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Good to see that you have a healthy population of bears over your way Carpetsahib, their recovery rate is nothing short of amazing! What good game management can achieve is certainly worth crowing about.
As far as sizes go I know the Black is a smaller species than the Brown, but 800 lbs is not a small 'animal' , must have some good tucker over your way to feed them up to that point!
In the eastern part of the state, they have access to large peanut farms. Apparently peanut butter agrees with them. In the western part of the state, where agriculture is not so extensive, they must rely on the natural "mast", which consists of acorns, hickory nuts, etc. Here a bear of 500 lbs. or so is occasionally harvested. I hear that some of them have developed a taste for Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Unfortunately, some of our less ethical hunters illegally bait bears with stale baked goods, of which KK doughnuts play a prominent role.
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Re: Black Bear in North Carolina
