If you do 6 360's in a row you only have a 50% probability of actually completing the 6th 360 and running into the twister....

Gavin just tried todo 6 360's

Yep, I lol'd when I saw those two post.

Buddy of mine sent me some pics of one hanging out on the side of the road between del rio and Sonora. I'll see if a can dig it up and post it

I hope they make a comeback

One was caught in the city limits of Texarkana, Ark about 15 or so years ago.

I have a bear out by my ranch:

I saw one hit on the turnpike a few years back. Not far from Hugo. Pretty sure they cross the river. Cousin in telephone has seen tracks on his land.

its amazing they can survive in west Texas, Ft. Davis park has signs up "watch out for bears"

They thrived in central Texas back in the days of the original settlers. I have read neat stories of them on the Guadalupe River and how they would destroy a pecan tree by ripping its limbs off so that the pecans could be easily removed on the ground. That story was from the Gonzales/Seguin area. Bears, buffaloes, and jaguars, were hunted till there was nothing left.

Here's what you get if you spot a bear in Big Bend:

I made 5 and had to sit down

Where is your ranch at?

Cool certificate Harrier!

sat down, confused, and thought he saw a bear !

35 miles-ish south of Rocksprings off of HWY 377 and 2523

That's not too far from a place I used to own near Camp Wood. The guy that owned the place next to me said they had a bear around there but I thought he was full of doo doo. Maybe he was right.

I'm not sure which is worse, you doing it, or Oxner telling everybody about it.

It has been a few years but remember black bear sightings as far north as Junction and Mason Texas. Wondering if anyone has seen them that far north lately?
Gus

They are starting to show up in the panhandle. Coming in through the Canadian river drainage out of New Mexico. I thought this bear trap was a joke when I was hunting BLM land north of Amarillo. Biologist assured me it was there for a purpose.

I live in Murphy, just northeast of Dallas about 20 miles. There is a historical marker at the Murphy cemetery that explains that Capt. Murphy fed his family on bears and rabbits.

Thanks for the info JohnRussell! That seems to be the eastern end of the "frequented" range.

The game warden found one dead in a gravel pit next to our old place in rock springs after a big flood. Apparently it had drowned. This was about 7 years ago.

It will be interesting when somebody posts one they killed in Texas thinking it's the same as other predators according to the game laws.

Ray Sasser
Article on Eat Texas Bears
http://woodape.org/index.php/news/news/172-bearsintoetex

I got a call from my neighbor yesterday, he was repairing my gate after one of his workmen hit it with some heavy equipment. Turns out, he had a bear on his ranch (across the fence from mine). The bear hung around for almost 3 months and he had pictures of it sitting in his water troughs.
He called the Game Warden who trapped it and took it back to the Devils River Ranch (About 3 miles west of my ranch).
TP&W released 3 bears on that ranch and this one trsveled East a few miles. It had 2 yellow ear tags..sorry I do not have pictures.
That explains some unusual looking scat I found that I could not identify with any animal I have seen or captured on film.