Here's a fairly well documented bear from central Washington County. Not the Wayne, but in one of our more densely populated urban areas. This is the one animal I still don't have on my own cams, but I'm hoping it'll happen someday. This bear was seen within a 1/2 of my back door this summer and the daylight pic is about halfway between my house and our farm ( credit to one of my neighbors) and the nighttime pic was shared on our local "What's Happening" page on FB. Pics are in the same general vicinity.
Remember when the ODNR denied there were black bears in Ohio? Or was that even a real thing?
Whatever the case, Ohio certainly has a growing bear population in 2024 and I think it's cool.
Remember when the ODNR denied there were black bears in Ohio? Or was that even a real thing?
Whatever the case, Ohio certainly has a growing bear population in 2024 and I think it's cool.