Saw a cub..

[Zag]

Took a country drive today down around Honeoye, driving down a road and a baby bear stood next to the road!! Pretty cool, only the 2nd one I've seen.

[Doc]

Did you get out of your car and pet him ...... lol. We do have a growing population in the area, but still it's not always that easy to actually see one here. My closest encounter was one night when a bear decided to bend down the iron pole on our bird feeder and drag our garbage can about 50 yards up into the woods leaving a trail of garbage along the way.

 

He did make a permanent change in the way we do things now. The garbage is kept in the shed and the feeder is now an overhead "tram" arrangement that is about 12' off the ground.

[Zag]

We just hung food out the window till he climbed on the hood an scratched it all up!!lol naw just stopped for a second and kept going. Pretty dam cool!!

[Doc]

I'm not sure how I feel about the increase in bear populations locally. It's kind of neat to have another species resident to the area, and it does make the woods seem just a little bit more natural and complete. But I have to admit that it has changed the way my mind works on that dark walk to my stand early in the morning armed only with my puny bow and arrow .... lol. Oh yes, that amazing imagination can go into over-drive in the pitch black trip through the woods. Any of that based on any form of reality? .... Not a bit. Does that make a difference? ..... Not a bit.... ha-ha-ha. 

[ny hunter]

Agree with you DOC.sometimes its amazing what a little bit of noise can do to you.And we can't carry a side arm.