Bear meat is superior to venison. Sure, you can’t eat it medium rare but the fat in the meat makes it delicious even well done. Seems weird to me that so many claim a bad experience.
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We just don’t have many white oak so those big poplar are the real cash crop. The #1 poplar are getting more per board foot than our oak though.
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I guess the majority always needs someone to disagree with.
We have 50+ deer per square mile in our county. We don’t grow large bucks largely in part to a lack of resources. ALL of my plots are at lip level by mid November.
I bow hunt so I’m not picky. I only shoot the does that make it to 20...
I asked him to take everything he can sell but I’ve marked some oaks as leave (seed) trees. I’d be happy if I could keep this block in an early succession with some scattered mature trees. Completely clear cut is also fine with me but that will take a lot of follow up.
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I believe poplar is currently the highest dollar option in our area but he’s cutting anything the mill will take. The area he’s cutting has a SW slope aspect, looking forward to burning!
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Three nights in the mountains for my first early season hunt.
First evening sit. Had a bear slip into this hickory grove about 30 minutes before dark. Never offered me a shot but I listened to him crunch hickory nuts until after dark. Someone ran bear hounds through my place the next morning...
A few almost lives from yesterday morning and evening.
This doe snuck into ~10 yards and caught me in the tree. She blew like crazy but curiosity let to her demise.
After taking care of the doe I hunted the back of our property in an area that I don’t get to very often. This coyote bedded...
Think I had 40 pictures on a half acre plot tonight. Those ladies are eating me out of house and home!
Had a bear at 30 yards last night, never got a shot. Bear hounds ran through my property this morning and Mr. Bear didn’t visit the hickory grove tonight. I hate trespassers.
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Contact NCBHA, they might have someone close to you.
https://www.ncbowhunter.com/
You’re not too terribly far from my place, could possibly get a deer to you later on this year.
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