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Nice pictures! Looks like some big woods there and nice bucks.
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Great pics Ernie! That's a real nice buck... I agree, I'd like to spend a whole day out there hiking around and taking pics. It'd be nice if the deer at my club would cooperate/behave as well... 
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Great pics Ernie. Those are some dandy bucks also.
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Great pics BowBo....livin down in Knoxville me and the family go to Cades Cove a lot...the best way to see the Cove is by Bicycle...Saturday mornings before 10 am are for Bikes only...you can get really close ridin a bike around but ya better be in pretty good shape for some of the hills
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Did you run across any Black Bears?
I would see at least one or two every trip but the last two times we went through Cade's Cove I have not seen any. I know for a while the bear population was a problem around public areas but it seems like the numbers (sightings) are way down. That always used to be one of the highlights of the trip.
We usually to go Cade's Cove annually in January but have not been in two years.
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From what I've heard since I've been there, is that you need to go late spring and early summer to find the bears out and about. Late December (when I was there), is too late... as they are getting ready to sleep the winter away.
On another forum, a guy posted pictures of 3 bears that he saw there this summer.
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We ran into some bears when I was there back in July of '99.
Another cool thing, that we never saw, but heard at night when we were camping, was wolves howling at night..
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I saw a few bears when I was there a couple of months ago. They weren't near as photo friendly as the deer were. Once you saw them, they took off.
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Cades Cove is truly a beautiful place. I could spend the rest of my days there.. My wife and I visit there often as we are only about an hour or so from The Cove. I have seen some truly phenomenal bucks there. Several yrs. ago we saw a double droptine buck that in my estimation would score around 180/190 and yes there are some BIG rubs and scrapes there. Back when horn rattling became the rage I took a set I borrowed from a friend down there and within about ten min. I had a real nice ten standing in front of me wondering where the intruder was and I did NOT have a camera! it was in the truck! I would like to hunt there just ONCE "but you know where" would have to freeze over first. You can get close to the deer for the most part but they are still wild. You can always tell when there's a bear out there will be a multitude of cars stopped rubberneckin at the critter. I reccomend that anyone that travels thru there take the tour, it will be well worth your time. Word had it that they may release some elk in there. That would be great.
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Great pics Ernie.
Are you allowed to shed hunt there? That would be a blast.
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