I usually see a bear every archery season, this past season was the first one in more years than I can remember that I haven't see one. If you read my journals, the year previous I called on to the base of my tree and took pictures of it while I was filming for a friend. He was in awe of it.

Guys who have shot in my back yard can see my archery target that is tore up/eat'n by a bear I estimated to be around 600 lbs. I woke up to hear him munching on my 3D deer not 15 yards from my bedroom window. I walked down on the porch to watch him in the full moon and he walked by me on the porch a mere 10 feet without seeing me. I figured he was headed for the garbage so I spoke up, what I didn't know was there was already a bear in my garbage, they both bolted.

Big male with his sow.