I live in ny and this is my second season huinting. Hunting (gun) season for me starts this saturday. The guy I hunt with owns a few achers of corn fields and he just called me to tell me that he was around my tree stand and saw a huge black bear. He told me alot of people have been seeing him around my stand throughout the year.Honeslty, this made me nervous. Bear season starts the same day as deer season but I don't think my 7mm- 08 would be able to take a big black bear. Anyway, I was reserching about black bear encounters and what to do if you see one, but I can't seem to find someone giving a hunters aspect on it. I mean, it says make your presents known so the bear knows your coming but its deer season! I certainly don't want to scare all the deer away on opening day. So what should I do? I usually like to get in my stand when its still dark. Maybe cause of the bear I should wait until I am able to see then go in the woods? Any advice would be great.