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4 ALL AROUND WISE, Decatur, Texas, Thursday, July 23, 2009WISE OUTDOORSContinued from page 3tainly not what appeared tobe an almost grown blackbear!” Bean said.Timmy Romine, who managesthe hunting on theCircle T Bowhunting Ranchnear Commerce, has a huntinglease in northern RedRiver County. Year beforelast, he was checking histrail camera, also set besidehis corn feeder, and the headof a big black bear was capturedon film.“I showed the picture toeveryone I knew, and a fewweeks later another huntercaptured the image ofa standing bear beside hisfeeder. We did not see thebear, or signs of him, lasthunting season but it’s agood bet where there is onebear, there should be more,”said Romine.Texas Parks and Wildlifebiologist Regan White saidDNA samples from one ofthe bears identifies it as beinga sub-adult male standingabout 30 inches high atthe shoulders, bding 5 feet,4 inches tall and weighingmore than 200 pounds.“I am busy attempting toget a hair sample aroundBean’s corn feeder,” Whitesaid. “With a DNA sampletaken from the hair, we candetermine if the bear is ofthe Louisiana sub species ofblack bear, obviously fromLouisiana, or an AmericanBlack Bear that has moveddown from Arkansas or possiblysoutheast Oklahoma.”Several years ago, theLouisiana subspecies ofblack bear was stocked in anarea in central Louisiana, inhopes of establishing a sustainingpopulation. Femalebears with small cubs werereleased because the biologistshoped that since the babieswere too small to travel,the mothers would remain inLAW OFFICES OFSTEVEN M. WILLIAMS• Criminal Law• Family Law• Personal Injury & Accidents• Civil Litigation• Auto/Truck Accidents• On the Job Injuriesthe area. This stocking wentwell, and a thriving populationof bears was establishedin that section of the state.According to White, maleblack bears appear to be roversthat have the habit ofleaving the area where theywere raised and seeking out ahome area of their own, usuallyjust before breeding age.This appears to be the casewith the isolated bear sightingin Red River County.Chances appear to be prettygood that, because of therelatively close proximity toArkansas where there is awell established black bearpopulation, the bears caughton camera in Red RiverCounty probably crossed theRed River and found coverand food to their liking inthe woodlands of northeastTexas.If all goes well and thebears manage to once againreclaim their previouslyoccupied areas in easternTexas, we will one day havea huntable number. 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But, atpresent, there is no restockingof bears in Texas and inthe foreseeable future, noplans to begin a restockingprogram. Hopefully, more ofthese male bears will take aliking to the Lone Star State,and just maybe a few of theirgirlfriends will tag along onthe voyage across the mightyRed River. One thing is forsure, we’ll have our trailcameras running to capturetheir arrival on film.Outdoor tipof the weekCrappie have moved out ofthe shallows into deep water,and savvy fishermen are usingsubmerged brush piles toconcentrate them. Willowsmake excellent crappie attractors,but only when anchoredfirmly with weightssuch as concrete blocks.Plastic gallon jugs tied securelyto the tops of the willowsensure they remain in avertical position, once placedin the water. Make sure andcheck the local regulationson the body of water you fishabout creating these “crappieattractors.” I’ve recentlyset a couple of these crappiemagnets on some private watersI fish, which is relativelybarren of structure. 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