#2442640 - 07/11/11 10:08 PM
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Rob R.
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at Canada Rd and I-40 today in Lakeland.
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#2442658 - 07/11/11 10:30 PM
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this thread is worthless without pictures
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#2442768 - 07/12/11 05:20 AM
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BGG is not on the job. He be a bear expurt.
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#2442797 - 07/12/11 05:45 AM
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#2442846 - 07/12/11 06:38 AM
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channel 3 news Memphis just showed a film clip of the bear spotted there
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#2443021 - 07/12/11 08:58 AM
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I might have to head him off
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#2443209 - 07/12/11 11:49 AM
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WTM
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according to david crockett's journal entries, that used to be their natural habitat.
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#2443291 - 07/12/11 01:12 PM
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Thats about 2 miles from where Im staying right now. I will have to keep my eye out for him.
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#2443341 - 07/12/11 02:07 PM
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RecurveShooter
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Channel 5 ran a news clip last night that had some photos folks took from the base of a tree with the bear in the tree. Channel 3 may have a report tonight.
Let us know if you see him. As of now we haven't heard anything today. We are hoping he will turn north soon.
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#2443390 - 07/12/11 03:00 PM
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Wes Parrish
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Any reports of trail cam pics?
Must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of trail cams in use in all the counties this bear has passed thru?
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#2443403 - 07/12/11 03:10 PM
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Andy S.
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Must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of trail cams in use in all the counties this bear has passed thru?
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#2444025 - 07/13/11 05:38 AM
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TWRA darted the bear over night in the Lakeland area and now has it in their possession. Local news reported it would be released in the Smoky mountains.
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#2444041 - 07/13/11 06:05 AM
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Thats cool that they did that instead of just killing it. Heck they should just take it up the road to the Hatchie Bottoms and let it go. 
I really wanted him to make it up our way
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#2444069 - 07/13/11 06:59 AM
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eddie c
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Thats cool that they did that instead of just killing it. Heck they should just take it up the road to the Hatchie Bottoms and let it go. I really wanted him to make it up our way
that would have been sweet to have one in the Bottom. even if it was down stream from my place.
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#2444076 - 07/13/11 07:10 AM
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Thats cool that they did that instead of just killing it. Heck they should just take it up the road to the Hatchie Bottoms and let it go. I really wanted him to make it up our way
Bet Bunk would like a bear skin rug to winter on
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#2444125 - 07/13/11 07:59 AM
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BlackBelt
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I thought this area used to be the bears natural habitat. Wouldn't darting the bear and relocating it be considered "harassing a wild animal" in it's native habitat?
The bear wasn't a threat or a nuisance as far as I could tell...
People just wouldn't leave it alone.
I don't see them removing the alligators from the Wolf River or McKeller Lake. What's the difference between them and this bear?
I say leave them alone and let nature flourish as it can and will.
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#2444466 - 07/13/11 04:25 PM
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I'm sure he was working his way up to Kentucky to enjoy some of that great soil.
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#2444661 - 07/13/11 08:04 PM
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Great job by TWRA. For those that don't know, he was in a major traffic area. You have Highway 64 and I-40 as major travel routes nearby.
Either he was going to get killed/injured, or someone who hit him would get killed/injured.
His "native habitat" isn't what it used to be.
Good that TWRA made the right decision and did it professionally.
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#2445976 - 07/15/11 06:45 AM
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Must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of trail cams in use in all the counties this bear has passed thru? Unless they are like me and many others I associate with. We do not put cams out until mid to late August.
Exactly.
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#2446037 - 07/15/11 08:09 AM
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Must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of trail cams in use in all the counties this bear has passed thru? Unless they are like me and many others I associate with. We do not put cams out until mid to late August. Exactly.
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