RE: nc vs. ga public land
I hunt bears here in north carolina.. The mountains or the coast are great for black bears.. Look at a boone and crockett map of black bears in the nation.. Coastal Carolina has some of the biggest bears in the eastern u.s... Croatan National Forest and a few other places I know is where I hunt them.. alot of the mountain folks drive all the way here for hunting bear... I see alot of bears while deer and turkey hunting..
So my vote is for carolina...