I drew a bear tag!!!

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  1. mathewsmq1

    mathewsmq1 Weekend Warrior

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    I drew a bear tag for 2017 in zone C in central Wisconsin! If anybody has any advice or trail cam pics please share them.
     
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    May get ahold an old friend Jim wanta has J. A. W. S kennels Rudolph Wis. he maybe some help for ya they tree bears with dogs


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    Congrats on your kill tag. We were ladysmith area in the early 90's and Jim helped get three of us bears that fall. Good luck tell him Atkinson sent ya from Illinois


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    Having both drawn recently and helped a friend who drew last year (both in Ladysmith area - zone A) I would advise you to pay for an outfitter if your not a local. We spent an entire summer baiting and watching a few bears travel in and out of our site. Problem is, as soon as we started hunting the bears would circle the bait wind us and decide they weren't that hungry. We only saw a couple bears on stand and that was before the dog hunting started.

    In the end we had spent enough on bait, fuel, and campground fees to where we saved very little doing it diy and ate a 7 yr draw tag.

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    Blarney22 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Thanks for sharing this advise, I am sitting on 7 preference points right now and have to start figuring out what I'm going to do.
     
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    Congrats and good luck. Remember to share pictures :tu:
     
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    I have a couple of super nice bears on trail cam. I need some help naming these two bears. both the bears look to be about 10yrs old and #500+.

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    Wow them are some nice bruisers. They look be some great prizes to go after. Ol Brutus and Big Ben

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