Great bear, great story...
My last bear wasn't nearly that great and my story even worse.....
my son reminded me that bear season came in on Fri (that was a couple of years ago ) and after I shot the darned thing recalled that F & G had staggered the seasons ... when I checked the reg's sure...
SKI ... I can tell you things can get a littler confusing for a while if you are sleeping on your back with your goats laying beside you on one side and you wake up and in the moonlight see even a young blk bear stairing down at you from the other side. Matter of fact my nose almost hit his rump...