Oregon, hands down has the most bears in the U.S. Hunt the clear cuts on the the southern Oregon coast. If you have good optics you will find bears. I took 2 last year. One was 300 lbs. Here is the pic;

http://image52.webshots.com/452/4/47...2IfaFic_ph.jpg

And the first bear(this one looks like a griz!);

http://image53.webshots.com/453/5/49...2lSoESB_ph.jpg