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Blackbear found dead/Elkhart Co. Indiana ..

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  1. 0317

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    BRISTOL — A dead black bear was found along Indiana 15, just north of the Indiana Toll Road, on Wednesday, apparently the victim of a car accident, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

    It marked the first bear sighting in northern Indiana since 2015, when a black bear from Michigan wandered through Berrien, St. Joseph and LaPorte and counties — at that time the first wild bear sighting in Indiana in 144 years.

    Michigan DNR officials killed that bear in the spring of 2016 near Stevensville, saying it had become a threat to humans.

    Indiana DNR mammalogist Brad Westrich said a motorist noticed the recent bear just north of Bristol on Wednesday morning. It’s unclear how long the animal had been dead, he said Friday.

    https://www.southbendtribune.com/st...a-department-of-natural-resources/8217848002/
     
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    that's a lot of open land for a bear to cross to get to Elkhart from MI. I hunt near Sawyer so I know the terrain, and also up near Mt. Pleasant and I have never seen any sign even up north.
     
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    as they said, two bears in the last several years now .. the first one was about 10 miles east/ne from a place where I hunt ... bear, elk, bison all used to be pleniful here .. a buddy of mine just caught a bobcat here this past coyote season. The DNR came out, took pics (female) and helped release it .. always heard rumors of them being around since I ws a kid ... another was road killed here about 5 yrs prvious in another portion of the county ... now that the Dunes Nat. Lakes Shore is now the Dunes National Park, I wonder if the population will grow here ... Ive got cams out where that one Bob was caught, I would love to get a Bob on a cam .. ..
     
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    slickbilly-d Die Hard Bowhunter

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    We have a lot of bobcat down here in Bloomington and Martinsville. I figured they’d get bored trying to cross all those corn fields and flat land to get up North though.:poke: Maybe they’re just trying to go up to 18th st brewery to get good beer.
     
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    Only bobcat I have ever seen while hunting was in Huntington County. Had a den near a series of ravines I liked to hunt. Seen her or her mate several times so there was no doubt it wasn't just a big tomcat.

    That was like 25 years ago.

    F, I am getting old.
     
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    We have bobcat on our farm in Jackson county. I have seen them in daylight several times and have cam pictures of them.
     
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    Geez guys reading your post has me thinking I can't imagine. I can't imagine not having those and many other animals around. Though I wouldn't mind coyotes and raccoon moving away.
     
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    here is the Bobcat my buddy caught and released .... nice female ... ... I have a treestand location about 100yds back in from this spot ... I was working when it was released otherwise I'd have been there ... cool kitty .. he uses #3 Coilsprings/offset-padded jaws because of dogs and house cats in the area ...
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