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I was walking out tonight and bumped into one. It was past legal shooting time and I had unloaded my rifle. He popped his teeth at me. I turned on my flashlight and he ran a few feet and stopped. Kind of exciting I thought.

Whelennut, I was checking a trail cam last week in Price co. Wis. last weekend and noticed mushrooms all over . I dont like shrooms in the woods when I have a tag.

Acorns are raining down constantly.
Bears are not hitting my bait at all.
The weather is going to cool down in a day or two I hope that helps.

Actually, you're correct, but I'm sure you didn't mean to be.

Wow! 8 whole posts and you've all ready branded yourself as a dykhead! Baiting is a known and legal practice for hunting bear in Minnesota A-Hole. Obviously you've never seen the density of the brush and swamps these bears inhabit in Northern Minnesota. If you think for a moment the population could be controlled without baiting you're at best dillusional, at worst, just a plain and simple idiot. If you think you can "fair chase" a bear without bait up here, you're very wrong.

I heard that a bear was taken that weighed 438 lbs recently in Danbury Wisconsin. I talked with somebody whose bait has not been hit in three weeks.
An outfitter in Sandstone Minnesota said he has seven baits not hit at all.
Others baits are being hit hard.

Lots of bears around my place hit birdfeeder after dark. Very frustrating.
Persistence is the key I guess.

How long does the season last?

October 18th

. Very well said !!!!!

My neighbor killed a 480 pounder.

Wisconsin hunter with hounds killed a 615 pound bear today.

I like to see them big ones get shot. They are hard on fawns a will kill little cubs too. When ya kill a big one like the 480 and 615, you saved a lot of wildlife.

We have a big one around here we call Claws, hes not afraid of people! I have a buddies thats has almost enough points to draw a tag.

Recommended reading..."A Failure of the Spirit" by Tom Beck.

If you want "fair" don't use a gun

I saw a video tonight of a bear that was shot in a tree and did not fall out. They had to get a tree topper to climb up and get the bear to fall out. It was a sight to see a big animal like that dropping to the ground from that high up.
I like the way Wisconsin people do things.

My son lives in New Jersey in an area of much State land. He has been pestered with black bears for 26 years raiding his garbage cans. It's a residential area that prohibits firing/shooting.

The bears are relatively harmless but now, this year for the first time in NJ history, a resident was killed. The "tree huggers" have protected the bears and deer to the extent that they are overrunning neighborhoods and creating havoc. NJ is sanctioning a special bear hunt and a deer hunt.

Farmers that have deer crop damage can shoot deer 24 hours, 7 days, unlimited.

My Grandson encountered a bear in the street in his neighborhood, face to face, and ran into a neighbors house, needless to say scared.

The funny little story is to tell a youngster to carry a pork chop when walking alone or to school. Upon encountering a bear, drop the chop and run.

Last year an archery hunter was looking at a bear to see if it was dead.
They had to hold his arms on with ratchet straps on the way to the hospital.
The bear was a little miffed.

Season is over on Sunday. Nothing is hitting the bait.
Except chipmunks.
Maybe next year I will try it Wisconsin stlye, running them with hounds.
whelennut

Ya know, I think you're talkin to Larry Root....just a guess.....