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Post by johnnybandit on Jun 28, 2024 16:53:58 GMT -5
Some if not most have been posted here before....
These are randomly some of my favorites.
This is my all time favorite.... This is the first truly giant bear I saw up close and personal..... I had been close to and around hundreds of bears in several states... But I kept hearing about the giant black bears in Alligator River NWR.... Alligator River NWR, Pocasin Lakes NWR , Dare County NC and the immediate surrounding
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This was a BIG old bear...... When I saw him he was about 75 yards out on a wet prairie. I later figured out he was feeding on crawfish.
I wanted to get closer to him.... But there was a flood control canal... Between Me and the wet Prairie.... I sat down on the bank of the canal and just watched him....As he fed he worked closer to me... Eventually he got quite close... Maybe 25 yards at times.... I was with him for about 45 minutes.
He was a known bear in that area... After that first time I saw him, I saw him a few more times over several trips to the area.... I and
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Post by johnnybandit on Jun 28, 2024 17:28:39 GMT -5
This bear rules his territory now....He is a cool bear as well.. Attachments:
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Post by ferris1248 on Jun 28, 2024 17:37:13 GMT -5
Those are some big bears. Must be the genepool.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Jun 28, 2024 19:12:22 GMT -5
Beautiful animals.
Big and healthy.
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Post by johnnybandit on Jun 28, 2024 19:48:01 GMT -5
Those are some big bears. Must be the genepool. It is not genetics.... It is FOOD.... A huge over abundance of food.....Those coastal Lowlands are full of food... Sweet gum swamps. Full of all sorts of food... Wet Prairies full of high calorie sweet grasses....And there are so many crawfish on the wet prairies (there are a crazy amount of Barred owls out there that also focus on those crawfish..)
And Agriculture is out there.... Both on Federal Land and Private Land..... Almost all feed corn and soybeans.... And those that farm on federal land have to leave blocks of crops standing for the wildlife...... And most of those that farm on state and private land do the same.... Those giant bears are a source of pride in the area....
Up there a bear is not considered big unless they are over 500 pounds.... And 600 to 700 pound bears are common and 800 pound bears exist...
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Post by johnnybandit on Jun 28, 2024 19:49:01 GMT -5
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