Posted: 9/9/2016 10:38:50 AM EDT
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I have just won the Maryland Bear Lottery after entering it for the past 4 years. I am a new hunter and know a little about hunting deer (went out for the first time last year) and even less about black bear. The season is in late October, and I am trying to do as much research as possible to increase my odds of having a successful hunt. I will be hunting public lands. According to MD DNR, last year hunters with bear permits had an 8.6% success rate. MD allows the permit holder to bring up to two additional hunters with them(sub-permittees), however we can only take one bear total (if we get so lucky). I will be using a Tikka T3 CTR chambered in .308 with a Vortex Viper PST 4-16x scope. I did purchase a tree stand for the deer season this year (Treewalker ProMag). I assume that this will be useful for bear as well. I'm spending my time reading up on black bear habitat and what they do during the day.
Any tips/links/advise that you guys could provide me would be awesome. There is no baiting or catch dogs permitted in MD. |
