New York Sportsmen
Hunting- In The New York Area => New York Big Game Hunting => Topic started by: grazan on August 09, 2021, 09:01:54 AM
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well @ least now i have somewhere to go where a Bear might show up .........
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Hoping he hangs around so far he has.
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wow ... hope u have help to carry him out ... he looks BIG .....
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they are everywhere this year good luck to those going out..
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wow ... hope u have help to carry him out ... he looks BIG .....
I'll have help for sure I will definitely need it.😂
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That’s a biggun for sure. I might try early season this year. What’s the consensus on bear meat, any good? I’ve heard mixed reviews.
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I’ve had mixed results myself I gotta say the last one I had tasted just as good as good beef delicious
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Only got one so far I think it was better than venison
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i tried a 400 lb old NY boar chop some years ago and it tasted excellent .... I agree it tasted better than venison .... I hear the bad tasting ones usually are the ones eating fish and garbage .......
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I heard skunk cabage eating bears ar nasty eating
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It’s actually funny me and a friend took two bears in 2018 his female dressed out around 150 it was the most horrible thing ever not even fit for a dog in my opinion the male I was fortunate to take dressed out at 550 and was absolutely delicious
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I always hear bears are what they eat
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never got one myself but looking forward to rendering the fat and trying the cracklings left over .... should i harvest a bear that is
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same bear ... different bear? Either way I think I'm going to hang out there in September .....
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Definitely sit in September. I never wanted to early bear hunt but I'm going too. Hopefully I won't need camo shorts and a tee shirt.
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Dont forget about mosquito spray. lol
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looking forward to sept.. I enjoy still hunting the evenings with plenty of daylight after work and bears in the area (3k)
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Got this guy last night on my cam.
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Good looking bear
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more bear activity .... hard to tell for me if they are young ... but still neat ..... video also ...... https://youtu.be/NOf91oaY6B0
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Lots of bears by you……I’ve seen quite a few this year as well
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Very interesting animals to see in the woods for sure good luck if you get out in the early season
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caught another one on camera and while walking into the woods Sunday AM found a fresh pile of bear scat that wasn't there 45 minutes earlier walking in ....... might be on the right trail .....
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Bears today are like woodchucks….they’re everywhere. In the 70’s and 80’s if you shot a bear you either hunted hard or just lucky to be in the right spot at the right time.
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and they were only taken in the Catskills or Adirondacks...
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I've been debating whether to go out in the AM or PM ... last nights picture is telling me to sleep in I think .....
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lol good luck, i went scouting a lil today and found lots of berries and no beer sign nor scat, so i figure in am i'll hit a oak ridge in the mtns and maybe do some deer scouting well bear hunting
all cloths washed & sprayed down, got the box of .270 150 nossler partition hand loads ready to go for a walk
best of luck and be safe, remember blaze orange looks black, so be sure of target at twilight hr shooting
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Good luck guys. Taking a little walk myself. Back in time for Olive Day.
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I've been debating whether to go out in the AM or PM ... last nights picture is telling me to sleep in I think .....
I like evenings personally. Good luck! I am on call this weekend but will be out monday evening myself
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Good thing didn't go out in the am in the dark... got to my stand and strap was broke so luckily had extras back at the truck .... would've taken a lot longer in the dark in the am .... good luck ... figure I have about 3 hours of good daylight
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new member here based out of nyc. happy to see interest in bear!
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Welcome good luck this season
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welcome .....
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thanks everyone. I hope to get out to some of the land northwest of the city this year when I am not hitting my eastern LI spots.
Anyone in the city planning to attend the BHA meet up next week?
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My brother and I had an opportunity last night, just 125yds up hill from where we got the early bear last sept. Sullivan county for reference. This is a overlooked secluded patch of hardwoods with a some steep rock ledges getting in that keeps others out. Acorns and beech are abundant this year. We left the car around 530p to ‘still hunt’ up to a spot we can overlook this hardwood bench. We got to our spot about 630p to sit against a tree. 15 mins later a nice bear that must have read the script pops out from the thicket walks up the ledge we are overlooking about 40yds to our left. We verify it’s a lone bear and I pull up my gun and my scope window is foggy. He was perfectly broadside but I couldn’t get him thru my scope enough to confidently shoot. We let him pass, make sure my scope is clear, get up and start following. Crest the next little bump only 15 yds up hill and he’s right there, 20yds quartering away. Nice bear for sure. I pull up my gun and although it was good before we started following, the bear was so close he took up my scope window and I whiffed the shot. I did not realize til a few minutes later the second time my scope wasn’t foggy like before, I was at 6x because earlier I tried spotting the bear thru it cause my brother could still see him on the binos. Lessons learned.. I most always keep my scope at 3x. Major lesson learned. I want that shot back.
We still treated it like a hit because at first we were not sure. It all happened quick and the bear took off. No blood, no hair nothing. Confident after coming back in the light this morning there is no blood or sign of a hit. While gridding to be sure found all sorts of amazing bear sign. Needless to say will be back in there late next week after giving the area some time to rest.
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That is too bad louie, I can imagine finding black cross hairs on a black bear can be difficult at times. At least you found where they are hanging out
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Sounds like a good hunt, hopefully youl will get a crack at him next weekend. Is anyone having any luck? I’m not hearing if too many people getting them….
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been out a few times and havent seen a bear .... doubtful i will be getting out b4 early season ends ....
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Cant imagine how bad the mosquitoes are in the woods right now ..
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no shortage of mosquitoes