Here is the the mark of a very large black bear.....that is well over 7 foot
I was sitting about 40 yards from this pond....about 18' up in a pine, with the wind in my face.
A sow and here cub came in around 7:45 for a drink. +/- 250 pounds. After they both got there drink...a long one,
I scared them off....
A third bear was a young boar....about 250 pounds as well, came in exactly on the same trails as the sow...
I let him drink his share as well and then told him to beat it.....
but he decided to show his dominance and started really low barking and snapping his jaws....
but he had enough when he could not find me...
the fourth bear was a little smaller....a boar also...
After the forth bear came in it was obvious I was in the wrong spot....
This pond is usually 10 times the size of what you see there.....but we are in a long drought...
and I would have bet my last nickle I was going to see deer here....
Last weekend I sat on a different pond and saw 8 does, 2 small bucks and a pretty good size bear....
On the way out, there was a lot of scat.....Later that same day....about 5 or 6 miles south of there,
sitting on another pond...yep you guessed it....
but this bear did not come in....it stayed in the woods making a racket..eventually caught my wind and left...
