Bear Awareness During Hunting Season
Grizzly and black bears are found throughout our region, and this is the time of year that bears are in hyperphagia, the time when bears increase their feeding activity before heading to their dens for winter. Once they enter their dens, bears go without food and water for months. If they do not get enough to eat in the fall, the sows don't produce cubs and some bears may even die of starvation...