I got in on a dog bear hunt several years ago. After a couple hours the dogs finally treed and it took another hour to get to the dogs. We chased that bear from ridge top to ridge top through laurel thickets that we just awful, down through 'hollers and back to the ridge tops that would make a billy goat cry uncle.
After the bear was shot out it took another 4 hrs to get that bear to the truck. You ever tried to help drag a bear while trying to handle 3 dogs on a lead. Some of the hardest hunting Ive ever done. But it was some of the most satisfying hunting Ive ever been a part of.
Bottom line, bear hunting with dogs "ain't no joke"
After the bear was shot out it took another 4 hrs to get that bear to the truck. You ever tried to help drag a bear while trying to handle 3 dogs on a lead. Some of the hardest hunting Ive ever done. But it was some of the most satisfying hunting Ive ever been a part of.
Bottom line, bear hunting with dogs "ain't no joke"