Limit outside pumpkin display time, say bear advocates Photo courtesy Lions Bay Bear Smart. Bear Smart team members are asking Village residents to limit the time that pumpkins are outside during the lead-up to Halloween. Left unattended, pumpkins make an easy snack for local bears, says bear advocate Norma Rodgers. "Black bears are in hyperphagia right now, which means they are bulking up for hibernation and desperately seeking calories. Since pumpkins are bear attractants i