Was bowhunting with two buddies in the marble unit several years ago...Buddy in the lead suddenly gets huge eyed and backs away while nocking an arrow..I look up and we had come within 20 feet of a black bear in the brush..

.It just stared for a second and took off like a raped ape.....Saw five more bears that trip but nothing else within bowshot . Wanted to be legal so we didn't pack heat. Good times!