Bear In Wayne County

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Supposedly...a bear was walking down the street in Lebanon yesterday....so said the caption with the picture on Facebook.

Bears are in MS and AL, so makes sense they would love the habitat in Wayne county and north.
 
JCDEERMAN said:
Looks like a good size bear. Be interesting what TWRA says
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I'm not seeing it: What's the TWRA supposed to do?

Kill the bear?
Trap and then release some where else?
Fine the game camera owners for harassing wildlife?
Recruit the bear for a new round of USFS commercials?

??????
 
FTG-05 said:
I'm not seeing it: What's the TWRA supposed to do?

Kill the bear?
Trap and then release some where else?
Fine the game camera owners for harassing wildlife?
Recruit the bear for a new round of USFS commercials?

??????
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Cannot speak for jcdeerman, but I know twra denied non native species present in places where people were seeing them. Mountain lions and alligators for example were absolutely not in this state until they were. They essentially made out the people that claimed to see them as hoaxes, or people seeing things, or fools and for me at least they seemed arrogant and dismissive of many legitimate claims. There was even an article about no lions here in a state publication. Essentially said they are NOT here, but would be good if they were, because they are the only natural predator able to kill feral hogs. Almost seemed the writer of that article had insight, and was promoting the idea as to create an acceptance.

So, with that in mind, I would be curious as to what they state will have to say about a bear or bears in middle Tennessee that are not supposed to be there, and what their expectations are. Statewide bear, is Wayne county allowed?
 
FTG-05 said:
I'm not seeing it: What's the TWRA supposed to do?

Kill the bear?
Trap and then release some where else?
Fine the game camera owners for harassing wildlife?
Recruit the bear for a new round of USFS commercials?

??????
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I don't expect TWRA to do anything and also believe they SHOULDN'T do anything. It's just a wild animal roaming about. I was just speaking in terms of TWRA confirming or denying it.....or any statement at all.
 
FTG-05 said:
I'm not seeing it: What's the TWRA supposed to do?

Kill the bear?
Trap and then release some where else?
Fine the game camera owners for harassing wildlife?
Recruit the bear for a new round of USFS commercials?

??????
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If it was a Nextdoor post in Williamson County, an argument would ensue over humanely (of course) trapping the bear and relocating it to your house in the country vs putting down a trail of honey from the suburbanite's backyard to your house in the country.
 
My hope is these nuisance animals won't keep heading west in TN.
Should one show up in Stewart Co., I'll see about getting it relocated to Humphreys 😀
My friends at the TN-NWR would likely love to have some bears.
 
The thought of having a bear on my hunting grounds makes me a little learious. Walking up on one in the dark really makes me nervous. To me, they are like the wild hogs-I dont want them around.

Just my $0.02 worth.
 
Teacher said:
The thought of having a bear on my hunting grounds makes me a little learious. Walking up on one in the dark really makes me nervous. To me, they are like the wild hogs-I dont want them around.

Just my $0.02 worth.
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This

I don't want bears in my hunting grounds, just like I don't want alligators or mountain lions in my hunting grounds. Don't like walking up on any of those three.
 
We had a bear in north Shelby county a few years ago. Had video of it in a backyard in Bartlett. A friend of mine had pics of it on a trail cam on his back 40 within a couple of days of local news showing the backyard video.
 
There has been a bear in Joelton (North of Nashville) in 2018 a friend of mine who owns a farm took a picture of it when he was in a tree stand deer hunting.

Speaking of rattlesnakes, there's a big watering hole at Cheatham WMA that seems to be a favorite ambush spot for them, I've walked up on 3 in the last 2 years, actually stepped on one. I won't scout there during the summer without wearing snake gators. I've seen more rattlesnakes than deer out there, lol.

Anybody have any advice on hunting Cheatham, I lost my lease of 15 years 4 years ago and have tried hunting Cheatham but it's been a tough go. I get some great pictures summer and early fall but it's becomes a ghost town during season.
 
BSK said:
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This

I don't want bears in my hunting grounds, just like I don't want alligators or mountain lions in my hunting grounds. Don't like walking up on any of those three.
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Walking up on them in woods at dark is one thing. Bumping one out by the car trying to go to work before daylight is another!! Sucker popped his teeth and woofed at me in my yard!!
 
They killed one in Tullahoma about 20 yrs ago. My girlfriend lived about 5 miles from where it was killed. I thought she was crazy until the news showed the story. It was a young male
 
There was one in Northern Lauderdale Alabama about 20 years ago that was being seen on a regular basis by folks around there. He was only a couple of miles south of the TN line and close to a Wildlife Management Area. The state had to euthanize the bear because someone had shot him in the face with birdshot and his tongue and mouth were destroyed. I dont think they ever found out who shot him, but it is a shame he had to be put down.
 
Believe me, you don't want em! They will trash cams, and wreck stands, not to mention make the deer avoid the area. Also got me looking out for em while squirrel hunting. Read my post from Sept. of last year called "The Bear"
 
Teacher said:
There was one in Northern Lauderdale Alabama about 20 years ago that was being seen on a regular basis by folks around there. He was only a couple of miles south of the TN line and close to a Wildlife Management Area. The state had to euthanize the bear because someone had shot him in the face with birdshot and his tongue and mouth were destroyed. I dont think they ever found out who shot him, but it is a shame he had to be put down.
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That could have been self defense also
 
larry ipock said:
Believe me, you don't want em! They will trash cams, and wreck stands, not to mention make the deer avoid the area.
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I believe it. I had every panel of my truck destroyed by a bear while elk hunting out in CO 3 years ago. I'm just glad I locked it. There were claw marks on ever door at the handles, rear fenders as he stood up to look in the bed, and a completely dented hood. Only thing that didn't need to be repaired was the tailgate. That was a fun one explaining to the insurance company
 
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Hawkins County, surprisingly during the heat of the day. I am skittish as I walk into the woods b4 daylight but I keep telling myself he is more afraid of me...I know yeah right
 

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