Flags I live in Suffolk, and we have some of the biggest black bears in North America around here in the swamp and in north-eastern NC.

Oddly enough, with all the hunting I do... I have never even seen one. Not just while hunting, but even just riding down the road. The place I hunt is kinda an island from the rest of the world, so unless a bear swims a lake or crosses the major highway, he won't be in there. And if he did either... there isn't much for him... no reason for one to be. But I know guys who have a hard time killing a deer for the amount of bears around their place.