Which hunt? Early bear only Chestatee vs Cohutta buck/bear?

[chrislibby88]

So I’m stuck in a hard spot. My brother and I are trying to decide if we want to hit the Chestatee bear only hunt at the end of Sept, or the Cohutta bear/buck in early Oct. We have a camper in Blairsville with full amenities, a shower, fridge and microwave at the top of the list. We are also very familiar with Chestatee and I already have some good spots to start with. Cohutta is all new territory, we’ve never hunted there before. The biggest draw is that bucks are on the menu.
My real question is how good or bad is the buck movement on Cohutta in early Oct? I’m guessing it’s gonna be mostly pre-rut activity-bed to food. Is it worth starting from scratch for the chance at bucks, or should we stick with bears on Chestatee?

 

[strothershwacker]

I see very few deer in October on cohutta.

 

[Christian hughey]

Depends on what your after. You want bear I would say go chestatee early. You want a mountain buck go cohutta, follow the acorns just stay out my spot. Lol, I think bear at cohutta or anywhere would be better early. Good luck this year guys I'm itchin bad to throw some arrows!!!

 

[jbogg]

Chestatee! How far of a drive is it from Blairsville to Cohutta?

 

[chrislibby88]

Chestatee! How far of a drive is it from Blairsville to Cohutta?

Too far to use the camper as home base.

 

[chrislibby88]

Depends on what your after. You want bear I would say go chestatee early. You want a mountain buck go cohutta, follow the acorns just stay out my spot. Lol, I think bear at cohutta or anywhere would be better early. Good luck this year guys I'm itchin bad to throw some arrows!!!

I want a bear, but wouldn’t pass up on a buck on Cohutta.

 

[Timberjack86]

I'm 20 minutes from cohutta so that's where I'm gonna be most of the season if I'm not In Tn.

 

[chrislibby88]

Chestatee it is. I’m gonna make it to Cohutta eventually though. Turkey season might be a good time to start

 

[jbogg]

Chestatee it is. I’m gonna make it to Cohutta eventually though. Turkey season might be a good time to start

Hunting Chestatee early will give you the opportunity to get a sneak peek at one of those big mountain bucks that you and your brother will come back and kill later in the fall. ?

 

[chrislibby88]

Hunting Chestatee early will give you the opportunity to get a sneak peek at one of those big mountain bucks that you and your brother will come back and kill later in the fall. ?

Man they likely won’t be in the same spot. Tadpole found a buck hub in a saddle last Sept, giant scrapes and some fresh rubs, a money spot for archery season. He went back in Dec and it was all dead.
On the flip side my best rut funnel was almost void of buck sign in Sept, but full of fresh rubs again in Dec.

I really just try to make note of any does I bump in Sept. They tend to stick to the same areas I’ve found.

 

[blackbear]

On the cohutta hunts is big frog off limits north of Jacks River to Beech Bottoms trail and below back into Ga. and the falls area?

 

[Professor]

On the cohutta hunts is big frog off limits north of Jacks River to Beech Bottoms trail and below back into Ga. and the falls area?

Do you mean in Tennessee? You have to stay out of Tennessee.

 

[blackbear]

10-4

 

[Timberjack86]

Tn side is bear reserve, but you can deer and hog hunt during the gun hunts.

 

[blackbear]

I know that area was tore up last time i was up that way.Thanks

 

[chrislibby88]

@sportsman94 you still planning on hitting the bear hunts?

 

[Buckman18]

Ive never hunted on Cohutta. Im thinking about trying it this year.

 

[chrislibby88]

Ive never hunted on Cohutta. Im thinking about trying it this year.

I gonna make it up there eventually. Just hard to leave some good spots to learn new country.

 

[sportsman94]

@sportsman94 you still planning on hitting the bear hunts?

Planning to spend Tuesday-Sunday opening week of bow season on swallows creek. Would love to make it back up during a rifle hunt if the wife doesn’t have other plans for me!

 

[chrislibby88]

Planning to spend Tuesday-Sunday opening week of bow season on swallows creek. Would love to make it back up during a rifle hunt if the wife doesn’t have other plans for me!

My brother and I will be on Chestatee the 16th or 17th-21st. My buddy Laney will be there the week before and probably into the gun hunt too.