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Yellowstone tells you to stay at least 100 yards (300 feet or 91 meters) away; Shenandoah National Park in Virginia suggests 200 feet (61 meters) for its black bears.
Black bears will destroy garbage cans, rip up garbage bags and make a mess, or even just steal the whole bag and walk away with it. The best way to prevent this is to secure your garbage cans.
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If a bear does become confrontational, the usual advice is to stand one's ground and to not run or turn away from the bear, raise the arms above the head so as to appear larger, and to yell at the bear. Running away or climbing a tree can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. If a bear does charge ...
Black bears like to get more active around this time of year. Here’s what you can do to keep your home from becoming a bear hot spot. Black bears are more active in SC right now.
Bears' sense of smell is dependent on a Jacobson's organ, or vomeronasal organ, which allows the bear to easily detect airborne scents. [63] Bears use this sense of smell not only to hunt, but to detect other bears as well; male bears use smell to stay away from other male bears and to find female bears during mating season.