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Title: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: hesseltine32 on Sep 27, 2021, 05:54:31 PM: Been 16 years since Iv been to maine hunting and had one hell of a time this week hound hunting. Ended up shooting my bear the first two hours of the hunt on a road crossing a 171 lb boar. Was able to spend the rest of the week tagging along with the group chasing bears and had more fun on those chases.

Have spent a lot of time coon and rabbit hunting but running bears hit a whole new level. Hoping I will be able to again next fall.

My bear from Monday.

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Joel’s bear from Tuesday a 437 lb tank

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Josh’s bear from Friday 212 lbs

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Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: aquaassassin on Sep 27, 2021, 07:18:46 PM: That’s awesome! 437 is a hammer! I love living here
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: CAPTJJ on Sep 27, 2021, 08:44:32 PM: Sounds like a fun and different kind of hunt Cody. A friend of mine had a pair of hounds he had spent a lot of money on and NY outlawed bear hunting with dogs, that was almost 30 years ago.
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: aquaassassin on Sep 28, 2021, 04:57:09 AM: Fortunately we can still run hounds here and also trap them. We can take 2 a year one by hunting one by trapping
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 28, 2021, 05:05:36 AM: Way to go Cody. Sounds like fun…
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: lv2hunt on Sep 28, 2021, 08:39:12 AM: great looking bear sounds like alot of want to try it sometime. congrats!!
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 28, 2021, 05:52:43 PM: Awesome Job you guy's :) How far up you Cody
Up near the camp
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: hesseltine32 on Sep 28, 2021, 07:39:59 PM: Quote from: CAPTJJ on Sep 27, 2021, 08:44:32 PM
Sounds like a fun and different kind of hunt Cody. A friend of mine had a pair of hounds he had spent a lot of money on and NY outlawed bear hunting with dogs, that was almost 30 years ago.

It’s a shame they did I doubt it will ever come back.
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: hesseltine32 on Sep 28, 2021, 07:42:32 PM: Quote from: Green Mountian Hunter on Sep 28, 2021, 05:52:43 PM
Awesome Job you guy's :) How far up you Cody
Up near the camp

Yeah hunted just east of it 15 miles or so. Went and did some fishing in big brook one afternoon did well
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: hesseltine32 on Sep 28, 2021, 07:43:46 PM: Thanks everybody !

Lv2hunt I wouldn’t put it off I wish I had done it sooner.
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: hesseltine32 on Sep 28, 2021, 07:44:34 PM: Quote from: aquaassassin on Sep 28, 2021, 04:57:09 AM
Fortunately we can still run hounds here and also trap them. We can take 2 a year one by hunting one by trapping

Must be a rush going in on one in a trap. They trapped a 414 the week before we got there
Title: Re: Fun Times in the North Maine Woods
Post by: aquaassassin on Sep 28, 2021, 08:14:24 PM: Quote from: hesseltine32 on Sep 28, 2021, 07:44:34 PM
Must be a rush going in on one in a trap. They trapped a 414 the week before we got there

Wow! Great bear. Lot of rules to do it but pretty simple. And the nice thing is unlike a hunt it’s working 24 hours