Look for food sources, #1 thing on a bear's mind in the fall is calories. If you can find a good stand of oaks with acorns on them this year that maybe a good place to watch depending on what else there is nearby for them to eat.
If you shoot one skin and quarter him and pack out the pieces. Would suck to shoot a nice bear then drag the hair off one side Safariman style and ruin your rug.
