I had a bear winter over on my 3.5 acre property in Northern CA. I couldn't do anything about it because I was working in Southern CA, and my wife was overseeing the construction of our house. On my next trip home I found where the bear had spent considerable time in recent months. It rains a lot that time of year but the smell and hair was not pounded down by the heavy winter rains.
A few years later, I sold that house and bought a 2.5 acre property with an older house and paid cash. That property had a bear that liked my apple trees, but all I saw was partially digested apple piles. Things didn't go well with the wife at the time and so I got an apartment and later a divorce.
I got called one evening by the ex, stating a bear kept getting into the trash. I reminded her why I always had the trash cans in the garage. I also told her 'not my problem, call the sheriffs office.' They chased the bear off the back deck and the bear ran through the chicken coop like it wasn't even there. Ex had the nerve to ask me to help rebuild the coop. Again I said 'not my problem.'