I looked it up and it looks like you are several counties due north of Wilmington. That is my frame of reference because i drove across southern North Carolina years back on my way to a conference in Wilmington. Like that area and love Low Country cooking. I own 29 acres of woods in southeastern Illinois (jumped a ten point buck on it a few weeks ago) and have access to another couple hundred acres there. I would love to do a bear hunt, but doubt that i could pull it off this year. Maybe we can talk about setting something up for next year, or at least have fun talking about it