Pab1
I guess I haven't seen you over here before and want to say welcome as I saw your post on HHM. I will be hunting black bear over here in the NW area of Montana around the Flathead Valley and up which can cover the north fork area up to the BC border that runs along the west side of Glacier National Park where grizzly bears can be encountered.
And then due north up Hwy 93 are many good areas, and then out west out Hwy 2 where there is plenty of National Forest areas with good bear populations.