My Friends

[Joe Brandon]

I am wishing you all well this weekend!!! I hope and pray for all of yalls safety and I pray that you all have a great time in the woods! I cannot wait to see the first bear drop. God bless yall and I will see you all in the woods come the early rifle hunts.

 

[1eyefishing]

Here, here!
I'm itching and may be able to test out my brand new knee in a few weeks. But I think I am more ready than it is...
Gotta get over this kidney carp first.

 

[CowetaLonghorn]

Yep good luck everybody! Hope you all tag one this weekend and stay safe and hydrated. Post pics!! Gotta work til Tuesday but will be in the woods Wednesday morning. Just screwed the broadheads on my arrows so it’s real now.

 

[FMBear]

May everyone experience proper memories, new experiences, and success beyond a harvest enjoying the gifts the mountains we enjoy bestow on our times spent with them. Stay safe, stay hydrated, and may sightings and opportunity present themselves for some excellent meals of bear roasts and BBQ to be enjoyed!

 

[WoodlandScout82]

Good Luck everyone!! May your arrows fly true and your drag be short!

 

[keiths04]

Good Luck everyone!! May your arrows fly true and your drag be short!

Hopefully will be lucky enough to get a short drag.

 

[1eyefishing]

Remember:
Happiness is a downhill drag.

 

[SouthGa Fisher]

If anyone needs a hand dragging, cutting, or ice in a jiffy in NE Georgia tomorrow, pm me. More than glad to help where I can, especially in this heat.

Haven't been able to put in the boot leather to get on em but willing to work to a help those that have. Good luck!

 

[Mr Bya Lungshot]

Remember:
Happiness is a downhill drag.

Always walk uphill.
Never slide uphill.

 

[Rabun]

Best of luck to those with arrows in hand. It'll be a fishing pole for me. Hope to see some bears down.

 

[Joe Brandon]

Come on guys I know we have to have at least one down. Saw a 300 + pounder that was taken to McClure's yesterday. How's the weekend been?

 

[tree cutter 08]

Hot! Went yesterday and shot one but couldn't find him. Solid 200lb boar. Of course he ran straight off a bluff and bled good up until 100 yards then started letting up. Arrow only penetrated about 6 inches so I don't know if I hit shoulder or what. He was spraying in places. Good to be back in the woods though. Good luck guys!

 

[Joe Brandon]

Hot! Went yesterday and shot one but couldn't find him. Solid 200lb boar. Of course he ran straight off a bluff and bled good up until 100 yards then started letting up. Arrow only penetrated about 6 inches so I don't know if I hit shoulder or what. He was spraying in places. Good to be back in the woods though. Good luck guys!

Cutter thats awesome!!!! I wonder if he's folded up somewhere now? That's exciting and a great start/ first day of the season my good friend!!!

 

[splatek]

Hot! Went yesterday and shot one but couldn't find him. Solid 200lb boar. Of course he ran straight off a bluff and bled good up until 100 yards then started letting up. Arrow only penetrated about 6 inches so I don't know if I hit shoulder or what. He was spraying in places. Good to be back in the woods though. Good luck guys!

Dang! I didn't even see one. Not sure what's worse not seeing one or sticking one you can't recover

I went out yesterday. Saw some decent sign, got stormed on real, REAL bad. When the lightning started to strike more frequently, I decided to come down from three in my climber and hike head back to camp only to find my rain fly had either blown off or someone removed it. It was down by the creek. Everything was soaked.
That ended the evening for me.
Hoping to head back out Tuesday, but I'm not sure yet.
Good luck to everyone!

 

[Timberjack86]

No luck in TN it was so dang hot, I saw a doe yesterday but couldn't get a shot. Today I tried this evening but it's 95 degrees and I made it 1 hr. Maybe next weekend.

 

[FMBear]

I found a good spot with fresh sign. Had one behind me in the thick stuff at 50 yards that smelled me before I knew it was there and it went to huffing.
Then...the rains came in fast. Thought about waiting it out until the lightning started to become too frequent. Me, everything in my pack, and my bow were as wet as if I jumped into a river after high stepping it out 1.5 miles.
Took today off while my gear fully dries. Will be back out tomorrow.

 

[tree cutter 08]

Cutter thats awesome!!!! I wonder if he's folded up somewhere now? That's exciting and a great start/ first day of the season my good friend!!!

If he is I'm certain he's a long ways off. I'm sure he made it. Tracked to many for me to think he's dead. Tracked him for a ways after he quit bleeding and he was still of sound mind at 300 yards.

 

[humdandy]

Saw a sow and 2 cubs. Saw 3 hens and a fawn.

Also walked up on two hunters sitting over some Ho-Ho's and corn......they were right on the WMA line.......they were a little surprised to see me.......I just walked 4 miles across CHatt. to the other road..

 

[Rabun]

Saw a sow and 2 cubs. Saw 3 hens and a fawn.

Also walked up on two hunters sitting over some Ho-Ho's and corn......they were right on the WMA line.......they were a little surprised to see me.......I just walked 4 miles across CHatt. to the other road..

I bet they were surprised to see you...hunting over bait in bear country (aka poaching) will do that.

 

[humdandy]

I bet they were surprised to see you...hunting over bait in bear country (aka poaching) will do that.

They had to lug 200 lbs of corn up a pretty steep hill.....way more trouble than it's worth! The one guy looked to be in his mid 60's....I couldn't imagine lugging 200 lbs of corn up that hill......and there is now way they got a 4 wheeler up there...