I've already been in this thread and I feel like I've found it for the first time right now. I missed so many great posts.
Had a bear encounter working in Tahoe last week and almost shit, I'm so scared of bears. They're cool though.
There's a bear thread!? I actually drive down to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina every once in a while because it's such a great place to see bears. Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is another spot in northeast NC that has A LOT of bears. This was pretty cool moment I captured last year: