Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1911 — North Carolina Bear Hunts. [ARTICLE]

North Carolina Bear Hunts.

Jones county fanners are making a regular campaign against the bears, which are giving hog raisers no end of trouble. A year ago some of the farmers bought a couple of bear dogs, from which they have raised a pack. Almost dally hunts have been conducted, and the nine hounds have never failed to get a bear. Recently there was a hunt on Mill creek, in which twoscore men participated, and these were delighted to see the skilful way in which lhe dogs handled the bear, the latter, true to his fighting style, his haunches and fighting, Henry Oliver finished the bear with a bullet. The? leading bear hunters are V. A. and W. H. Bender, who are the owners of the pack. In that section there are many small swamps, with a thick growth of bay and other trees, in which bears and deer take refuge. It Is a capital hunting ground for northern sportsmen in the winter.—Raleigh correspondence Forest and Stream.