Black bear in yard, fence down, goat gone

[schellie69]

Sorry about your goat maybe the other goat will start making noise and she can her way home. I would be calling someone to come take that bear away a bear with no fear of humans is dangerous. Be careful

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

Found her! The employees from the grocery store found her behind the store. She seems just fine!

 

[DelcoChix]

So glad to hear the good news! Hopefully the shaggy visitor won't feel welcome in the future....good luck with rebuilding a bearproof-goat lodging facility!

 

[#1California Chick]

So glad to hear the good news!!!

Now call Animal Control to get the bear!

Cindy

 

[wyoDreamer]

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So glad to hear that the goat showed up!

Black bears are not something to toy with. I have seen the damage they can do to a bee hive. Woulndn't want to go toe-to-toe with one.

We had problems at our house in Northern WI one spring (I live in Wyoming now). The bears would come in for the bird seed in the feeders. My neighbor had a short video of a ma bear with two cubs. They wandered into the yard in the early evening, the cubs sat down on their hindends, ma grabbed a bird feeder and handed it to a cub, then grabbed another feeder and gave it to the other cub, then grabbed the big feeder and sat herself down and proceeded to rip off the top and empty the feeder.

I had the same ma bear and cubs (I think anyways) come to my house a couple of days later - maybe about 4:00 in the afternoon ... It was still bright daylight I remember. My feeder was brought in every night before dusk to prevent bear problems (or so I thought). Anyways, I was in the kitchen doing dishes at the sink, and I look up and there is a sow bear with two cubs that has crossed my yard and is standing at the feeder about 12 feet from the window. I yelled out the window to scare them off, and they only looked my way and went ahead and grabbed the feeder. Without thinking, I grabbed a pot and a wooden spoon and went to the front door, opened it a crack and started banging on the pot. So the bears take off across the yard, not too fast, with ma bear following the cubs. They are now a good 50 feet away, so I stepped out the door, still banging my pot. They are just moseying away, and well, I want them scared enough to not come back so I stopped banging the pot and yelled at them. Ma bear stopped, turned and started coming back at me! I started banging my pot again, (quite a quick, hard and panicked banging too) and she turned back and continued on her way out of the yard. We had three acres of mowed front yard at the time and they stayed within the yard, walking along the edge of the woods. Just as they crossed the road, I stopped banging the pot, and yelled. She stopped and turned back to look at me. I must have stood on that porch, banging on my pot for at least 20 minutes after they were out of sight.

 

[cackydoodledoo]

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Yay! I am so glad to hear she is fine. Poor girl must of been scared out of her wits. I checked on here earlier this morning to find really no news and glad I checked back because it's good news now!!

 

[good ole boy]

well that is just great i am glad you found her unharmed

 

[remist17]

I have had many dealings with Bear. Black bears are drawn more to the feed and hay then live meat. With that being said they will not hesitate to kill a chicken. I have raised goats for 15 years and dairy cattle for 30. Invest in a large electric fencer, the largest you can find and afford. Once you get it setup and make sure the grounds are good put some bacon over the fence and let it on. Dont put the bacon over numerous wires just at the bears nose level. The electric fence by itself will not go throug the bears coat. you need to make the circuit with its nose. Trust me this works great.

Remember grounds are the key. If the bear got food he or she will be back again. Curious are you feeding alfalfa? Just a recomendation if your dog is not trained I would not be having it chase a bear. I have seen trained hunting dogs get hurt by bears.

 

[tiffanyg2]

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YEAH!!!! I started reading this thread and my heart was breaking thinking about that poor little lost doe. Keep them safe and harrass the wildlife department to come and trap that bear. That is scary if it feels that comfortable around your property! How were both the goats when you reunited them?

 

[GhostRider65]

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LOL yes there are actually lots of bears in Wi. the farther North ya go the more their are, I had a huge sow in my back yard about 8 years ago, scared the bejesus outa me 1am in the dark dogs were having ten fits so I let them out to chase off what I supposed was a coyote or fox, the big growl I heard sure sent shivers up my back, my kids seen it the next morning about 2 miles west of me on the way to school it crossed in front of the bus. The DNR has had a limited hunting season here for a long time now and their population is growing wild more and more reports of them as far south as Madison!!!!!! We also have cougars but much more rare, though the increase in sightings is growing also. Kim