!! BANG BANG!!
Next year even bigger, better get him next time??
Next year even bigger, better get him next time??
With a 1-2-3 day season I am thinking he will be there a long time. Normally they pass thru and leave but this one has been here a couple weeks. Now with the start of deer season on the 12th I would hate he be mistaken for a deer.