Bear Archives - Page 6 of 7 - Carolina Sportsman

Riley Harrison of Woodruff took his first bear while hunting with the Mike Morgan Hunt Party in connection with the Outdoor Dream Foundation near Laurel Fork Creek.

2015 bear season was good one for Upstate region

The 2015 bear season was a very good one in the Upstate’s mountains, the third-highest on record according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. […]

Heath Smith killed this 502 1/2-pound bear last Saturday in Greenville County.

Easley hunter kills 502-pound bear in Greenville County

Brian Cope

Heath Smith of Easley is no stranger to big bears. He holds the state record with a 609-pound bruin he killed two years ago. Still, Smith was a little surprised at the size of the bear he killed on Oct. 17, the opening day of bear season, at the base of Hogback Mountain in Greenville County. […]

North Carolina hunters took 2,521 bears last season, a 16-percent drop from 2013's record harvest.

Bear harvest is off 16 percent, despite baiting being allowed for first time

Craig Holt

Even with hunters allowed to take black bears over bait for the first time, North Carolina’s 2014 harvest didn’t increase. In fact, it declined. […]

Big bear tracks with huge toes typically belong to large males, which are generally the favorite targets of bear hunters.

Tracks tell a story

Jeff Burleson

For bear hunters with hounds, a bear’s paw prints found along field edges or roadsides are their calling cards. […]

Bear seasons in the eastern third of North Carolina often change from county to county, so hunters need to have a firm grip on where they’re hunting and when the season opens and closes.

Bear seasons dates can be confusing

Dan Kibler

Dates for bear seasons across North Carolina, especially in the eastern third of the state, can be so different as to confuse hunters, often changing from one county to the next. […]

Many groups of bear hunters from the mountains migrate to eastern North Carolina for the December bear season.

Let’s go bear hunting!

Jeff Burleson

Bear hunting in eastern North Carolina is one of the most-exhilarating experiences a hunter can have. […]

Eastern North Carolina produces some of the biggest black bear of anywhere in the nation

Mine ENC’s black gold – For the best December bear hunting in North Carolina, go east young man!

Jeff Burleson

Even though black bears are built to survive in just about any environment, they are no match for North Carolina’s bear-hunting battalion, and in December, hunters looking for a real trophy bear should definitely not head for the hills; they should head for eastern North Carolina. […]