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    Default States where you have seen a bear

    States where you have seen a bear (check all that apply)-- and no a bear in a cage does not count.

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    Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire and Maine were on the AT
    California - PCT and JMT
    Wyoming - Yellowstone NP
    Montana - CDT - grizzly
    Alaska - 12 grizzlies

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    The Grizzlies in Alaska had to be "interesting".

    I'd sure like to experience that some day-- I think. OK, let me put that another way. I sure would like to have experienced that.

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    New jersy,New york,Califonia,virginia kentucky!

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    "and no a bear in a cage does not count"

    LOL! You should have included "Nowhere" as a choice. The bears gave me the cold shoulder my entire thruhike. If I believed nothing but my own eyes, I'd have to conclude that bears do not exist on the AT. Of course to do that I would have to ignore the dozens of bears everyone around me seemed to have encountered.....

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    I've not seen a bear yet. It's interesting that of the 20 people answering the survey that have seen a bear, so far, 10 saw a bear in Shenandoah. I will be hiking 80 miles of that park this spring - after I make my way from Mt. Rogers to Fish Hatchery road.

    I was a little disappointed that I did not see a bear in the Smokies when I did that.
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    dont be dissapointed I have heard many people say the same thing but do hope you all see some!its An eye opener kentucky

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    Seeing a bear is/was a great thrill, however afterwards every noise seemed to be magnified by about 1000 decibles. Really keeps you on your toes.

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    Massachusetts, Virginia, Tennessee, California, Colorado

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    I love seeing bear, gets me all charged up!

    VA (1 black)
    SNP (3 black)
    PA (1 black)
    NJ (2 black)

    WY (3 griz)
    ID (black)
    MT (2 black, 2 griz)

    CA (3 black)

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    I saw seven bears during my thru. All of them were in the Shenandoah Park.
    Spent the night at Bearfence Mt. Hut with a group of Boy Scouts and leaders. A bear came into the shelter area and went into the privey. It's one of my best pictures. The bear comming out of the privey. The photo caption is "Who said,"does a bear S**t in the woods".
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    At Campsire 2 in NJ a huge bear walked right through our campsite. I was having some back pain that day and my friend gave me a percoset, so when I saw the bear my legs turned to jello and the rest of me froze up stiff. If not for that I could have had one hell of a picture.

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    Kodiak, Alaska (Don't have enough fingers and toes to count that high!)
    California- biggest black bear I ever saw (huge) I'm not saying how big cause you won't believe me!
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    Seeing? Or being followed by? Or seeing one in someone else's tent?

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    tn and nc in the smokies neo

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    Seen them on the trail and off trail.

    Tenn. Mainly Cades Cove and Cades Cove campground. (One stole my ice chest while I was car camping there. left me with a coke and a tomato. Even unscrewed the mayo jar.) Also Mt LeConte. One followed me for 5 or so mins. Guess he liked me. Also on Mt LeConte found a bear with his head in someone's tent. The packers were up a tree. Ibelieve the old False Gap Shelter was on the Tenn side of the trail. There was a black bear that would wait till you went into the outhouse. Then park himself out front. (Lesson: The outhouse is not always the place to go. Leave no trace or not.)

    North Carolina: Ice Water Springs shelter, Mama bear with 2 cubs. Smokemount Campground. Too many to count. Watched one run off with someone's BBQ Pit. (With BBQ.)

    California. Mama brown bar with 2 cubs. On the trail. Yosemite.

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    New Jersey and a lot in Canada, including Grizzlies.
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    Saw a nice sized bear 4 days ago on my way to Hurricane Gap to work on my section. 1/2m from the trail, North Carolina side. Lots of hikers see'um 'round here.

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    I saw a mother black bear with her three cubs (3 weeks ago). She was eating right beside a dirt road heading up to Flattop Mtn (which backs up to SNP between Pinefield and Hightop huts). We drove right up to them real slow in my jeep - we just sat there and watched her. It was awesome. After a few minutes, she just looked up at us and walked into the woods with cubs in tow. The bear population in and around the SNP has exploded over the past 5 years. There's on avg. more than 1 per square mile in this area.

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