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N.C.’s bear harvest increased 8% in 2020
Hunters killed a total of 3748 bears during North Carolina’s 2020 season, which is the highest number ever recorded in the state. […]
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Tony Davis’ Columbus County trophy bear
Tony Davis of Bladenboro, N.C. killed a huge bear in Columbus County on Dec. 9, 2020. The bear weighed 467 pounds after being field dressed. […]
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Trail camera captures sow bear and cubs
Location Ashe County, Lansing NC. Sow sends her 3 cubs up pine tree in back ground. She’s standing guard. Date and time on photo. Photo by trail cam. Deer, bear and turkey hunt this property. […]
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North Carolina Game Lands preview 2020-2021
Here are the public hunting lands North Carolina hunters should explore. […]
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Raleigh hunter kills 520-pound bear in Edgecombe County
Ryan Pridgen of Raleigh, N.C. killed a 520-pound bear while hunting with his hounds in Edgecombe County on Dec. 11, 2018. […]
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Clayton hunter kills 616-pound bear in Craven County
Matthew Griffin of Clayton, N.C. was deer hunting with his dad on Nov. 17 when he killed a 616-pound black bear in Craven County. And he had passed on shooting a different bear earlier on the same hunt. […]
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500-yard shot downs 600+ pound bear in Pamlico County, N.C.
Jeff Murphy of Madison, N.C. isn’t new to bear hunting — he’s killed nine bears in the past 15 or so years — but the one he killed on Nov. 13 was one unlike any he’s ever seen. Even from 500 yards away, which is the distance the bear was when Murphy shot it, he could tell it was abnormally large. […]
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North Carolina’s best bears
Wildlife biologists have a maxim: good habitat translates into more game animals. But the public often misunderstands the rule. It depends upon the adaptability of a species, and no game animal is more adaptive than black bears. It’s why bear numbers are growing in North Carolina’s mountains. […]
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Hunter takes rare Caswell County bear
David Barker of Semora, N.C. had seen one black bear over the past three years while deer hunting in Caswell County, and it was only a trail-camera photo. […]
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640-pound bear killed in Edgecombe County, N.C.
For Michael Taylor of Raleigh, N.C., a routine bear hunt on Dec. 17 in an Edgecombe County swamp thicket turned into a monumental experience when a 640-pound male black bear stepped out 15 feet from him along the trail without any dogs or any other hunters in sight. […]