Southern tier bear opens today .Will it be worth it or do you think that they are all sleeping for the winter already ?

hate to break the news but season opened last monday!!

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/guide/bear.html

not in my area I hunt in Catt and Allegany counties

hay try to be nice salty we all make masteaks

johnl,

My dad and I hunted Catt. county the first day of rifle this year. One of the hotel workers in Salamanca, told us that his neighbor had to shoot one that charged him on the first day of deer season. Shot it 5 times i guess, he said it weighed over 400. Game commission and state cops were there he said, so i'm guessing it went public.

seen 3 bears in the hanging bog at rushford lake. nice ones but season was not open yet!!!

buckdropper do you hunt hanging bog alot ? I hunted there once last year and I have to say even though I didn't see anything the area looked great
I need to get some more info maybe even do some scouting this summer