Another Backyard Bruin

Killerkyle,

Are you saying some folks couldn't accurately estimate the weight of a bear if it was trying to eat them for lunch?

Or am I missing something here?

I would agree! Did you get wet last nite? We barely made it out before the flood came. Didn't see any bear but did manage to see a few does but no fawns. They were on edge so I figured the hogs or bear would have came through shortly but we left out just in time.

Buckman18 said:

Killerkyle,

If I am understanding you correctly, you are tactfully trying to articulate that the metro Atlanta bear 'experts' are full of **** and couldn't accurately estimate the weight of a bear if it was trying to eat them for lunch?

Or am I missing something here?

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heh! Your words...not mine!!

tree cutter 08 said:

I would agree! Did you get wet last nite? We barely made it out before the flood came. Didn't see any bear but did manage to see a few does but no fawns. They were on edge so I figured the hogs or bear would have came through shortly but we left out just in time.

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Cutter, I made it out at around 7:45. Hit the river, fished for about an hour, and left just as the rain started to fall. Came down a deluge of rain on the way home. It has rained like this EVERY SINGLE DAY for the last few weeks. I cannot get a scouting trip in or day fishing in without getting soaked. I came back down last night, and it was bone dry in Cornelia.
The rain this year has been something else!!
Couple days back I checked the forecast for Hiawassee. The forecast read minimum 35% chance of rain (most days were 40%-50%) and scattered thunderstorms for the next fourteen days STRAIGHT. The highest of the expected highs was 86 degrees.
This has been the wettest and coolest August I can ever remember.

tree cutter 08 said:

I would agree! Did you get wet last nite? We barely made it out before the flood came. Didn't see any bear but did manage to see a few does but no fawns. They were on edge so I figured the hogs or bear would have came through shortly but we left out just in time.

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We just got done with breakfast, and I'm about to go on a walk-about. It's getting about that time! Finally putting down the fishing pole!

See the tag in his ear?

I was watching the news tonight and they said that the bear was a problem bear and has been relocated once. If he gets to be a problem, they were saying that it was likely that DNR would put him down. If you look closely at the photo you can see the tag in his ear.

blackpowder56 said:

I was watching the news tonight and they said that the bear was a problem bear and has been relocated once. If he gets to be a problem, they were saying that it was likely that DNR would put him down. If you look closely at the photo you can see the tag in his ear.

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Thanks for the update. I never noticed the tag until you mentioned it. Hope he finds his way back to the mountains.