Really depends on what you're looking to do. I hunted that tag a few years back and focused on Washington and Frederick counties just trying to avoid folks. When I talked to the biologist he encouraged me to focus on hickories for the most part, with poke a close second. I hunted the whole season and didn't see a bear, but I found a ton of sign, scat, etc. Had seen a sow and a cub from the road on private when I was scouting the week prior. They're there, it's just a really tough hunt. From what I understand, folks in Garrett are especially successful using drives in mountain laurel thickets, although technically everyone involved in the drive needs to be either a permittee or sub-permittee. Being solo, that was never in the cards for me.
