The DNR offers the following advice to avoid black bear encounters: Minimize attractive food around your house or campsite, including keeping garbage cans secured. Never approach a bear. Don't play dead and don't run, instead slowly back away and don't turn your back on the bear.

Using a trained bear hound dog, they attempted to track the bear but were unsuccessful, the Wisconsin DNR says. Several bear traps were set around the area. The DNR plans to eutha