It is always exciting to see a bear . A few years ago 3 of us were up in Clinton County at camp and I got up early one morning to go out to the outhouse and opened the door and saw a black bear eating out corn on the cob.. It was in Sept and I had just got home from bear hunting in Maine and went up to camp for a work detail. One of the members was a livestock auctioneer and said that bear was probably about 450 lbs. After a bit he wandered off over the creek and I took a tape and measured , he was 21 ft from the door.....