TWRA says black bears are starting to migrate into the eastern areas of Middle Tennessee. Seems that with good mast in East Tennessee the last few years, there are lots of young'uns starting out on their own, and the young males particularly are having trouble finding territory that is not already "claimed" by older males. So, they are wandering westward. TWRA wants to know what they should do - catch them and send them back to territory that already has too many bears, or let them wander around in peoples' backyards?

TWRA has not done squat about the coyotes that are taking over the state, and now they want to know how to "manage" the bears. Most of the people I know around here would not have much trouble "managing" a bear. We'd just get a couple more fellers to help load the critter in the pickup and haul him off to the meat locker.