If you have a group of guys to hunt with, you'll do well. And a non-res tag is like $128 and thousands of acres of public land. Guys I know who drive with a bunch of guys get 5 or 6 a year. If you're on your own, you might go years between bears.

Funny thing - when I shot my bear, it was the first time I actually took time off and actually hunted bear. The next year, I saw another bear in the exact same spot. My wife was on the gun but couldn't find it in the scope. Stuff happens. Two years before that, my neighbor got a bear in the same spot. Then I hunted 5 or 6 years in that spot and saw nothing. Oh well.

My buddy shot one with a bow last year. Anything can happen. There are a lot of bears. You just have to find them without bait or dogs. Anf they like the thick stuff.