Better to carry a camera and a few apples. Unless you corner a black bear or get between a sow and her cubs, the bear will be harmless. I've had many bears in my yard in Vermont. They would come around April and stay till mid September. Always looking for sunflower seeds from my bird feeders. One year it was a mom and three cubs that came around every evening for six months. It was fun to watch them climb the trees and chase each other around, sometimes for an hour and a half. Sometimes I would sneak around the corner of the cabin and roll a few apples at them.
Bears can't see all that well, but can certainly smell exceptionally well.
BTW ... I always had a bear tag with my hunting license, but never shot one.
AND they do taste pretty darn good......in stews or chilli. I'm just too lazy to skin and butcher one for food. I'd rather watch them.
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