The night began pretty slow with only squirrels being seen. But that all changed shortly after 8:00. Out of the blue a noise arose from behind. It was a bear and it was running right at the base of my tree. The bear ran around huffing and asserting its dominance. I watched it for several minutes until it vanished to my left. It then reappeared in front of me and circled the bait. It seemed to be spoiling for a fight, and any bear would do. I decided that if it would give me a shot I would take it.