question answered: no, a bear does not shit in the woods. he comes right up to your house and shits on the front lawn.

i was waiting for that...
He is looking for garbage. He is traveling throughout the neighbourhood scavenging for scraps of food, dog food, garbage bags etc. He chews on lawnmower seats, jerrycans with petrol in it, pushing over bbq’s to lick the fat off the grill and ripping off shed doors to sniff around and chew on stuff. I don’t know about the pooping habits of bears, but I am finding a lot of it around lately.
The ministry of Environment just sent me a text to say they will bring a trap tomorrow morning so they can relocate him. Hopefully it works.