This is a series of 78 caches; find them all and you will be rewarded with some cool Geo-Art on your map. Answer the simple question at the end of the listing to get the true coordinates. Enjoy!
Nationwide bear management experience has clearly shown that bears attracted to human food sources, or that are deliberately fed by humans, have a relatively short life. The survival rate of bears receiving food from people is likely a fraction of that of “wild” bears that do not have repeated contact with humans. The deliberate and accidental feeding of bears is socially irresponsible and causes animals to become conditioned and habituated to people. Bears that habituate to human presence eventually become a threat to human safety. The end result is that such bears are often killed by intolerant and/or fearful landowners or have to be destroyed by the TWRA. The fact that “garbage kills bears” is irrefutable.
For the complete article discussing Tennessee's black bear population, see Ursus Americanus - 01 (GC7AHZK).
To obtain the true coordinates for this cache, determine:
Nationwide bear management experience has clearly shown that bears attracted to human food sources, or that are deliberately fed by humans, experience what?
A) A relatively short life - N36° 23.629 W84° 15.879
B) Envy and scorn from the other bears that don't know how to party with the peeps - N36° 23.692 W84° 15.897
NOTE: The caches are located along a stretch of road that can be busy at times; please be very cautious and do not allow children to retrieve the caches.
Once you have solved the entire series for the correct coords, go to http://tnvalleygeocachers.com/Ursas_Americanus.html to see a suggested route for getting the caches in the most efficient and timely manner.
I do not solicit favorite points and few, if any, of the actual hides in this series are worthy of such. However, if you enjoy this series/geoart and are so inclined to award a blue ribbon for the series as a whole, I ask that you bestow it on Ursus Americanus - 01 (GC7AHZK) so as to draw attention to the entire series/geoart for visitors to the area.
Enjoy, happy bear hunting and good luck spilling your ink. Cache ya later!
Ol'Fogie
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