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Offline jakester

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Bear hunting in North Carolina
« on: April 12, 2004, 02:20:36 PM »
Were is there any hunting for bear in NC?
Are non-residents eligible?
Fall or spring only?
Looking for a fall hunt somewhere close to  IN, any suggestions?
thanks
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Offline Maine_Hound_Hunter

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Re: Bear hunting in North Carolina
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2004, 02:37:04 PM »
Quote from: jakester
Were is there any hunting for bear in NC?
Are non-residents eligible?
Fall or spring only?
Looking for a fall hunt somewhere close to  IN, any suggestions?
thanks


I'd go to google and type in North Carolina Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and go to the website for bear hunting information and such...I've been there before while planning for a bear hunt on those monsters....
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Bear hunting in North Carolina
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2004, 03:22:56 PM »
Yes...we have good bear hunting in certain parts of NC...
Fall season only...you can buy a non-resident license...
Traditionally the mountains of the state have always had
a good population...the eastern part of NC has had an increase
in bear population in the last 20years or so...and because of
the habitat (farmland)...some of these are huge...in excess of
600 pounds isn't uncommon anymore...we own farmland in  
Gates County (just south of Suffolk, VA) and there was one  
killed there that went over 600 last year...I heard of one going over
700 that  was killed in Hyde County, 2 years ago...There were
a total of 955 killed in the Coastal Region in 2002-2003...and
530 killed in the Mountain Region...Beaufort County had the  
most killed...130...with Hyde 2nd...119...Tyrrell was 3rd at 97...
all of these counties are in the Eastern part of NC....The two  
mountain counties with the most were...Graham...51 and Haywood
at 48....This should give you an idea of where to start....For size
and numbers....go "down east" as we say....Good Luck...flintlock
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