I looked out my back door and this was about 100 yards from the house by an old deer feeder. He eventually tore the feeded down looking for food.

Oh so cute from a distance.

He was so beautiful, I could not stop watching him. I was safe by a door so I just stayed and enjoyed it :)

The heat and lack of rain has driven wildlife closer to homes for sure. A bobcat jumped out of the brush when my DH as mowing in the riverbank in front of our house. I don't know who was the most surprised:) Love your photo.

Beautiful shot.

Oh my, I was hoping for a picture of a sweet child.

Wow, amazing what you folks can glimpse from your back door.

That would scare me to death it something like that jumped out by me.

OMG- that is a little to close for comfort for me! He/she is adorable though. :)

I figure yogi here at just a couple years old. :)

Oh my! That's scary!! :shock:
We had a cougar attack one of our dogs about 2 years ago.
It happened in the forest just behind the house.
He survived, after a month in the vet.

Be careful!!

Being an obsessive animal lover, my first reaction was "Ah -cuddle!" How special!

Beautiful Brown bear, probably thristy too.

I use to not worry anything about living in the country. But over the last few years we have more and more bears, mountain lions and the game and fish comission was kind enough to re-introduce rattle snakes to my lil mountain. hmmmmmmmm

darn, that is getting too close to home

hello, he is cute but would not want to be close...

I'm glad to hear you were inside when your visitor arrived. Nice pic. Do you see bears often where you live?

Wow! He was pretty comfortable around you :D:D:D

I'd probably never go outside again if I saw that in my yard..........

Very pretty, at a distance is the past way to enjoy him.

ok, as long as there is a good strong barrier between me and ANY bear - no matter how cute they are!!

Too close for comfort.

yikes......

What a beautiful creature, but looking at his size I think I would rather have the possums which come into our trees from
time to time!

Gal

He is beautiful. More and more we are seeing bears and other wild animals. Not sure if it is because their habitat is shrinking or what. Thank you for sharing.

Oh he is cute!! You may have to wear bells when you go out now. :)

Yep - really cute - from a distance!!!

Oh, dear.

Oh my! You sure got a good pic of him! Hope he doesn't come any closer!

He's cute but I prefer my racoons!