Your bears are bigger than woodchucks, and even “slightly” bigger than the eastern black bears. I don’t think Charles would think your idea a great one.
Tweaked the reply into one column to make it easier reading, though it is a bit long.
Worth the read. From Outdoor Life, 1915.
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