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...sorry, it's just me. I posted this because this tank, which is roughly 30feet x 20feet x 1foot is now bone dry. All that water gone in just 6 weeks. We sure need some rain. I only had cow elk and free-range horses on this camera, not a single bear. In fact, I had absolutely no bears on my other trail cam either. However, there was a dead elk calf in the middle of that water hole. Don't know how it died, no wounds or anything on its body. I pulled it out on the bank and left it there to see if I can match AZLance with a golden eagle ripping into the carcass. Called all day for bears Monday, but no luck. Just brought in a coyote on one stand and a fox on another, and at least a dozen blanks in between. This morning, I called a coyote on stand one and stand two. Then while driving to stand three a beautiful blonde bear raced across the road twenty yards in front of me! I slammed on my brakes, doing all but 20 mph on the gravel trail and skidded to a stop. I grabbed my bow and slipped into the trees and sat there for about 30 seconds before a coyote started barking its head off, clearly to complain about the bear cutting through his territory. I waited about 15 minutes than started calling. The coyote came to 40 yards within 2 minutes, but no blonde bear. I crept around the area and called off and on for two hours while glassing through the tree trunks, but never saw the bear again. I'll try for spring bear once more in a week or two after I finish drying my eyes. The goal of my hunting life is not a 360 bull elk, 180 bighorn sheep, or a 100 coues, but a blonde color phase black bear.