Our last house was about 25mi from here and the bears were worse. I kept a trail cam up in backyard and 7 different bears came through in one week. Our neighbor shot one in the butt with birdshot. The next night he was back in the garbage.
Freakin' bears! Smh
My great uncle, 76, has a cabin somewhere in NY. They also have bears frequently in the yard because they feed them marshmallows, table scraps etc. I warned them that they were endangering themselves, neighbors, anyone else those bears approached for food, and the bears themselves who could...
What did they do? Was he still there when they showed up?
DNR here does very little. Their excuse is that there are so many bears around there is no way to be sure they get the right one unless they catch it in the act.
So they say "lock up your trash and animal feed and it will likely go...
I have 2 young boys. The youngest is 3 yrs old and fearless. So an electric fence is out.
It sounds like your precautions are sound. We see nuisance bears during spring "wake up" which is when they get in our trash outside the kitchen door. After that, all trash is moved to the "bear box"...
Motion detector lights work great. They really help the bears see what they are eating.
The best solution is to eliminate all temptations by securing trash, animal feed etc. But even then the scent still brings one cruising through now and then. Bean bag guns don't help, firecrackers just...
Most bears you would see in the mountains while hunting or hiking you never do. The moment they catch human scent, they are gone! Its the ones that have learned that human activity equals food and come into close proximity with little to no fear are the dangerous ones.
This dude did not...
Eh. You get used to them being around. Not concerned about them getting in the coop. Multiple attempts have been made by Yogi and Boo Boo but none have been determined enough to get inside. That was the point of the design.
We had our first visitor of the season last night. We heard a noise at the trash can (lazy man can on the deck) last night around midnight. I went out to check and found the can pulled over and a bag of trash in the yard. As I scanned the yard with the flashlight looking for the culprit, I...