He’s going to fall,” kids next to me predicted. Sure enough, after a few bounces, the limb snapped and the bear toppled ... they build nests and platforms in trees, similar to the structure ...

I THOUGHT it would be a thrill to have a black bear climb into my tree stand with me, as they sometimes do on baited hunts. Then I watched a sow walk under the 15-foot-high wooden platform where I ...