Well thats a good thing.
Don’t be bitter. I am talking from the SE United States and
want folks to leave the bears alone here. I also ask for them to carry a piece to stop confrontation.
If your hunting and don’t have a sidearm, don’t be surprised if a cat jumps on your throat and your rifle is abandoned.
There’s been reports even in my southern Ohio area of panthers. I no longer take a nap in the woods for some years now and watch my back at all times. Not even counting the bigfoots, haha. We had a serial killer years ago stalked hunters in Ohio, no stranger to danger.