kenton couldn't have said it better myself.... although i do believe there are some black bears near west virginia

No grizzlies. I live in Hudson between Akron and Cleveland and there was I black bear in the park land that butts up to my property. They had some pictures in the local paper. There have also been a few in the youngstown area.

If you want some bears, would you be interested in some Wisconsin wolves? In fact you can have them all for FREE!!!!! yes for FREEE!!!!

Yes....my ex wife moved there a few years ago...

Drew the grizzly population in the lower 48 are limited to Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. Colorado F&G does not believe that there are Grizzlies in Colorado, but there have been in the past. There are some in Washington as well. I see them occasionally while I am fishing here in Idaho.

I've never seen one on any of my trips there, so there must not be any.

my dad works with a guy that lives north of c ohio and he has some.

Here is an account of an Ohio "brown bear" sighting that supposedly happened. I wasn't there. I didn't see it. But the family and kids were all shook-up pretty bad.

We once knew of a family who acquired a large farm house and land in the Newton Falls, Ohio area. At the time, they had eight children ages ranging from 7 to 18.

One day, the kids were playing in the back yard when an extremely large, brown colored bear came into the field right behind the back yard. Thankfully, everyone managed to get inside the house without incident.

When the local police and the state wildlife authorities responded, the state wildlife officers supposedly stated that they were aware of the bear and had been monitoring it's movements, and confirmed that despite the bear's brown coloration, and estimated 700 lbs. weight, it most likely was a black bear. The new home owners (not animal experts) disagreed and insisted that this was a grizzly that they had seen, not a black bear. The wildlife officers supposedly further inquired into whether or not the homeowners owned firearms, and warned them that shooting, injuring or killing of bears in Ohio, for ANY reason, even in defense of one's self or family was illegal, as the bears are protected animals. The home owners insisted that they were liberal in their political view points and never considered owning firearms.

Again, this was the story that was related to me. I wasn't there. I didn't see it. Take it as it's worth. Just thought I'd pass it along.

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