Bears in Topsail Hill State Park Florida
Just got back today from a 16 day vacation at Topsail Hill State Park Florida and had several reported ranger or camper reported bear sightings in and around the campground area or on the shuttle road...
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We camp mainly in Northern Ontario and bears are quite frequent. We are well educated in the matter of bears and take them very seriously.
There are some places where we have to use a tent. One particular place we had a lge male visit every night. We would sit down at the boat and watch as he toured our site. This was on crown land, beautiful area, 6 hours from anything. We could go for 2 weeks and see nobody else.
He had a routine and part of that routine was walking around our tent about 2 in the morning. There was nothing to interest him so he would continue on but I would lay awake waiting for that grunting noise as he circled us. After he left I could fall asleep.
There are some places where we have to use a tent. One particular place we had a lge male visit every night. We would sit down at the boat and watch as he toured our site. This was on crown land, beautiful area, 6 hours from anything. We could go for 2 weeks and see nobody else.
He had a routine and part of that routine was walking around our tent about 2 in the morning. There was nothing to interest him so he would continue on but I would lay awake waiting for that grunting noise as he circled us. After he left I could fall asleep.
