There is a problem using an electric fence to deter bears. The problem is that the fur and hair on a bear may insulate the bear's tender nether regions from the snap, crackle, and pop of an electric fence. Then by the time the bear has managed to come into contact with the hot wire Mr. bear has managed to destroy or ground out the hot wire, rendering the fence useless. Fortunately Mother Nature forgot to cover the bears' nose, lips, and tongue with the same hair.
When you install an electric fence to deter bears wrap a slice of salt cured bacon around one or two of the strands of wire half way between each fence post. Let the tag or lose ends of the bacon strips just hang there. Bears like people enjoy bacon with their morning eggs, and salt is a good conductor of electricity as is moisture. So when Mr. bear goes to lick or eat the bacon off the electric fence wire with his wet tongue, and moisture laden lips he will get a quite memorable shock. You want the shock to be memorable because then he will give your chicken coop a wide berth if he ever comes back. He will be back and maybe this time bring Mama, and Baby Bear as well.
Just so y'll know that bears, especially black bears are not cute, cuddly, play things, most fatal black bear attacks are carried out by fully grown, healthy, male black bears with the sole intent and purpose of snacking on their victims.
Since the first day of 2010 there have been 11 fatal grizzly or brown bear attacks on humans in North America verses only 9 fatal black bear attacks on humans. So I guess you can say that black bears are only two people behind grizzly bears in the human death toll department. A spokes bear for the black bear community said, "We try harder"
When you install an electric fence to deter bears wrap a slice of salt cured bacon around one or two of the strands of wire half way between each fence post. Let the tag or lose ends of the bacon strips just hang there. Bears like people enjoy bacon with their morning eggs, and salt is a good conductor of electricity as is moisture. So when Mr. bear goes to lick or eat the bacon off the electric fence wire with his wet tongue, and moisture laden lips he will get a quite memorable shock. You want the shock to be memorable because then he will give your chicken coop a wide berth if he ever comes back. He will be back and maybe this time bring Mama, and Baby Bear as well.
Just so y'll know that bears, especially black bears are not cute, cuddly, play things, most fatal black bear attacks are carried out by fully grown, healthy, male black bears with the sole intent and purpose of snacking on their victims.
Since the first day of 2010 there have been 11 fatal grizzly or brown bear attacks on humans in North America verses only 9 fatal black bear attacks on humans. So I guess you can say that black bears are only two people behind grizzly bears in the human death toll department. A spokes bear for the black bear community said, "We try harder"
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