Any Georgia Bear Hunters Here?

[Etter1]

#2671

I’m going to give it a shot for the first time this year. Been up in the mountains three times to scout and finally found some good sign.

I’ve killed several in Canada over the years but have never hunted them this way. Really Pumped!

Fletching my final lucky arrow right now in preparation.

[Ben M.]

#12041

Sorry, bro. All Kansas critters here, and bears are only speculation in our area.

[Ben M.]

#12043

Have fun and good luck!

[Wexbow]

#12581

Hi Etter. I’m a bit far from Georgia to be of help but keep us posted and good luck!

[Etter1]

#21837

I went back up to the area we plan to hunt today. I was bummed to find tracks of another guy scouting on the same trail, but it’s public land so what could I expect?

It had just rained hard so there was only one set of tracks in the trail, but the white oaks that I found acorns in three weeks ago are just starting to get climbed. There were broken branches and claw marks on lots of them. I was coming back down the trail and walking through a 3-5 year old clearcut when I jumped a really large bear from the side of the trail at maybe 10 yards. He or she got out of dodge real fast. I was tired after 7 miles of hiking but that woke me up quick!

I’ve killed a few in Canada, and this one was definitely 200+.

Really pumped for opening day!

[FUBAR]

#21939

Good luck. Sounds like you have a good area. I will be heading down to North Carolina in October for deer and hopefully pigs, but wont try for bears this year.

[tailfeather]

#22419

We’ll have a fine time, brother. I’m just tickled to be heading to the hills toting a longbow again, and sitting by a hunt-camp fire. The rest is gravy….

[YankeeRedneck]

#25430

Etter1 wrote: I’m going to give it a shot for the first time this year. Been up in the mountains three times to scout and finally found some good sign.

I’ve killed several in Canada over the years but have never hunted them this way. Really Pumped!

Fletching my final lucky arrow right now in preparation.

Etter check out Woody’s campfire talk alot of Georgia bear hunters on there.

Also a great trad section lots of info and good people.:lol:

[Etter1]

#32015

YankeeRedneck wrote: [quote=Etter1]I’m going to give it a shot for the first time this year. Been up in the mountains three times to scout and finally found some good sign.

I’ve killed several in Canada over the years but have never hunted them this way. Really Pumped!

Fletching my final lucky arrow right now in preparation.

Etter check out Woody’s campfire talk alot of Georgia bear hunters on there.

Also a great trad section lots of info and good people.:lol:

Nah…..Im good

[YankeeRedneck]

#32155

10-4

[Etter1]

#34130

YankeeRedneck wrote: [quote=Etter1]I’m going to give it a shot for the first time this year. Been up in the mountains three times to scout and finally found some good sign.

I’ve killed several in Canada over the years but have never hunted them this way. Really Pumped!

Fletching my final lucky arrow right now in preparation.

Etter check out Woody’s campfire talk alot of Georgia bear hunters on there.

Also a great trad section lots of info and good people.:lol:

Im actually banned from that site. I cant get along with the type of people on there. Especially the coyote eradicators who actually know nothing about the ecology of the lands they hunt and probably couldnt id ten songbirds if they had to. There are some super people on there, but the average poster makes me fear the future of our lifestyles

[YankeeRedneck]

#34321

I hear ya I just weed thru that type of crap.

I do enjoy the trad section on there.

But there are a couple of knuckle heads that lurk around.

Good luck this season.

[Etter1]

#36164

YankeeRedneck wrote: I hear ya I just weed thru that type of crap.

I do enjoy the trad section on there.

But there are a couple of knuckle heads that lurk around.

Good luck this season.

You too! Everybody in the trad forum is great.

[Etter1]

#41496

Heading up tomorrow. Good luck to everybody who’s hitting the woods this weekend.

[tailfeather]

#41539

I may be able to head up soon after lunch. Please have a fire kindled and an adult beverage ready for me. Thanks, compadre.:P

[Etter1]

#41822

tailfeather wrote: I may be able to head up soon after lunch. Please have a fire kindled and an adult beverage ready for me. Thanks, compadre.:P

I’m bringin beer, wine, and scotch. I know you hate scotch, so I’ll have a nice dewar’s poured for you

[tailfeather]

#42207

Gentlemen prefer bourbon and brunettes.:P

See you in camp.

[Etter1]

#42239

tailfeather wrote: Gentlemen prefer bourbon and brunettes.:P

See you in camp.

Scotch is all class.

[Bunyan Morris]

#42461

Good luck boys. I’ll be thinking about you from the edge of my peanut field nestled in a water oak waiting on a whitetail.

[Etter1]

#46440

broadhead wrote: Good luck boys. I’ll be thinking about you from the edge of my peanut field nestled in a water oak waiting on a whitetail.

We did not carry any bears out but we did really really well. It was probably my favorite hunt of my life. I killed a big sow pig the first day with my damon howatt monterey and I shot a nice bear this morning with my samick red stag. Sadly, the bear was quartering away more sharply than I thought and the arrow only went under the skin and into the shoulder. The blood gave up after about 600-700 yards and I’m sure it will survive. It was the fifth bear I had seen in one hour!

My best good friend, Joe, saw two and let a small one go this morning. It was awesome. I’ll try to do a “hunt-a-long” thread tomorrow. We walked in 3.5 miles to our area and we probably had 5000 acres to ourselves. It was amazing!

[BuckyT]

#47033

Congrats on a fantastic hunt!

Sorry to hear about the bear, but it is what it is..

Count me in for next years hunt!

😉

[wildschwein]

#47046

Congrats on the hunt. Can’t wait to see some pics of that big sow. 😀

[BuckyT]

#47050

Etter1 wrote: [quote=tailfeather]Gentlemen prefer bourbon and brunettes.:P

See you in camp.

Scotch is all class.

Indeed.:wink:

But….I enjoy bourbon as well.:D

Guess that makes me a gentleman with class.:D:D

[Etter1]

#47161

Here’s the pig and the copperhead I killed to back my bow with.

[Etter1]

#47168

Blood trail from the pig left by the simmons tree shark and other random photos.

[Etter1]

#47174

This is a video of the bear that I shot. The bear just happened to run right past my buddy and he had the presence of mind to start the camera. I cant see it but the bear is carrying the arrow in this video on the side facing the camera.

[Etter1]

#47182

Also, we did the pig the easy way and packed out about 50lbs of excellent meat. I rolled the carcass off of the trail and by the next morning it was long gone. There was actually a bear just leaving from feeding on it when I slipped past it at daylight to get to my tree.

[Bunyan Morris]

#47608

Great pictures as always. Hogs,bear,trout, who could ask for more?

[Etter1]

#47613

broadhead wrote: Great pictures as always. Hogs,bear,trout, who could ask for more?

It was unreal Bunyan. I really hope to see you with a backpack on in the future. You would go nuts for this, just like blackbeard.

[ssumner1]

#47620

I live in West Georgia. How in the world do you hunt bear here?

[Etter1]

#48378

ssumner1 wrote: I live in West Georgia. How in the world do you hunt bear here?

Just like deer. Find the feeding sign and set up downwind or slip along where they’ve been eating acorns.

[skifrk]

#48420

Cool pics of the hunt Etter. congrats on the sow.

[wildschwein]

#48503

Great pics! Ecspecially of the pig, I swear I almost wept tears of envy. I’d trade my Moose tag for a crack at free range piggies like that any day…

[Etter1]

#48600

wildschwein wrote: Great pics! Ecspecially of the pig, I swear I almost wept tears of envy. I’d trade my Moose tag for a crack at free range piggies like that any day…

Wow! We mostly consider them a royal nuisance down here. Albeit a tasty nuisance

[wildschwein]

#48790

I understand what you mean, and I wish I could explain my desire but I can’t. I think the best I can do is say that my love for wild pigs is like the love David Peterson has for Elk, and the Wensel brothers have for Whitetails.

Gonna have to move to Georgia…

[archer38]

#61047

Some nice pics !! Congrats on the pig ! Sorry to hear about the bear. I’ve been there ! Best of luck in the future though!

[Etter1]

#61488

archer38 wrote: Some nice pics !! Congrats on the pig ! Sorry to hear about the bear. I’ve been there ! Best of luck in the future though!

Thanks. It happens, especially with bears. I’ve hunted them a lot in canada and it’s amazing how tough they are when not double lunged and how terrible a blood trail they leave.

That was a real good one you killed.

[archer38]

#61955

Wow !1 Great pig Etter ! Looks like you had a good time too.

To be honest, I didn’t know you guys had bears down there.

I’ve killed a few up here in Ontario though !

[Etter1]

#62009

archer38 wrote: Wow !1 Great pig Etter ! Looks like you had a good time too.

To be honest, I didn’t know you guys had bears down there.

I’ve killed a few up here in Ontario though !

I’ve killed several in quebec and been up there fifteen times to hunt them so I have a bit of experience with em. All that said, I would bet that certain areas of North Ga have the highest density of black bears of anywhere in north america. I never would have believed it either but now I’ve seen nine in six hours of hunting

[archer38]

#63013

Etter1 wrote: Here’s the pig and the copperhead I killed to back my bow with.

Awesome pig brother !! Sounds like you had a good time, even if no bears came home with you. Sounds like the numbers are pretty good though. To be honest, I didn’t even know you had bears down there.

[William Warren]

#63070

Nice pig and great pics too. Hope to see a Georgia bear pic post soon on this thread. Thanks for sharing your hunt with us.

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