Has anyone seen a black bear in ohio?

[DearSlayer357]

If so where and when?

[shpines]

In the late 90's I saw one in downtown Zanesville(Muskingum County) while I was returning from a squad run. They caught the bear and released it in PA. A couple of years ago a man killed one in southeast ohio, I was thinking that it was southern Perry or Morgan county. A cub was found dead, hit by a car on ST RT 93 in the late 80's or early 90's near the musk/perry county line.

[bowhuntinoh]

there are a few bears in southern ohio just not many

[johnch]

I saw 1 last fall bow hunting in the Zaliski state forest about 1 mile N off king hollow rd