This is my last story about bears.I was deer hunting,and after a week or so of rifle season,deer seem to bunch up.My guess is that because of hunting pressure,thay just head to a place where no one goes..Any how.It had snowed that night,a couple of inches.I was deer hunting,hadnt seen anything by 10,so I decided to still hunt, see if I could cut some tracks and see where the deer where hiding.I was still hunting across the wind,when I cut the track of a big bear.I could tell it was fresh,snow was melting and the bear was kinda slinging water n slush.I tracked him into some thick stuff,I couldn't get through,so I back tracked.I hadn't gone far and over to my left,,there came the bear.He must have sensed or heard me and he circled down wind to have a look see heck I don't know,but there he was,,lol,, I took him with a single shot from my 280.One thing I have noticed about black bears,especially older ones is that they know or sense that you are there.Seems if you stare at them,,they look right at you,but that's just my thoughts,,no way makes it true.I doubt I ever shoot another bear.I think they are a great trophy and a special animal.