Sighting by woman in Eagle Meadow, above Strawberry witnessed in Tuolumne County, California

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My husband and I were hunting in Sonora. Our location was Eagle Meadows which is above Strawberry, California off of California Highway 108. It was a sunny, cold day. We dressed in our camoflauge and began our hunt. We were deep in the woods had climbed down a hillside of boulders and into what looked like a perfect hunting area. Forest on either side of a meadow approximately 300 yards wide. We found pine trees to sit under (they had low branches) to await our perfect buck and so put on our skunk scent. My husband was approximately 10 feet away from me. We each had views across the meadow. But I could not share his nor could he share my view for there was a clump of trees and bushes about 100 yards in front of us and positioned between the trees we were under. About 20 minutes into the hunt we heard branches breaking across the meadow. My husband quietly told me to be aware of bears. To stay alert. It was approximately 10:30/11:00 a.m. when I looked back across the meadow and saw some...