No joke, same here. Awesome pics though thanks for sharing. It seems early to me for them to be out, but I usually don't get out in bear country until April 15th or later.
We had a trail camera over a bait last season and the 2 bears we had hitting it were nocturnal until about April 20th-ish.
Very cool photos! I think that last bear wanted to snuggle, I'm sure it would have been safe to just crawl on into the den. Even if I was with someone fatter and slower than me, I don't think I'd be getting that close of a look.
Excellent. I am planning my AK hunt and seeing those pics gets me excited. I have never found what I was sure to be a bear den. That is a really cool pic sequence.