They have been seeing bears around the county road 3 area for the last few years. I know of 4 different people who have trail cam pics of bears. My uncle has a pic behind veto lake of one that is huge. People were saying 500-600 pounds. One of the oil well guys around here seen a cub, and its mom last year. I have heard of a bunch of other sightings, and we had a tripod feeder tore down, and destroyed last year. We had extra sections on the legs, and it stood about 8 foot to the bottom of the barrel. The bear ripped it down, and chewed through the pvc type material it was made of. It was pretty heavy duty material. I mean you couldn't take a screwdriver and jam through it thats how strong it was, but the bear chewed right through it. So they're around. I'm just hoping I don't meet up with one in the dark one morning on my way to the treestand. lol