On my way home yesterday there was a mother black bear and her cub sitting about 100 feet off our private road. My camera was in the back seat floorboard, by the time I got my camera I was able to get only one good picture before they took off running.
Have a great weekend!
Michael's Woodcrafts 
how wonderful! i love seeing mothers (of all species) and their young. It really IS a thing of beauty to see the care and protective instinct of mothers toward their offspring. It really warms the heart!!
I agree! 🙂
absolutely awesome–I love seeing the bears which has been so rare—twice in Cades Cove and one or two times on the Blue Ridge Parkway—wonderfully amazing creatures!!
I’m so happy you could get a shot—at a safe distance 🙂
Happy Weekend Michael—
Julie
I love seeing the bears too but we don’t see them as often as we did when we first moved to the mountain. I have not been to Cades Cove in years, that would be a good road trip! Enjoy your weekend too Julie!
wow! that’s just great!!!
thank you 🙂
Adorable! 🙂 ela
I agree!
You did great!
yes but I wish they had not run off so quick )
Wow! You did a great job of capturing them. All you need is one good shot, and you got that. 🙂
thank you
So glad you had your camera with you… And the car! 😉 Great shot!
Hi Cathy, I always have a camera in the car with me. There have been too many times that I didn’t have my camera and wished that I did. 🙂
We are SO lucky you had your camera with you. What a wonderful photograph! Definitely the money shot.
thank you Maureen!
Amazing pic! they look so comfortable . You can almost feel the love.
thank you Cheri!
Great shot! I’m always wondering when and if I’m going to meet a bear in the woods because we have a population explosion going on here. So far though, we haven’t met face to face.
thank you, I seem to run into the black bears more than I care too. You need to be prepared in case you do. The other evening around 7:30 I went to fill the bird feeders, when I went around he side of the house I ran into a male black bear. I stopped in my tracks and he starred at me but was not frightened at all of me. I backed up and went into the house. I watched him out the window eating the bird seed.
It sounds like you were lucky. I’ve thought about buying a .45 semi automatic, hoping it would scare a bear away but also hoping I’d never have to test it.
I think so too, I usually have my pistol and Guard Alaska Bear repellant with me when I hike but that evening I didn’t think I needed it. That won’t happen again! I carry a 45 caliper when I hike, better to have it in case you need it than not have anything.
Great capture, Michael! There’s a lesson here for us all. Never leave home without a camera.
thank you and yes I agree. The other day I was driving home from visiting a friend. I had left my camera home charging the battery and missed a great shot. As I passed a vegetable and fruit stand, in the back they had killed a cow, tied the legs together and lifted it using a fork lift. They were four guys gutting and skinning it, only took them 10-15 minutes and they had the meat ready for packaging. I missed get some good photos
Such beautiful animals! It’s a shame they are such a threat to us and we can’t enjoy them more.
Good morning Christin! I agree, we have a lot of them around us but you never know when you will see them.
How incredible to capture a photo of this mother and her cub! I can imagine how excited you were to spot them!!
thank you, yes it was exciting, especially to see a cub. I have not see a cub in about three years but we see black bear all the time. 🙂
Lucky you to be able to get the one shot! My heart would have been pounding – it must have been so exciting.
Yes, I took 7 shots, first 2 and the last 4 were blurry so I only got one good shot. I see them all the time but this was the first time with a cub 🙂
This is wonderful – and precious! 🙂
~Lindy
I agree! 🙂
She is gorgeous ! But I would not want to meet her on my way.
Really great shot !
Have a nice Sunday 🙂