Who's ready?

Killer Kyle · Jul 2, 2017

buckeroo said:
Cant wait!!!

Buckeroo....where on Earth have you been man? I haven't heard from you in AGES!!!
You never text, you never call, you never come around anymore. You've seemed so......distant lately.
Been ghosting your boys in the bear forum. I see how it is!!!

T-N-T · Jul 4, 2017

Killer Kyle said:
Windows down and gun in lap? Don't pass judgment on the way I hunt man!!
Haha nah, I cover a lot of ground. As much or more than most I suppose, but it sure is sad to see what I've got in the freezer to show for all that work! Not a lot! It is a big learning curve. I'm still learning too. But it sure is a heck of a fun process. I'd hate to see what this beer gut would look like if I hunted private property!!!

I haven't seen you in close to a year
Wait till you see my beer gut.... facepalm:

Bkeepr · Jul 4, 2017

Hoping to get one this year! It's on my bucket list.

Cwb19 · Jul 4, 2017

Seen a couple during Turkey season so I been ready since Turkey season ended

whitetailfreak · Jul 4, 2017

I've seen 8 or 9 since March. If Joe don't kill one this season, I'm gonna bring him to my neck of the woods and put one in his lap :cheers:

Ptothec · Jul 5, 2017

Have any of you guys ever tried calling for bears? Is that more of a spring tactic that doesn't apply to us since we don't have a spring season?

Joe Brandon · Jul 6, 2017

whitetailfreak said:
I've seen 8 or 9 since March. If Joe don't kill one this season, I'm gonna bring him to my neck of the woods and put one in his lap

Let's keep our fingers crossed I get one!!!! That being said I owe you a dinner so we can hopefully hang out one day this Fall either way!

Killer Kyle · Jul 6, 2017

Joe Brandon said:
Let's keep our fingers crossed I get one!!!! That being said I owe you a dinner so we can hopefully hang out one day this Fall either way!

Put whitetailfreak on your "bear recovery crew" list in case you smoke a giant. You won't know how much of a friend you've got until you make that call to your buddies! Haha! It'd go something like this:

YOU: "Dude, I just smoked a bear. Can you come give me a hand?"
FRIEND: Sure man, how big is the bear?"
YOU: "It's hard to say. I don't know, I'm thinking maybe four hundred?"
FRIEND: "Joe. Joe. Joe? Hey Joe, are you there?
YOU: "Hey man, I can hear you. Can you hear me?"
FRIEND: "Joe. Hey. Hey Joe. I....you're....hear..service....breaking up....."

*beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppp

whitetailfreak · Jul 6, 2017

Kill the 130 pounders and let the bigguns go is my motto

ripplerider · Jul 7, 2017

They eat better too. A young bear is pretty much my favorite wild game to eat. I usually hunt alone and have passed up several big bruisers cause I knew I couldnt get them out before they sploild. I'm not about wasting meat. I need to get a dragging (or toting) list going. Who wants to be on there?

ripplerider · Jul 7, 2017

Ptothec said:
Have any of you guys ever tried calling for bears? Is that more of a spring tactic that doesn't apply to us since we don't have a spring season?

I have tried it a couple of times with no results. I think its more a spring tactic. It might just work in a year when acorns are scarce.

whitetailfreak · Jul 7, 2017

Bear hunters best friend

Killer Kyle · Jul 7, 2017

whitetailfreak said:
Kill the 130 pounders and let the bigguns go is my motto

Freak, I LOVE this picture!! It reminds me of the one in Kephart's "Our Southern Highlanders". This classic method of toting bears kind of pays homage to bear hunters past. You should put that picture in a frame!!

livinoutdoors · Jul 8, 2017

I like the sled, if ya strike out hunting you could always take a ride down the mountian, haha!

whitetailfreak · Jul 8, 2017

livinoutdoors said:
I like the sled, if ya strike out hunting you could always take a ride down the mountian, haha!

Done that. It doubles as a snow sled :bounce:

whitetailfreak · Jul 8, 2017

Killer Kyle said:
Freak, I LOVE this picture!! It reminds me of the one in Kephart's "Our Southern Highlanders". This classic method of toting bears kind of pays homage to bear hunters past. You should put that picture in a frame!!

Kyle, I killed that bear with my m.l. off down in one of the awfullest holes I've ever hunted. There were lots of rock boulders to navigate, and it kept flipping my sled, so we cut that Hickory Pole and toted him out. I know that Kephart photo well. During his time on Hazel Creek, Kephart lived just a mile or so from my great grandfather near the mines on Sugar Fork Creek. Hazel Creek was Kepharts "Back of beyond", but to my folks it was just home.

Bowhunter77 · Jul 8, 2017

That would be a cool pic to filter it to black and white...just two men packing one out. I just think all hunting pics look good that way. I guess I just lean towards those , maybe my age or something.

Killer Kyle · Jul 8, 2017

whitetailfreak said:
Kyle, I killed that bear with my m.l. off down in one of the awfullest holes I've ever hunted. There were lots of rock boulders to navigate, and it kept flipping my sled, so we cut that Hickory Pole and toted him out. I know that Kephart photo well. During his time on Hazel Creek, Kephart lived just a mile or so from my great grandfather near the mines on Sugar Fork Creek. Hazel Creek was Kepharts "Back of beyond", but to my folks it was just home.

I knew your family was from that area. That's an awesome rich history steeped in Appalachia! I bought a 1934 copy of the book last year and thought about your family frequently while reading it. I also recently bought a book called "Along the Appalachian Trail: Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee." It is loaded with awesome cintage photos of people building (establishing) the AT, local residents, first shelters, balds, shepherds cabins, free range pigs in 1910, and a bear hunter from 1910 with a bear slung across his shoulder. Loaded with awesome pictures. Look it up if you get the time!

whitetailfreak · Jul 8, 2017

Killer Kyle said:
I knew your family was from that area. That's an awesome rich history steeped in Appalachia! I bought a 1934 copy of the book last year and thought about your family frequently while reading it. I also recently bought a book called "Along the Appalachian Trail: Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee." It is loaded with awesome cintage photos of people building (establishing) the AT, local residents, first shelters, balds, shepherds cabins, free range pigs in 1910, and a bear hunter from 1910 with a bear slung across his shoulder. Loaded with awesome pictures. Look it up if you get the time!

When you get a chance do a little research on "Uncle" Mark Cathey of Deep Creek. He lived on Indian Creek which is a trib of Deep Creek, and was considered by many as one of the best outdoorsman in the Smokies at the turn of the 20th century. He was a mountain man through and through. Cathey's death was particularly fitting.

Mark your calendar, last Sunday in June next year, I'm gonna take you with my family to a cemetery decoration at Bone Valley on Hazel Creek and show you some Smoky Mountain history at its finest. We'll cross Sugar Fork where Kephart lived and wrote "OSH". Let me know if your in.

jbogg · Jul 9, 2017

whitetailfreak said:
When you get a chance do a little research on "Uncle" Mark Cathey of Deep Creek. He lived on Indian Creek which is a trib of Deep Creek, and was considered by many as one of the best outdoorsman in the Smokies at the turn of the 20th century. He was a mountain man through and through. Cathey's death was particularly fitting.

Mark your calendar, last Sunday in June next year, I'm gonna take you with my family to a cemetery decoration at Bone Valley on Hazel Creek and show you some Smoky Mountain history at its finest. We'll cross Sugar Fork where Kephart lived and wrote "OSH". Let me know if your in.

If there's room for one more count me in. Would love to see some of that mountain history. :fine:

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