Originally Posted by
Phil from Maine
They do? Sorry but everyone here would have a big problem with this statement. Bears first of all breed in the fall and have cubs in the den during the mid to later part of winter. The biologists move in on tagged sows to hybernating to get wieghts of all bears and tag the cubs. So that would put the cubs away from the mother during the breeding season before reaching the age of 2 years old. It is common here for bears to have 3 cubs however.
Pa has done extensive research on Black bears.Bears breed in the spring,not the fall.Cubs are usually born in January.Sows generally breed every other year.In Pa,three cubs are most common.Two cubs are as common as four cubs and one cub is as common as five.Cubs generally stay with the sow for two years but they can make it on their own if the sow is killed.