Funny. Just yesterday, down to my village store, I was reading the headlines for this month's feature articles in The Maine Sportsman telling how the bear population is on the increase here.
I'm an ole granny, but I could take you to where I guarantee you'd see a bear in it's natural habitat on any given day...
Probably more deer than bears but I’ve spent every summer of my life in Maine and in all the years, I’ve seen more bear than deer. My sister hit a bear on 95, just above Bangor 2 years ago. Major damage to the car. The guy that stopped to help her said “Are you *sure* it was a bear???” and she said “I may be from away but I KNOW a bear when I see one!”
When he pulled huge swatches of bear fur from her grill, he believed her!
September is bear hunting season in Maine, yes?
Odd thing is, I was asking about bear hunting last night form a Maine transplant. Must have bears on the brain.