I’ve never hunted blacktail but if someone wanted to go to Kodiak island and chase them they wouldn’t have to twist my arm.
Like these bears? I'm in NorCal and going for blacktail this year. Gotta get around these bears 1st though.
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They claim a grizzly carrying off your deer looks about like a lab retrieving a goose. Hard to imagine sharing the woods with something with that much power and carnage. Oh and if you shoot one in self defense you’d need to be wearing teeth marks to not be hassled. The bear could be close enough to get powder burns and it still not be ruled as a justified shooting.
That's what the GoPro is for, evidence. I hear ya though. I'll still get a bear tag just in case there are more than momma and this cub.
Get the tag. Heck I used to see more Bear than deer. And usually a mt lion at least every other weekend.
I used to hunt muleys more than black tail.
You up in the B zones? Back in the day it used to be dangerous to hunt up in Humboldt county.
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A few years back a was hiking in Santa Cruz, Mt. I got ahead on my friends and was alone. I swear there was a Mt Loin hissing and purring at me. I felt really vulnerable as I could not see it. That's happened to me twice. The other time near Lake Stumpy. Also got out ahead of my buddies. The lions are there and rarely seen.
Dangerous to to pot farms or wildlife?