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I'm sure most of you have seen this already. This past Saturday, a bear was seen swimming across the lake by Bucks Island and caught on video. Bear seen swimming in Lake Guntersville
There were also two or three other bear sightings in Huntsville/S Huntsville in a 48 hour period this week and there are some video and picture clips of them too.
Glad to see them moving in.
Now if we could just get DNR to admit we have cougars/mountain lions around we might get somewhere!!! lol
Is this a joke or is it real??im a big dummy and don’t know. Lol
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Nice ! He was just trying to cool down a bit!
And folks on the forum are worried about gators. Wait till a bear decides to climb on your rig to take a short rest swimming across the Big G, LOL!
Oh no....Mitch is gonna have to stop carrying snacks in his boat now :Rofl
I guess it begs the question. “Which seat on the boat does the bear get? Whichever one he wants!” lol
There was one killed crossing the road not far from where I work Bob. It happened just the other day, and several have been videoed in Stevenson and Flat Rock areas, several places not far from where I live.
To me it looks like they have been stocked back into these area... But I don't know... Maybe like the Gators years ago? I just hope they don't start causing problems for people... People just need to think about the Bears could be in the area when doing outdoor thing... Be Safe...
I got a better one than that! Me and a buddy(deceased now) were fishing the Little Tennessee River in East Tennessee about 1973 before the dam was built for trout when we were in Graduate school at UT Knoxville. We were anchored. A man on the bank hollered, "Don't let that hog get in the boat with ya" I looked up and a pack of dogs had run this wild hog into the river and he swam across the river, stood up on the rip rap, shook and took of like a bullet! He swam close to our boat because the current was carrying him closer to us and I got a picture of him. My buddy pleaded to pull up the anchor. He was skeered to death!
I have a picture, but unfortunately that and other things were left at the house after the divorce 20 years ago!!:mad: This is true, but can't prove it. I will never forget it! GOOD TIMES!
So ....is no one considering that us bank fisherman could be mauled to death by one? You're not allowed to have a gun in a State Park area, and I fish Town Creek and Short creek a lot. One was spotted at Town Creek boat ramp not too long ago. Black bears are very aggressive. They may be cool to look at, but uh, I'm not trying to get killed. Are they at least trying to capture them?
They are? Says who? You'd have more chance of a bridge falling on you than getting attacked by a bear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiggah
Yeah okQuote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
Just knowing they are there would keep me from enjoying quite as much.
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Yeah. I’ll just have to go to jail for shooting a bear if he comes at me. But that’s not safe.
I've been in a few areas in there deer hunting that I was pretty sure there were some bears around as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappieseeker
Don't think I'd worry about any kind of confrontation guys. Think about it, how many bears are in all the other places around the US/Canada and how many times have you ever heard of a bank fisherman getting mauled. Like never!!!! Bears will move into new areas as they get pushed out of their home turf with population growth. I shot a real nice one in NY that I believe got pushed out of PA as he got old. PA has a phenomenal bear program to grow that resource. The bears from FL will move N and the bears from TN will move S. It's not like we don't get occasional sightings in AL anyway. I remember a few years back were DNR had to go into town in Athens and get one out of tree in town.
That's silly Bob. I read on the Internet that they are very aggressive. :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Bob D
OMG.
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I'm no expert, but Black Bears are typically non aggressive. There "go to" survival tactic (even a mother with cubs) is to run away from you. Northern Arkansas has thousands of bears and extensive hunting and fishing with almost zero incidents. Most problems occur from feeding them or leaving food available where they are attracted to the same areas as humans. Your much more likely to be hit by a drunk driver (or texting) or a dummy in a powerboat that thinks everyone should watch out for them. :twocents
I think it could be a issue if you had a stringer of fish while bank fishing. But I have to say if you were to shot a bear in self defense I don't think you will have a jury in the us the will convict you . Unless you get a jury of snowflakes.
if I made a list from 1 to a million of things that concerned me getting attacked by a black bear would rank about 999,999. I don't know what would be last but I sure I could think of something. Maybe getting abducted by aliensQuote:
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Darn bro:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl
Honestly I wouldn’t give it a second thought. But don’t understand why some folks just have to be butts. Thought this was a site for people to be and make friends and help each other?some have given their opinion and got point across without belittling anyone.
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Y'all Bear with me :peacesmile , while I close this thread...I think enough has been said.