I dont know the game commission's policy on black bear, but i grew up in St. Marys myself. My experience with the black bear there are that they are very migrational animals. We would see them for a week or so then they would move on to a different site. I'm not sure if this would be the case for your bear or not. I do know what you mean about them ripping up the bird feeders and everything. Even once, I had a bear, much smaller than yours, rip up a delta deer target i used for archery practice.

Good luck with your situation.