An omnivore with an acute sense of smell, black bears may find their way into your campsite should any food or garbage be left out. Black bears are found in chaparral, pine, and aspen-fir forested areas throughout the state at elevations ranging from 4,000 to 10,000 feet. The bulk of their diet, though, are berries, roots, grass, cactus fruits, insects, and occasionally small mammals or carcasses.
Newborn bears weigh just a little over an ounce.
The young feed on milk from their unsuspecting mother until she wakes a few months later and emerges from her den. Cubs stay with their mother for about 1.5 years and generally disperse their second fall. Female 250 lbs. It's best to scout prior to your hunt in the early morning or late evening hours. An Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests map is essential.