Depending on your point of view, you might call me lucky or unlucky, but I've now section hiked the southern 1/3 of the AT and have yet to see a bear. For a long time I was fine with it, but lately I've been thinking it would be a bummer to hike the whole trail and not see a single bear.

So for those of you who know the trail well, where and when in your experience are you most likely to see black bears along the AT?