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hereinaz

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Hello all, I registered rather than just lurk in the background. Thanks for the information you all have shared. I hope any of you affected by the storm get your lives back in order soon.

I am heading to East TN to visit my two sisters who moved there in the last few years. They live near Johnson City and the area around them got hit with lots of water, but sounds like it wasn't as bad as other areas. My sisters are looking forward to maybe some venison, and even will take bear meat. I've been learning as much as I can on forums, YT, etc. about whitetail hunting in your mountains. I'm in it for the adventure, and figure a few long walks in the mountains will check that box.

I will be there for the two weeks before Thanksgiving, hitting the bow and rifle deer seasons. I've learned stuff I didn't know about tree saddles, thermal hubs, and more... I'm excited to go and have an adventure on some TN public lands. I hope to share some success photos with you later.

If any of you want to come to AZ to hunt, I'd love to trade information, help you put in, and even help with your hunt.
 
Good luck. Make sure you're not in one of the bear reserves when you run into your bear. I saw you posted about deer density in another post. I live in Greene where deer populations are hit and miss. You may find yourself covered up one day and not a see another deer all year in some areas. On the small farm I hunt I see almost as many bears as deer. And neither are plentiful most seasons. In the mountains it's much worse than that. You will have to hunt a good rut funnel and be there every day until the buck using it comes back through. That could be a good long boring week. But you will see bears. Just may not be huntable bears.
 
If you've never hiked or hunted the Appalachians, you're in for a treat. Oldest mountains on the planet with an interesting geological history that makes for some random, unexpected landscape features.
 

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