r/bears

Black bear in north GA. I’m guessing young. He had no fear of us. Is that sometimes normal for younger bears?

Bears in the UK went extinct about 1,000-1,500 years ago. Would it be possible to reintroduce them to this area? And what impact would they have after reintroduction?

Edit: I now see this would be a bad idea…

1: Black bear

2: Brown bear and random subspecies

3: Polar bear

4: Asiatic/Moon bear

5: Sloth bear

6: Sun bear

7: Andean bear

8: Panda

The bears were cute today. I also went to Dollywood last night and saw the bear topiaries (I was going to post a picture but the sub rules say real bears only) and on the way home I saw a bear cub get close to the road but turned back thankfully.

Thankfully we don’t have anything the bears can get into. We keep that all locked away. But they still visit every few days

I was hunting logging roads for black bears in Montana and got caught in the open by a sow grizz and her cub at about 40 yards. I was coming around a blind corner as she walked into the middle of the road so I chose to freeze and only sneak back when she looked away, I did not intentionally get this close to a grizzly with cubs

I’m in eastern Massachusetts

We live on a long-established bear path and see this guy a handful of times each year. We keep a clean camp, use bear straps on a 96-gallon trash can, and he’s never successfully gotten into it…but he usually stops by every April right after hibernation to try.

He recently flipped a full can using just his claws, which sent me and my husband into a debate about how much he actually weighs.

Curious what this sub thinks based on the video.