I hear ya, podunk. I know the exact bear you're talking about. I was sitting in my tree lounge in the "middle" trail (of the three off the boundary road, and she walked right under me with 2 cubs in tow. Also had her stand up on her hind legs and take a close look at me in a double ladder stand on BC30 not far from there. Scared the shart right outta me. I couldn't get my Ruger out fast enough. One round of rat shot straight over her head, and she bailed out quick like. Can't get away with corn there at all. Start mixing it with soybeans now so that when the season starts, you can have the deer switched over to beans completely. The bears up there don't care for the beans much. Also, if you put a cable between a couple of mature pines about 10 feet apart, you can hang a feeder to keep the bears from tearing them down.
I almost forgot. The deer seem to cross back and forth between 30 and 62 w/in the first 1/2 mile of the east end of the boundary road. There are some really heavy active areas during the rut at the south end of 30. Since it's been more than a year since they 5th rowed the west side of 30, you should have some pretty good activity. And the deer seem to take well to the C'mere Deer 3-day harvest stuff. Just don't expect to see too many wall hangers. If you've got doe tags, use em up. If not, ask Bill Baker for some.
Lets not even get to discussing Mr Baker on a public forum, I may get moderated. Ive already smacked that bear with a stick for sneaking up behind me while filling a feeder. Some agressive anti-bear management tactics have started to thin them out a little bit. That north boundary is a hot spot of activity, weve done alot of cutting and spraying all over the place and weve noticed that the more we clear and plant the more deer we see.
