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by mrburneisen
Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:34 pm
Forum: Bear Hunting
Topic: Pack size for bear hunting
Replies: 25
Views: 24583

Re: Pack size for bear hunting

The mountain hasn't taken me yet! yes I'm still runnin' my possum dogs. Thanks for keeping this forum running. I use it as a reference, there is a ton of good info on here!
by mrburneisen
Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:41 pm
Forum: Big Game Hunting With Dogs
Topic: The worst hunting jam you've been in
Replies: 23
Views: 12778

Re: The worst hunting jam you've been in

I hunted my Plott Dolly and Walker Lola on foot in the Pisgah National Forest for bear again this year. They had been logging off and on in the area I planned to hunt that day, so I kept an ear to the CB radio on the drive there, and didn’t see any trucks working so I started on my hike around 6am. ...
by mrburneisen
Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:29 pm
Forum: Bear Hunting
Topic: Pack size for bear hunting
Replies: 25
Views: 24583

Re: Pack size for bear hunting

still alive, still running my possum dogs. spent some time talking to old timers around here this fall and learned quite a bit. they'll talk for days and all you have to do is listen & be respectful.
by mrburneisen
Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:43 pm
Forum: Legislative Issues
Topic: NC adds right to hunt to constitution
Replies: 2
Views: 7938

NC adds right to hunt to constitution

Congratulations to NC for adding the right to hunt and fish to the state constitution. Bonus points for including traditional methods in the wording. Doesn't get any more traditional than hunting bears with dogs in the same mountains roamed by Daniel Boone. "Sec. 38. Right to hunt, fish, and ha...
by mrburneisen
Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:42 pm
Forum: Bear Hunting
Topic: Pack size for bear hunting
Replies: 25
Views: 24583

Re: Pack size for bear hunting

Update: I'm still hunting those same dogs and putting them on tracks. There seem to be more bear moving this fall in the areas I'm hunting and we are having a real good time with it. I'm still trying to get that first one treed on our own. I realized I'm the problem and that freecasting them was not...
by mrburneisen
Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:05 pm
Forum: Big Game Hunting With Dogs
Topic: American Foxhound confusion
Replies: 12
Views: 6462

leashed dog

Jon Bailey, From reading what you are interested in, and what you have experience with I would get a Labrador Retriever and train him for deer tracking. He will be a fantastic family pet, live to please you, and on the occasion you need him to track a wounded deer, he will take the track and not rip...
by mrburneisen
Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:01 pm
Forum: Bear Hunting
Topic: Bear Food Plot
Replies: 9
Views: 8048

Re: Bear Food Plot

I second the opinion about various nut trees and planning to have what you plant bear fruit from sept-nov. you need to attract them, and keep them coming back. I would recommend getting in touch with your local Cooperative Extension office to recommend specific varieties of trees/plants that will do...
by mrburneisen
Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:19 pm
Forum: Legislative Issues
Topic: What's happening in Ca. without hounds
Replies: 42
Views: 36399

Re: What's happening in Ca. without hounds

Does anyone have depredidation data for 2014-2017? I'd like to see how this is trending.

depredeidation kills jumped from 64 to 143 in 2013 to 2014.
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx ... 007&inline
by mrburneisen
Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:53 am
Forum: Bear Hunting
Topic: NC Training Season
Replies: 3
Views: 4918

Re: NC Training Season

Thank you, I hadn't thought about the mountain bike, that would help get all of us in shape. I'll probably give this a try without the leash. I can see an exciting downhill ride in my future if I keep my female walker on the leash while I'm on the bike. I have put them on the ground behind the subar...
by mrburneisen
Thu Aug 02, 2018 1:20 pm
Forum: Trapping
Topic: Trapping on Public Land
Replies: 21
Views: 62365

Re: Trapping on Public Land

Hunters & Trappers need to be all on the same team, and manage our conflicts internally. In Western NC we have Aug.15- the end of March to run dogs on public land, during that time period all other hunting/trapping seasons take place a well. There are a couple weeks of deer rifle season where we...
by mrburneisen
Thu Aug 02, 2018 10:43 am
Forum: Bear Hunting
Topic: NC Training Season
Replies: 3
Views: 4918

NC Training Season

With NC's training season just around the corner, I'm getting 2 fat dogs ready for the season. I can't turn dogs loose on public land until Aug. 15th. Does anyone have any tips to get dogs back in shape?
by mrburneisen
Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:17 pm
Forum: Coyote Hunting
Topic: New guy "blues"
Replies: 8
Views: 9489

Re: New guy "blues"

I have a dog that will free cast and find a coyote, she weighs about 50 lbs, so you can have her delivered to your front door for $986,612.17. All joking aside, my Grace is a treeing walker coonhound out of coon dogs from the great State of North Carolina. Maybe the solution to your problem is raisi...
by mrburneisen
Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:20 pm
Forum: Bear Hunting
Topic: Pack size for bear hunting
Replies: 25
Views: 24583

Re: Pack size for bear hunting

You're right there are a lot of bear in my area. I figured if even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in awhile, why can't an old deer hunter dumb across a bear track every now and again assuming I do my part and put enough miles on my boots. It's nice to see another 828 area code on here, I wi...
by mrburneisen
Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:24 pm
Forum: Bear Hunting
Topic: Pack size for bear hunting
Replies: 25
Views: 24583

Re: Pack size for bear hunting

Thank you, I appreciate the advice. I hunted deer and squirrel for a long time, and when I started getting into this I realized pretty quick I have a lot to learn when it comes to hounds. I took my boys to a youth outdoor festival and met an old man whose family likes to bear hunt. I sat and listene...
by mrburneisen
Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:08 pm
Forum: Bear Hunting
Topic: Pack size for bear hunting
Replies: 25
Views: 24583

Re: Pack size for bear hunting

If you hunt long and hard enough you’ll see a lot of things most “civilized” people only read about in books. I have stopped counting the box turtles, copper heads and other snakes. We have seen red tail hawks, Bald Eagles, several species of wood peckers, and owls in the daytime. When fishing we ha...

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