Bear hunt
Mar 2, 2022 21:37:54 #
WOW!! Well I am one lucky guy. Got notified today I drew a bear permit. Only 5 permits in this area and last year there were over 1000 people that applied for the area. Hunt is April 2 till May 30 this year. Neighbors run their sheep in this area and lose from 75 - 100 head to the bears every year. They have not been able to get a permit or any help from the Division of Wildlife. I will do my best to help cut their loss.
Mar 2, 2022 21:43:41 #
Mar 2, 2022 21:53:07 #
Mar 2, 2022 22:09:09 #
Awesome! That’s a bucket lister for me. Bear population in Ohio is so low we don’t have a season. Any out of state Hunt is big $$$$ but one day I’m making it happen.
Could your rancher friends hire guys with dogs to run the bears out of the area like they do mountain lions? Just a thought? I know nothing on the subject.
Could your rancher friends hire guys with dogs to run the bears out of the area like they do mountain lions? Just a thought? I know nothing on the subject.
Mar 2, 2022 22:09:55 #
Huntm22 wrote:
WOW!! Well I am one lucky guy. Got notified today I drew a bear permit. Only 5 permits in this area and last year there were over 1000 people that applied for the area. Hunt is April 2 till May 30 this year. Neighbors run their sheep in this area and lose from 75 - 100 head to the bears every year. They have not been able to get a permit or any help from the Division of Wildlife. I will do my best to help cut their loss.
Congratulations Hunt, go get 'em buddy!
Mar 2, 2022 22:31:29 #
Anybass
Loc: Pa.
Huntm22 wrote:
WOW!! Well I am one lucky guy. Got notified today I drew a bear permit. Only 5 permits in this area and last year there were over 1000 people that applied for the area. Hunt is April 2 till May 30 this year. Neighbors run their sheep in this area and lose from 75 - 100 head to the bears every year. They have not been able to get a permit or any help from the Division of Wildlife. I will do my best to help cut their loss.
Like getting hit with a brick to get someone's attention, these "administrators" need to have a sheep ranch and watch their bottom lines go south. Only school that will teach them about reality.
Mar 2, 2022 22:32:11 #
Mar 2, 2022 22:36:26 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
If you bag one, what will you do with it?
Eat it
Bear burgers
Mar 2, 2022 22:38:42 #
Sausage and jerky and make a rug out of the hide. They are usually fairly lean by spring after hibernation. Fall bears are greasy- worse than slop hogs.
Mar 2, 2022 22:48:16 #
Huntm22 wrote:
WOW!! Well I am one lucky guy. Got notified today I drew a bear permit. Only 5 permits in this area and last year there were over 1000 people that applied for the area. Hunt is April 2 till May 30 this year. Neighbors run their sheep in this area and lose from 75 - 100 head to the bears every year. They have not been able to get a permit or any help from the Division of Wildlife. I will do my best to help cut their loss.
Congrats 👏
Shoot stright and great luck
Andy
Mar 2, 2022 22:53:19 #
Speaking of hogs, bears are worse carriers of Trichinosis than swine. Be careful, be safe and cook it well.
Mar 2, 2022 23:00:08 #
Ex Son-in-law shot his first bear in Idaho and insisted we eat some that night. Told him we just make sausage and jerky but he insisted. After cooking it to a point of no return (xtra well done) by the time he took the second bite he threw it in n the fire and started gnawing on the pan which he said was much better!! He then understood sausage and jerky.
Mar 2, 2022 23:04:42 #
Mar 2, 2022 23:05:25 #
Iowa Farmer wrote:
Congratulations! Happy hunting.
Thanks man. Appreciate it.
Mar 2, 2022 23:11:11 #
J in Cleveland wrote:
Awesome! That’s a bucket lister for me. Bear population in Ohio is so low we don’t have a season. Any out of state Hunt is big $$$$ but one day I’m making it happen.
Could your rancher friends hire guys with dogs to run the bears out of the area like they do mountain lions? Just a thought? I know nothing on the subject.
Could your rancher friends hire guys with dogs to run the bears out of the area like they do mountain lions? Just a thought? I know nothing on the subject.
They have the big white guard dogs but some sheep always seem to stray off a ways and end up as dinner. The bears kill them, cover them with dirt and branches, them come back in a week or two and feast on the maggot ridden carcass. Bears will hide up/tree up and take the dogs into the nastiest brushyest crap but don’t leave the area. Good thought though.
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