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Bear Hunting

Hunters Asked To Comment On 2019 Proposed Hunting Regulation Changes

Hunters saw a few surprises when the proposed hunting regulations for the 2019-2020 and the 2020-2021 seasons were first unveiled on March 28. There were numerous changes proposed, including additions and reductions to firearms either-sex deer hunting days in north Georgia, a shift of the one-day central Georgia bear hunt from January to December, and…

Black Bear Sightings Rise In Spring

The arrival of spring heralds many things, including increased reports of black bear sightings and activity. These sightings are normal and to be expected across our state, according to Georgia DNR. Where have the bears been? Hibernating! Many Georgia black bears, especially females with young cubs, have spent the last several months, from about Thanksgiving…

No Bears Killed On One-Day Middle GA Hunt

Zero bears were harvested in central Georgia during the annual one-day hunt. The middle Georgia bear hunt was held on private properties in Bibb, Twiggs and Houston counties on Jan. 12, but no bears were registered at the Oaky Woods WMA check station.  A pile of rain fell in December, and the Ocmulgee River flood…

Bear Tears Into Hogs In Trap

Larry Davie, of Waycross, went to check his hog trap and found six dead hogs in the trap, torn to pieces. “Glad I had the trail camera on the trap,” said Larry. Otherwise, he might not have known for sure what occurred on the Ware County hunting property. In the final trail-cam picture in a…

Talkin’ Okefenokeeese

Chaos. Imagine being surrounded by a dozen different languages, all at the top of each screamer’s voice. They meld into an echoing cacophany that renders making sense of what’s going on nearly impossible. Nearly. It has taken half a lifetime to scrape together a pidgin which is workable quite possibly in my mind only. I…

Public Meetings To Discuss Georgia Bears

If you bear hunt in one of Georgia’s three Bear Zones, you will be interested in what’s coming for the next 10 years. WRD has just released it’s “Draft Strategic Management Plan for Black Bears in Georgia (2018-2027),” and hunters have the opportunity to make comment through one of three upcoming public meetings. “This long term strategic…

Bowhunter Takes 515 Pound Bear In Gilmer County

Danny Hall, of Ellijay, said it took seven people to drag his 515-lb. Gilmer County bow bear just 30 yards to the Polaris. “And then we liked to have never got it in the back of the Polarius,” said Danny. Danny, a professional bass tournament angler who has appeared in GON numerous times, took the…

The Blue Ridge “Terrorist” Bear

It all started while trout fishing at Rock Creek in the Blue Ridge WMA on Memorial Day weekend 2008. I had my limit of trout and was riding the back roads looking for places I might want to try and harvest a mountain buck on a future deer hunt. I came upon the local game…

Okefenokee Bear Hunt, Missing Jackie Carter

In the nightmare, terror is just behind and gaining. Big, eight-ball black and much too close, the roaring mass with teeth and jaws popping and claws swiping, steadily closes the distance. There’s seemingly no escape: attempting to run—even for your life—as if in deep water is a dire, daunting, even hopeless task. The only hope…

Cop Breaks Window To Free Bear From Inside Car

On June 19, 2018, a bear in Carnelian Bay, California found itself in a predicament. The bear was locked inside a Subaru Outback. This is actually the second bear-in-an-Outback incident in the last few weeks, the other being in Connecticut. This California bear was most likely after some food, entering the car through an open…