“Success forged out of difficulty produced in me an appreciation for hunting that neither blood nor money can buy.”
By the turn of the 20th century, the rock cavities and dug-out-root-ball dens of black bears were void of their once numerous occupants. The subtle feeding chuckle of the infantile, hairless cubs would no longer reverberate from these secret places in the mountains of eastern Oklahoma. It was the first time they hadn’t been heard since the end of the last ice age. The black bears, once kings of this unique geographic region, were gone. What had changed? Whatever caused it must have rushed in like a flash flood. Within a few short generations, stories of black bears were only re-told tales heard by the young ears of those that were now old. The icon of American wilderness had disappeared.
This story is from the September/October 2016 edition of Bear Hunting Magazine.
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