Looks like mange to me. I've seen dogs w/ mange and it's like that, but never seen so big a spot affected.

I think he just has a great sense of humor!!! All his friends were in the bushes laughing at you as you were taking the pictures. Do you feel em-bear-assed?

I hope their not getting smart on us and pulling all their hair out so we will pass them up......

hey dan you know enough about bears any clue?? I have never seen anything like this b4..(except for the shooting lamp on the great outdoors) ha,ha.may be some sort of disease the bear has.

i saw something like that a few years ago on espn outdoors. the bears in the ocala national forest in fl looked similar. i belive that it was mange