Bear tried to break down the barn door - now what

[retlaw]

If the bear is young (1 to 3 years ) and comes back after being chased away once then it will always come back and has to be taken out.

If the bear is older it should not come back after being chased away.
After all that's how it got to be old.
Unless It has made a kill there already.
then it has to be taken out to.

Relocation does not work.
They will walk back from being dropped off hundreds of miles away.

Calling a government agent does not work.They just complicate the issue.

This is a situation that the "three S rule" applies.
Shot, shovel, shut up.

 

[farmboy22]

The best option for you would be several large mutts to protect your place.

 

[RaccoonRancher]

That won't work at all.
It would just create a "dead short"

A simple PROPERLY BUILT electric fence with a good charger will deter bears quite well

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Since when does a wooden door conduct electricity causing a "DIRECT SHORT"??? Or is the door made of metal??? If an isolated ground ( on tarpaper or rubber mat) pad had to be made, it would still not require an entire fence to be made...We made a similar deterant from a flourescent light transformer to a lock & hasp to deter humans from cutting the lock again on a wood storage shed...that worked! .As previously mentioned, unless direct contact with skin or mouth, ie. bacon, bears have a very heavy fur insulation....Bears are like Huge Raccoons, & use their paws & mouth also...no fur there! Sure sounds like direct contact would work to me....RR

 

[missnu01]

I would put up motion lights with a crazy siren...the noise and ruckus will scare off the bear and also alert you to anything happening. Then you can go out and fire a few warning shots...that is what they do to keep bears away from campgrounds and such..bright lights, alarms and shotguns.

 

[missnu01]

You could also look into a few mastiff breeds. I think a Bandogge would be the best bet...but if you have any other livestock you will have to be super diligent to keep the dog from eating them...A Bandogge is a mastiff mix traditionally used on farms for predator protection. The dogs were chained during the day when the animals were about, and then once all the animals were locked up for the night the farmers would let the dogs loose to kill anything that was creeping about in the night...these things are no joke though. We had one named Jake. He was 100lbs at 11 months old. He loved children and could get along with dogs as long as you worked with him, but anything else was D-E-A-D dead. He got out of the house right after we moved and attacked one of the neighbors goats.

I wanted to keep him so much because we do have bears and such here, and if I had gotten him as a puppy I probably could have made it work, but we got him as a near adult and the damage of never having a job to do and whatever his previous owners did or didn't do had made him dangerous to livestock and other animals. He was amazing though. Anyway give the Bandogge a look. They are sometimes mastiff pit bulls, but more often they are a mix of american bulldog and Mastiffs. Anyway it's a serious dog that would easily give a bear some pause for thought, and also some lacerations.

 

[Michael Apple]

Last year (or maybe the year before) a member of the guinea forum had a bear problem. Their fish & game told them to put up a electric fence and as i recall, told them how to.bait the fence using bacon, ensuring that the bear got a real jolt. You need to have a good ground for the fence to give enough of a shock, but by hanging bacon strips it ensures that the bear will be touching it with its mouth. It worked.

That will work. Original poster is probably smart enough not to put a dog in the position of confronting a bear.I knew someone up North who had some bear trouble and they used electric fence. Backup is a 500 Smith & Wesson and a Remington with 12 gauge slugs.

 

[GasMenagerie]

Only person in serious bear country by me that has been able to successfully keep the bears out has done so with the electric fencing.

Don't call Fish & Game in CA unless it's a last resort. They just shoot the bear (even cubs).

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Quote: Anything not insulated will cause a short, and wood is not an insulator.
It's far easier to put up a fence the RIGHT way instead of trying something that. first of all, won't work, and secondly will have to be disconnected every time YOU want to open the door


Quote: So , you made a "booby trap" that could have electrocuted someone?
Remind me to never take your advice

 

[missnu01]

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Anything not insulated will cause a short, and wood is not an insulator.
It's far easier to put up a fence the RIGHT way instead of trying something that. first of all, won't work, and secondly will have to be disconnected every time YOU want to open the door


So , you made a "booby trap" that could have electrocuted someone?
Remind me to never take your advice

If somebody was cutting the lock to a building to steal things out of it, then electrifying that lock sounds like a great idea to me! Besides it won't kill a person, just stop them from messing with your lock

 

[RaccoonRancher]

Anything not insulated will cause a short, and wood is not an insulator.
It's far easier to put up a fence the RIGHT way instead of trying something that. first of all, won't work, and secondly will have to be disconnected every time YOU want to open the door


So , you made a "booby trap" that could have electrocuted someone?
Remind me to never take your advice

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gee, I guess you have very little electrical / mechancal experience....the "have to be disconnected" procedure is called a $.59 LIGHT SWITCH!....secondly, it takes AMPS to kill you, not Volts...Cows don't die from a cattle prod, dogs don't die from a bark collar....third, try holding both wires 4' apart on a wooden door & check for sparks ...unless it's raining & wet.... ever try starting your car with a wood stick extension because your cables wern't long enough???... I spent quite few years (over 20) helping my best friend, a UNION Journeyman Eletrician.....this was just a Quick Deterant for the next nite before any fencing could be done, without spending the money, not a silly debate