Ya got a double wammy there... I see both the doe and bear are keeping tabs on each other. Cool pic. I'm always surprised how late in the fall bears are still wandering around. I am wondering if they are mostly males without cubs to worry about.
typically it is males that stay out the longest,
I have seen them up and about ALL yr some yrs , some just dont; feel the need to den up, as a fact. bears are NOT true hibernating animals, f most don't know this, , but it is a fact! bears typically den due to lack of food , or to give birth, as main reasons, but if food is about they really don't need to den for winters!
the bear in his picture I am very familiar with, he was born in jan of 2019, and became an orphan cub in Nov of 2019 when its mom was hit by a vehicle near me, , leaving him and another male cub behind, they spent the winter that yr in a den I made for them,( I also had another orphaned male , so I had 3 that winter here, they became really good buddies/ brothers by default, and I still see them often!, 2 I know made it through legal hunting seasons here, one I am not sure went MIA in last week of bear season!!
Also, there mother was a cub I helped raise 7 yrs earlier(well of the 2 cubs, the third one, I have NO clue who its mom was LOL, he showed up at my place at about 5 months old very very tiny,)
so to be honest this male, he really was never taught to den in winter time by its mother, WHich IMO< is a BIG part of how soon they den or not!
SO, it just went along with the denning due to cold temps, lots of snow and no real food sources, and having again two others with it, sort of helped them all survive being alone there first real winter!
I have a LOT of bear experience, having worked with them for many decades now, there amazing critters,