There has been a statement issued from the Missouri Department of Conservation about the possibility of encountering Black Bears in Missouri this spring.
Black bears are not supposed to be common sights around here. Yet, here lately, a week doesn't go by that don't hear a story about someone spotting one.
It's about this time of year I start seeing all the pictures and videos of bear sightings and sometimes personal encounters with bears in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. What's fascinates me is the more I read about bears crossing the border into mostly southeastern Kentucky, the more they creep closer to these parts in the Tri-State.