We went in to clean up our farm a little, and take in the sights this past week. I bought a bush hog and cleaned up about 10 acres of pasture, and tried to kill as many autumn olive as possible.

We bought our farm in the mid 60's, and we've never seen a bear there. We've found droppings and tracks, but never a live animal.

That all changed last night. About 5pm, my dad called me out on the porch (excitedly) and there was a GIGANTIC bear in about 100yds off the porch. I've killed bears and seen many, and this was HANDS DOWN the biggest bear I've ever seen. It had to be in the 500 pound range...EASILY.

Kinda cool. It just strutted across the field and into the woods. I have a mount of a nice bear I killed in Canada, and the one we saw had footprints that were over 2" bigger than the one in my living room.