Cohutta Bear Hunt

[Leon131211]

I am heading to Cohutta for a few days again this year for a bear hunt. Wondering if anybody has any tips/pointers for what these bears are doing late in the year. I leave Saturday and come back Wednesday so I'll have plenty of time in the woods. Any help would be great. Thank you!!

 

[ddd-shooter]

There’s literally a thread on this??
From this year.
Just a few places down the forum.

 

[whitetailfreak]

Bowhunting bears in December will be tough. I'd walk, spot and stalk and cover some ground.

 

[Leon131211]

That is the plan. Definitely going to try and cover some ground. Thank you.

 

[Professor]

Consider hunting national forest and using a rifle. The bears don’t know the difference between NF and Cohutta I saw the same bear twice last week, but I have not found any fresh scat. So, they are still out but perhaps not so active. Look for them to be in the sunny side of ridges in the morning. Find fresh scat or keep walking.

 

[Leon131211]

Good point, thank you!!!

 

[splatek]

My advice if you want to kill a bear, and mind you I know just a little more than nothing at all, would be to go deer hunting. If you wanna kill a deer go bear hunting. Seems like that’s the way things go sometimes

 

[Professor]

My advice if you want to kill a bear, and mind you I know just a little more than nothing at all, would be to go deer hunting. If you wanna kill a deer go bear hunting. Seems like that’s the way things go sometimes

This is the best advice.

 

[kevin17]

Take a hound