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Snakebiteholloway said:
The horse spooking would be my only real concern too. Where i am in northern Maine, bears are actually a very common issue. I see at least 3 every time i go walk my place. I won't hesitate to shoot one who's not put off by other methods. Same for the moose. The bulls are actually scarier than bears. Esp. During rut. Thankfully I've only had the one issue with a bear. Before winter, he decided he needed to fatten up on my chickens. So he yanked the door right of the 10x10 coop (commercially built hardiplank shed). The 12ga ran him off without further violence. Funnily enough, I'm far more afraid of coons. Here they always carry rabies, sick or not. They have very little fear of humans. They are fast as lightning and vicious as wolverine. Anyone who's ever heard them fighting would swear two cougars were tied up in a life and deather. I shoot every single one comes on my place. Foxes, too. Not scared of those, they are simply the worst chicken killers ever. And too smart for the owners' own good. Very hard to kill. I apologize to those whom death upsets. I'm old, I'm country. I used to hunt. I still fish. I garden. I love my chickens (and kids lol) and killing for protecting or even for food is sadly a big part of extreme rural life sometimes.
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Foxes are the best way to go for a chicken I think. They don't leave bodies around usually and its quick,as much as I hate it they are the better option.
My chickens are so much more to me than egg layers they are my life force,if anything happened to my hen,Chestnut, I don't know what I would do. I had my favorite chicken taken by a fox out of our 10 layers,she was the only one I could pick up and I loved her, then she was taken from me. Just.Like.That. I had a breakdown,eventually I got over it but I swore vengeance on that fox.When I get it I'm gonna get the pelt tanned and make it a cloak and it will never take my chickens away from me ever again. If the bear comes around here and animals start going missing I don't care how big it is, its going down. Anyways that's my personal vendetta for the year
 
my spoiled chickens said:
My friend recently had a bear around her house and she only lives 9 minutes away from me.I like going for trail rides in my woods but our neighbor got his property logged not too long ago so that probably scared them away,but I want to be sure. Should I get bear repellent or a pepperball gun or should I just put some hunting tips on my arrows? I only have a Recurve bow so it may not peirce the skin and I don't want it just getting angry.Does anyone know the best way to defend yourself against a bear? Better safe than sorry I figure.
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Hello You are scaring me but you are far away so I'm not sure to be scared. Jump in the sewer and I think it will not kill you until the next time.
 
my spoiled chickens said:
But I don't want a gunshot to spook my horse while I'm on her.
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If I were you, I would setup a target for shooting and have your horse close by. Get her used to the sound. Eventually shoot from on her as well. That will do two things. Acclimate your horse to the noise and movement of shooting off her back, and move the bear on down the road by having a loud area on your property.
 
CochinLady61 said:
If I were you, I would setup a target for shooting and have your horse close by. Get her used to the sound. Eventually shoot from on her as well. That will do two things. Acclimate your horse to the noise and movement of shooting off her back, and move the bear on down the road by having a loud area on your property.
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That's how we do it for horse back archery
 
my spoiled chickens said:
My friend recently had a bear around her house and she only lives 9 minutes away from me.I like going for trail rides in my woods but our neighbor got his property logged not too long ago so that probably scared them away,but I want to be sure. Should I get bear repellent or a pepperball gun or should I just put some hunting tips on my arrows? I only have a Recurve bow so it may not peirce the skin and I don't want it just getting angry.Does anyone know the best way to defend yourself against a bear? Better safe than sorry I figure.
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my spoiled chickens said:
My friend recently had a bear around her house and she only lives 9 minutes away from me.I like going for trail rides in my woods but our neighbor got his property logged not too long ago so that probably scared them away,but I want to be sure. Should I get bear repellent or a pepperball gun or should I just put some hunting tips on my arrows? I only have a Recurve bow so it may not peirce the skin and I don't want it just getting angry.Does anyone know the best way to defend yourself against a bear? Better safe than sorry I figure.
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Just read an article that bear spray is the option to go with....it was comparing gun to spray and pointed out the gun may not stop it and only piss it off more. FWIW
 

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