NE Ohio Bear

[ibppmd]

Didn't expect to see this on my trail cam

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[00buck]

Well they say they have sightings every year

[rjonath]

What area of NE ohio are you in?

[mrbb]

well right across teh border in PA< we have a LOT of bears in PA< so, only a matter of time I figured till they make there way to ohio!
a bear can smel food from like 13 miles away
they can swim like a fish, and the average bear has a 20+ mile home range
so??
no suprise to me to see them in Ohio

I would, if it was me
Contact your local game warden, and have a chat, they might be very interested in learning more about where your at/the bears are at
as they really might want to trap it and collar it, or tag it to keep tabs on where its at and going
might a cool deal for you, as you might be able to tag along as they tag it
I've helped tag a bunch over the yrs, and found it all pretty cool work
I have a ton of experience with bears, have them in my yard a few times a week, almost daily now with the apples dropping!
if you put out bait like corn, odds are the deer will not get much of it, if a bear is there, he or she will lay there and eat till it cannot fit anymroe, and then go a short distance and sleep and come back till its gone
and they can eat 30 lbs in a sitting!
mght want to stop any baiting till it moves on or??

but cool pic's thanks for sharing!

[Weasel]

I'm a little east of you and I've been seeing tracks in my driveway regularly this year. Pretty cool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/halbleib/Double%20A%20Farm/2014/e56cb756-9948-4e52-83a9-893d01af1e37.jpg

[Big_Holla]

Sweet!! Great to see there are a few around.

[ibppmd]

Already sent pics and location to the ODNR. They estimated the Ohio bear population to be 80-100 bears in 2013. Hunting a new location this year...camera up for one week with no bait. Thx, KB

[ibppmd]

Hunting in Ashtabula county this year