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Offline ihookem

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lots of bear activity?
« on: June 10, 2008, 03:34:21 PM »
 I was west of Phillips and saw a lot of bear tracks. Even got one on the trail cam and saw a brute on the atv trail. Anyone seeing a lot of bear sign or is it just by chance. Sure seems to be a lot of bear around this year, and a lot of deer too for such a hard winter.
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Re: lots of bear activity?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2008, 04:03:39 PM »
Saw one crossing highway south of Ladysmith friday evening.
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« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2008, 04:29:47 PM »
I saw one on the sidewalk in the middle of town while out for my afternoon walk on Monday. It leapt out in front of me at a range of about 50 yards. At first glance I thought "what a huge dog", it was looking away from me. By huge I mean twice as big as the largest dog, maybe 300 pounds. It then looked directly at me and I was more than a little surprized. This is the third bear I have seen on the same street for three years in a row. To answer your question, yes, lots of bear activity, to much. It is time to open season on them, in a big way and I am willing to do my part. The town I am speaking of is Rice Lake WI, in the NW corner of the state.

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Re: lots of bear activity?
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2008, 04:45:49 AM »
Sightings have been increasing around Eau Claire here for awhile.
This spring has been pretty active-seems like more than usual.
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Re: lots of bear activity?
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2008, 06:45:14 AM »
That's because all of a sudden the biologists have found there are twice as many black bears in the State as previously thought!  ???
http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/19726384.html
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« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2008, 06:53:09 AM »
The bear counts may be off, but at least the deer numbers are right on!   :)
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Re: lots of bear activity?
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2008, 08:13:07 AM »
Quote from: TribReady on June 11, 2008, 06:53:09 AM
The bear counts may be off, but at least the deer numbers are right on!   :)
dont forget wolf numbers as well.   i dont think those clowns at the dnr could count how many fingers they have, let alone a population of wild animals.
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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2008, 02:30:50 PM »
lol ive been out of wis for 30 yrs and still remember my relatives makeing jokes about the incompetence of the dnr. that tell yu anything?
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