Season opened Saturday for much of West Virginia. The group we hunt with has treed a total of 10 so far . With 4 killed . 3 youngsters have got to kill their first bears. You couldn't have beat the smiles off them with a switch I don't believe.
The biggest we've killed so far was 245 live weight and so far 3 out of 4 have been males. Which is what we're trying to accomplish. Although the state biologists wants us to try and harvest legal females ( ones without cubs tagging along) .
So far we've only had 2 dogs that have got bitten . It's been kinda cool in the mornings on the mountain. The oak is very spotty same as the hickory and beech nut. And we've had better luck around mid morning . So far.
2 more days of hunting till December hopefully we can get the hounds another one or two to chew on and another youngster can get a huge smile .
The biggest we've killed so far was 245 live weight and so far 3 out of 4 have been males. Which is what we're trying to accomplish. Although the state biologists wants us to try and harvest legal females ( ones without cubs tagging along) .
So far we've only had 2 dogs that have got bitten . It's been kinda cool in the mornings on the mountain. The oak is very spotty same as the hickory and beech nut. And we've had better luck around mid morning . So far.
2 more days of hunting till December hopefully we can get the hounds another one or two to chew on and another youngster can get a huge smile .