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I would think new vegetation springing up in all of the burned areas would probably help the wildlife somewhat.
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As a point of interest, copperhead snakes do not have nests and eggs. Copperheads are ovoviviparous, the female carries eggs in her body and gives birth to live babies.
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There are an estimated 6,000 bears in TN today. There were an estimated 1500 twenty years ago. Official guesses on bear populations are always ridiculously low.
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As a point of interest, copperhead snakes do not have nests and eggs. Copperheads are ovoviviparous, the female carries eggs in her body and gives birth to live babies. fair enough, I just figured they had a reason to stick around in a spot for awhile given the park was closing off the areas
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I'm just across the state line in North Carolina. Haven't seen a bear in 4 years.
However, this year I'm seeing more deer and turkeys than ever.
Also lots of sightings of box turtles. They have all headed to Asheville for the easy pickings. Seriously. Beyond the idiots who feed them, the bears have grown fat on all the available food in trash cans. I think the NC Wildlife Resource Commission biologists have done studies that found the urban bears have more cubs and are heavier than those deeper in the mountains. https://www.citizen-times.com/story...ts-north-carolina-bear-study/5913069001/
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Louisiana is trying to repopulate the state with bears and it seems to be working. The cameras at deer feeders are catching a few and deer hunters in elevated stands are seeing a few. One of the biologists in the department once told me the bears would become the worst nuisance animal in the state. They don't yet rival hogs and alligators as trouble makers but their ability to climb and open garbage cans could put them in contention.
They look a lot like hogs in poor light or thick brush so a few have been inadvertently shot. Hasting repopulating the black bear is working here in my area. We have more than we want the deer herd is down on our property. They are a PITA they tear up deer stands, ruin our deer hunts see them all the time don't like them at all.
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Are you saying that you were in Gatlinburg in mid-July? No schidt, never again. We were there with this crew... Bear Gets into Truck
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My daughter and her family are in Gatlinburg now. They are staying at a cabin/condo just outside of town. They have seen and sent me pics of bears every day. This one was behind the cabin thia morning. She sent me a pic of mama and 2 cubs in the road yesterday. Ron ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/6pj8y4DP/IMG-1921.png)
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Yesterday Ron ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/qMGPcsB1/IMG-1923.png)
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Louisiana is trying to repopulate the state with bears and it seems to be working. The cameras at deer feeders are catching a few and deer hunters in elevated stands are seeing a few. One of the biologists in the department once told me the bears would become the worst nuisance animal in the state. They don't yet rival hogs and alligators as trouble makers but their ability to climb and open garbage cans could put them in contention.
They look a lot like hogs in poor light or thick brush so a few have been inadvertently shot. Hasting repopulating the black bear is working here in my area. We have more than we want the deer herd is down on our property. They are a PITA they tear up deer stands, ruin our deer hunts see them all the time don't like them at all. One of our LA members posted a pic of a BIG one they caught on a trail camera. I had no idea they got that big in this state.
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Lions
and tigers
and bears.............................oh my???
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
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Louisiana is trying to repopulate the state with bears and it seems to be working. The cameras at deer feeders are catching a few and deer hunters in elevated stands are seeing a few. One of the biologists in the department once told me the bears would become the worst nuisance animal in the state. They don't yet rival hogs and alligators as trouble makers but their ability to climb and open garbage cans could put them in contention.
They look a lot like hogs in poor light or thick brush so a few have been inadvertently shot. Hasting repopulating the black bear is working here in my area. We have more than we want the deer herd is down on our property. They are a PITA they tear up deer stands, ruin our deer hunts see them all the time don't like them at all. When she was still with us my mother said that bringing back those bears was a terrible idea. She said it was hard enough to get rid of them to start with. I bet the cattle a sheep owners in the west feel the same way about wolves. It is easy to like things such as bears, coyotes, wolves, and lions if you don't live near them and they aren't eating your expensive crops and livestock. You ought to hear the suggestions some of the white do-gooders give to African farmers about lions eating their goats.
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Not as bad as introducing Muslims and Mexicans or whatever. If you get to many bears they put a season on them. Edk
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Yesterday Ron they are overrun with 'em! they like pizza
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Yesterday Ron they are overrun with 'em! they like pizza Gatlinburg after midnight is a mecca for bears[after the restaurants restock the dumpsters].
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Not as bad as introducing Muslims and Mexicans or whatever. If you get to many bears they put a season on them. Edk Well LDWF needs to do just that have a season on them, in my area we are overrun with bears & hogs.
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