Why can't you feed them during the off season?

they are not that difficult of an animal to pattern...certainly no harder than a deer and alot easier to pattern than hogs are...imo


LOL!! If that was the case, why do they use bait in places like Saskatchewan. Alberta, etc where they have 30 times the ebar numbers we do??

Unless bears are keyed in on a specific food source in a small area, hunting them like you do a deer is nearly impossible to be consistently successful.

I may be wrong, but I have not heard of any state that allows bear hunting over bait and bear hunting with hounds. It is usually one or the other.

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they are not that difficult of an animal to pattern...certainly no harder than a deer and alot easier to pattern than hogs are...imo

LOL!! If that was the case, why do they use bait in places like Saskatchewan. Alberta, etc where they have 30 times the ebar numbers we do??

Unless bears are keyed in on a specific food source in a small area, hunting them like you do a deer is nearly impossible to be consistently successful.

Well put me on a bear tndrbstr.I want to get one.lolI don't want to hunt them with dogs.I would like to get one but got a lot to learn.

I'm going to do a little research.I don't know anything about bear hunting.

I am not suggesting that I can guarantee me or anyone else a shot at one...I'm just saying it is more feasable than what many folks would want you to beleive...

I have always hunted the south cherokee, but still hunters are just not allowed into the prime bear areas...it seems the north section has the largest archery kills. I don't know if they have the same problem with loose dogs like thier is in the tellico area...that is the direction I am thinking of looking into...I got a cousin that works for the forest service up there....

were kind of in the wrong forum on this topic...

Bear baits in TN are used for many purposes :), all the way from being a decoy to being the target point where the tracking collar is triggered and the gig is on! I dont bear hunt in TN very much at all but I know enough in the business to know the tricks to the trade so to speak. Bear hunters take their sport very serious and the technology being used now would really surprise a lot of people, in what actually goes on behind the scenes! Its like the Mafia on the MTN in some areaS!!

Let me guess..They have unmanned drones loaded with live ammo flying over the mountains as well. LOL!

If you call a basic tracking collar on their dogs, a CB radio and a cooler full of potted meat and crackers "technology", then I guess your assumptions are correct. LOL! The things bear hunters are accused of if ridiculous sometimes. They are more dedicated and put more time and money and legwork into their "sport" than any other hunting niche I have come to know.