PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Boy Scout leader from Texas was left with wounds and a harrowing story after being bitten and dragged from her tent by a black bear near Poncha Springs early Tuesday morning.

The bear attacked Vicki Mineer, of Richardson, Texas, around 1:30 a.m. at the Packerd High Adventure Boy Scout camp, according to a release. Mineer's age was not available.

Mineer woke up when the bear bit her on the hand and arm. She screamed, jerked her hand back and pulled her sleeping bag over her head, officials said.

Other campers heard her screaming as the bear dragged the sleeping bag - with the woman still in it - out of the tent.

Several scout leaders drove the bear off by yelling and throwing stones, officials said.

The flaps of the victim's tent were left open when she went to sleep, according to Colorado Division of Wildlife District Manager Ron Dobson.

Mineer suffered deep puncture wounds on her hand and arms and was treated and released from the regional medical center in Salida, Colo., according to a statement. She plans to remain at the camp with her two sons for the remainder of the week.

The scout camp is located about two miles south of Poncha Springs, just off of Highway 285. There were about 125 scouts and scout leaders in the camp at the time of the attack. The facility hosts scouts between the ages of 13 and 20.

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Dobson said there is a history of bear problems over the past several years in the Poncha Springs area because of people feeding wildlife and not properly securing trash in the vicinity of the camp.

"We have at least two bears in this area that have lost their fear of humans," said Dobson. "People should understand that if they don't secure their trash or if they leave food out for the wildlife, they are contributing to the problem. We have a saying at the Division that a fed bear is a dead bear."

Wildlife officers said that they will set traps for the bear and patrol the area Tuesday night. Once they locate the bear, it will be destroyed and tested for rabies, they said.

Less than a week earlier wildlife officers destroyed a bear at the Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch in south-central Colorado. That camp is visited by about 250 scouts each week. It also has had a recent history of visits from black bears.

Tuesday morning's attack was the second time a person was injured by a bear this summer.

On July 8, a 16-year-old Colorado Springs boy was injured at a campsite west of Gardner, Colo., when a bear bit him as he slept outside near a campfire.

The bear, which returned several times, was shot and killed by the boy's uncle. The boy suffered minor injuries and was treated and released at a Colorado Springs hospital.

Wildlife officials were warning people who camp in Colorado to take precautions to avoid encounters with black bears.