where i hunt in PA, the mountain only affords a couple of 50 yard avenues
most of the time, if its 25 yards away its behind some laurel
Bear are not like deer,
it's not likely that you are going to predicatably see a bear at 200 yards along a field margin
i usually see them trundling along, at 7 mph, back in the woods on a still hunt
if you squeak at them they sometimes circle around & come find you
i was watching a bear research film last month...
the bears communicate territory boundries via scratch & sniff trees
find one and the bears will be visiting that location
spray a shot of citronella on the tree and watch the dancing bears
dZ