PHOTOS: BAR IN THEM THAR CALHOUN WOODS - Bear Population Ever Increasing, Take A Look

(06/24/2026)

By Bob Weaver "There is a continuing increase in the black bear population in Calhoun," said DNR officer Tom Fox in 2007, now retired. Since 2007, the numbers have increased even more. While a number of Calhoun residents have photographed bear, many published in the Herald, they're still very skiddish and tend to stay away from human contact. We have a couple wandering around here in the Village of Hur. Fox said that residents should never feed bear, for a multitude of reasons. Here's a few Calhoun bear photographed by residents, and a couple are really big: BLACK BEAR KILLED NEAR BEAR FORK WILDERNESS BLACK BEAR PHOTOGRAPHED ON RIFFLE RUN BEAR LIKELY ATTACKS CALHOUN BURRO THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUMPTOWN BOY KILLS BEAR 230 POUND BLACK BEAR KILLED ON CRUMMIES 500 POUND BEAR KILLED NEAR CRUMMIES CREEK HONEY BEAR HAVE A FIELD DAY - Destroys Crummis Ck. Man's Bee Hives BEAR WANDERS INTO BIG SPRINGS YARD - Another Discovers Cat Bowl On Back Porch FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD ROMAN RADER KILLS BEAR WITH BOW BEAR ENJOYS TRASH BIN - Fat Raccoon Follows Suit GAME CAMERA CATCHES MOUNT RUN BEAR A WANDERING CRUMMIES CREEK BEAR MORE ANIMAL ATTACKS REPORTED IN COUNTY - Black Bear On Back Porch RUSS FERRELL OLDER THAN DAVY CROCKETT - He Just Killed His "Bar" CALHOUN HAS WILDLIFE APLENTY - Charlie McKown's Varmints MILLSTONE BEAR RELAXES FOR PHOTO SHOOT

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