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Post by terrifictom on Aug 7, 2020 12:57:35 GMT -6
I have tons of bears on my land in WI and I can only get drawn every 8 years or so now. I last hunted in 2013 and I should get drawn next year. Hopefully that changes with the new zones that will be implemented next year. If you are in the New Zone D, expect to get drawn much faster until the bear population and bear complaints go down.
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Post by benmnwi on Aug 7, 2020 13:14:49 GMT -6
I have tons of bears on my land in WI and I can only get drawn every 8 years or so now. I last hunted in 2013 and I should get drawn next year. Hopefully that changes with the new zones that will be implemented next year. If you are in the New Zone D, expect to get drawn much faster until the bear population and bear complaints go down. I was in the old zone A and now I'm in the new Zone D. Hopefully the bear population and complaints drop in my area with the new season structure. I'd like to see them flood our area with bear tags.
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Post by terrifictom on Aug 7, 2020 13:24:30 GMT -6
If you are in the New Zone D, expect to get drawn much faster until the bear population and bear complaints go down. I was in the old zone A and now I'm in the new Zone D. Hopefully the bear population and complaints drop in my area with the new season structure. I'd like to see them flood our area with bear tags. The plan is to flood Zone D like they have been doing in Zone C. The problem is when they do that the success rate goes way down as does the quality of the hunt.
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Post by benmnwi on Aug 7, 2020 14:16:27 GMT -6
We are in a really crappy spot because in our area there is so much ag bear damage that the DNR comes in and traps dozens of bears near my land prior to the start of the bear season. So it takes forever to draw a tag, but when you get one half the bears are trapped and removed before the standard bear season even starts. That's what really irritates me - the DNR pays trappers to come in and remove problem bears that hunters would pay to hunt. And they continue to do the same thing every year and expect different results. It would be nice if they could flood a specific area with tags. The DNR bear biologist told me that has been discussed, but they decided to move my area into zone D to see if that will help the problem.
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Post by badbrad on Aug 7, 2020 14:30:32 GMT -6
I was in the old zone A and now I'm in the new Zone D. Hopefully the bear population and complaints drop in my area with the new season structure. I'd like to see them flood our area with bear tags. The plan is to flood Zone D like they have been doing in Zone C. The problem is when they do that the success rate goes way down as does the quality of the hunt. Agreed. When they flood the area with tags the hunting gets much worse.
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Post by terrifictom on Aug 7, 2020 15:01:45 GMT -6
We are in a really crappy spot because in our area there is so much ag bear damage that the DNR comes in and traps dozens of bears near my land prior to the start of the bear season. So it takes forever to draw a tag, but when you get one half the bears are trapped and removed before the standard bear season even starts. That's what really irritates me - the DNR pays trappers to come in and remove problem bears that hunters would pay to hunt. And they continue to do the same thing every year and expect different results. It would be nice if they could flood a specific area with tags. The DNR bear biologist told me that has been discussed, but they decided to move my area into zone D to see if that will help the problem. One of the Natural Resource Board Member lives and farms up there and is always complaining about bear damage and is very instrumental in getting those bears trapped. When they trap bears they can not move them out of the county they were trapped in. So they are only moving them so some one else has a problem. About 4 or 5 years ago I was baiting for the guide service I work for and 3 of my baits were getting hammered every day and they went dead cold. Found out that the DNR trapped 12 bear out of the area. They moved them to other side of county. I am sure that it benefited the baits that were in the area that they released them.
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Post by honker on Aug 22, 2020 13:31:31 GMT -6
How do you all manage the Bear hunting on your property in a way that doesn’t mess up your Deer chances? Do you set up bait piles in areas you don’t plan on hunting Deer or have low travel zones?
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Post by terrifictom on Aug 22, 2020 16:38:35 GMT -6
How do you all manage the Bear hunting on your property in a way that doesn’t mess up your Deer chances? Do you set up bait piles in areas you don’t plan on hunting Deer or have low travel zones? Deer that are in bear country get use to living with bear. I have saw hundreds of pics of deer visiting bear baits once the bear opens the bait up.
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Post by batman on Aug 22, 2020 17:19:52 GMT -6
We are in a really crappy spot because in our area there is so much ag bear damage that the DNR comes in and traps dozens of bears near my land prior to the start of the bear season. So it takes forever to draw a tag, but when you get one half the bears are trapped and removed before the standard bear season even starts. That's what really irritates me - the DNR pays trappers to come in and remove problem bears that hunters would pay to hunt. And they continue to do the same thing every year and expect different results. It would be nice if they could flood a specific area with tags. The DNR bear biologist told me that has been discussed, but they decided to move my area into zone D to see if that will help the problem. So a hunter paying $35 to compensate for hundreds or thousands of ag loss is a real solution?
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Post by chummer16 on Aug 22, 2020 17:51:03 GMT -6
In NY I get a bear tag every year, it comes with your deer tag. We can not bait though so not many are shot. I would love to shoot one but once deer season starts they disappear
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Post by DoubleLiver on Aug 23, 2020 8:37:34 GMT -6
We are in a really crappy spot because in our area there is so much ag bear damage that the DNR comes in and traps dozens of bears near my land prior to the start of the bear season. So it takes forever to draw a tag, but when you get one half the bears are trapped and removed before the standard bear season even starts. That's what really irritates me - the DNR pays trappers to come in and remove problem bears that hunters would pay to hunt. And they continue to do the same thing every year and expect different results. It would be nice if they could flood a specific area with tags. The DNR bear biologist told me that has been discussed, but they decided to move my area into zone D to see if that will help the problem. So a hunter paying $35 to compensate for hundreds or thousands of ag loss is a real solution? I would think 10 $35 bear tags resulting in one dead bear would be more effective than moving that bear 15 miles to the other side of the county so the bear can be back in two days.
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Post by terrifictom on Aug 23, 2020 9:00:43 GMT -6
In Wisconsin the DNR takes in over 1.1 million dollars with bear applications and license fees.
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Post by benmnwi on Aug 23, 2020 20:58:05 GMT -6
We are in a really crappy spot because in our area there is so much ag bear damage that the DNR comes in and traps dozens of bears near my land prior to the start of the bear season. So it takes forever to draw a tag, but when you get one half the bears are trapped and removed before the standard bear season even starts. That's what really irritates me - the DNR pays trappers to come in and remove problem bears that hunters would pay to hunt. And they continue to do the same thing every year and expect different results. It would be nice if they could flood a specific area with tags. The DNR bear biologist told me that has been discussed, but they decided to move my area into zone D to see if that will help the problem. So a hunter paying $35 to compensate for hundreds or thousands of ag loss is a real solution? With easy to get tags we could drop the bear numbers pretty quickly which would reduce future Ag damage. My buddy owns some land 5 miles away in zone C, where you can get a tag every other year (as opposed to every 8 years on my land). Bears are hard to find there because tags are easy to get. I would like the high bear numbers if I could hunt them more often, but it sucks watching them eat fawns, apple trees and corn fields when it takes 8 years to draw a license. I still don't have a fawn on camera up there this year.
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 24, 2020 1:57:22 GMT -6
I am in the new area, 451. This is in the quota zone, but no quota for this year if I understand it. My former renter has a tag and lives 3/4 mile away. He may place a bait on the nearby state management area.
Bear numbers are increasing, but hunters have found it hard to bait in such a heavy ag area.
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Post by nitro27 on Aug 24, 2020 12:10:01 GMT -6
Sitting down for brunch!
No quota zone, one of 5 coming into bait.
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