I had what I consider one of the best days afield today without actually harvesting an animal. Snuck into the woods at the crack of dawn up to where I had a gobbler going yesterday. Set up my decoy on an old road with fresh green grass growing on it.
As it got lighter I made a few series of soft yelps. I heard a bird landing off the roost nearby (they aren't very graceful at landing). Within a couple minutes a young jake was ogling my decoy at 20 yds. I just let him walk.
After a little more calling with no action I decided to walk around to the 'sunny' side of the mountain calling about every 100 yds or so. As I rounded a bend in the trail I was on, about 30 - 40 yds up the side of the mtn. was a nice size black bear. Sitting motionless just watching me. We stared at each other for about 5 mins then she got up and walked about 15 ft and got up on here hind legs. She then put her front paws on a tree and stared at me. When she slapped the tree with her front paw, I figured it was time for me to leave. (I'm assuming it was a sow and she had cubs nearby which is why she wouldn't leave). I continued on my way with the shotgun at the ready in case I needed to put one "across her bow" should she decide to come down at me, as I did not know if she had cubs or where they were. It was hard to find her in the phone camera but I did manage to get one decent pic.