Talkin about Black Bears—I read somewhere once long ago that bears don’t starve in the den—they wake up and wander and generally starve in the Spring. That’s when they need their fat reserves cause they don’t burn much just sleeping. I used to run a bait line for Spring and fall hunts and had a few baits going all year on my trap line. 3 different times I tracked bears in mid-winter and all 3 times was after a berry crop failure —which happens here with some regularity.
