Any news yet? Did they do a trap?
HELP!!! We have a BEAR!!!
- Thread starter NiceTimeForSomethin'New
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- Jan 24, 2010
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Hey there BYC Friends!
OK, I've got an update...
The USDA Wildlife Services sent this great guy out to solve our problem. We now have a bear trap by the chicken coop. My whole property smells like cherries, licorice and beef jerky. He he! They use this super concentrate of the three plus cookies in the trap!
If YOU have a bear problem (or another critter break-in) I encourage you to call 1-866-487-3297 from a phone in your zip code (if you use a cell from another zip youll get the wrong office I made this mistake and had to use my home phone).
They have been great so far AND depending on WHO did the damage and WHERE you live they will PAY YOU for the damage caused and/or provide you with free TOOLS and INFORMATION to solve your problem! Instead of taking matters into your our hands try this, they are really great to deal with. Protecting our animals and property is their FULLTIME job we pay for this service with tax $s. It is worth a try.
The way it works is that the smell lures them in the cookies (the bears reward for entering) are in a bucket on a wire at the closed end of the trap they pull on the bucket to get at the cookies this makes the trap door fall. Simple enough.
We have to check it every morning and call ASAP when we catch one. If we happen to catch something else like a skunk or coon or my dog, we just let it out and try again
I have included pictures of the trap.
the trap
the bears view going in
the closed end with treat bucket inside on a wire
In my area (Western Wisconsin/Minneapolis, MN metro), you CAN shoot anything on your property IF it is in the act of doing great harm or your under attack you will, however, get in BIG trouble if you kill one that you just happen to see hanging out on your property. Your best bet is to call these guys and save Yogi. When you have a report on file about damage, you are in a much better position down the road for help, reimbursement, etc. They have five primary methods of catching the bear if this doesnt work, they go onto the next the last resort is that they shoot it for you. Much safer, easier and cheap if you ask me, like I said, we already pay for it.
Electric fence is also a great deterrent if you have problems like we have, so we will do that too to prevent future break-ins.
I hope this information is of help to everyone. I will keep you updated hopefully my next pictures will be of a bear in a trap. I really enjoy all of the info we have shared so far and Im interested in other bear attack/critter attack stories.
Wish me (and my chickens) luck
OK, I've got an update...
The USDA Wildlife Services sent this great guy out to solve our problem. We now have a bear trap by the chicken coop. My whole property smells like cherries, licorice and beef jerky. He he! They use this super concentrate of the three plus cookies in the trap!
If YOU have a bear problem (or another critter break-in) I encourage you to call 1-866-487-3297 from a phone in your zip code (if you use a cell from another zip youll get the wrong office I made this mistake and had to use my home phone).
They have been great so far AND depending on WHO did the damage and WHERE you live they will PAY YOU for the damage caused and/or provide you with free TOOLS and INFORMATION to solve your problem! Instead of taking matters into your our hands try this, they are really great to deal with. Protecting our animals and property is their FULLTIME job we pay for this service with tax $s. It is worth a try.
The way it works is that the smell lures them in the cookies (the bears reward for entering) are in a bucket on a wire at the closed end of the trap they pull on the bucket to get at the cookies this makes the trap door fall. Simple enough.
We have to check it every morning and call ASAP when we catch one. If we happen to catch something else like a skunk or coon or my dog, we just let it out and try again
I have included pictures of the trap.
In my area (Western Wisconsin/Minneapolis, MN metro), you CAN shoot anything on your property IF it is in the act of doing great harm or your under attack you will, however, get in BIG trouble if you kill one that you just happen to see hanging out on your property. Your best bet is to call these guys and save Yogi. When you have a report on file about damage, you are in a much better position down the road for help, reimbursement, etc. They have five primary methods of catching the bear if this doesnt work, they go onto the next the last resort is that they shoot it for you. Much safer, easier and cheap if you ask me, like I said, we already pay for it.
Electric fence is also a great deterrent if you have problems like we have, so we will do that too to prevent future break-ins.
I hope this information is of help to everyone. I will keep you updated hopefully my next pictures will be of a bear in a trap. I really enjoy all of the info we have shared so far and Im interested in other bear attack/critter attack stories.
Wish me (and my chickens) luck
Wow thanks for sharing! That is great information to have on hand.
Hope you get that bear and reimbursment for the damage and the chickens. Let us know how it comes out! And post those pics of the bear.
Hope you get that bear and reimbursment for the damage and the chickens. Let us know how it comes out! And post those pics of the bear.
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Thanks for the update.Been following this to see the outcome of mister bear and yourself. Good luck and happy trapping.
this is really interesting, keep us updated on your catch!!!
When I was a kid, we would go to a huge state park in Maine that, at the time, had a couple of bear dumps at each end of the 20 mile park road. We'd go out to the dumps at night and watch the bears, remember that John Candy movie, "The Great Outdoors" When they all pile in the station wagon? LOL. Anyway, about 25 years ago they got rid of the dumpsters and instated a carry-in-carry-out policy that all but eradicated the bear sightings in the park, unless you were on one of the remote trails. A few years later we were at one of the northern campgrounds and apparently a group had been leaving coolers and trash outside at night, attracting all sorts of critters. When we arrived for our stay, they had rigged a bear trap similar to this one near the main group of campsites. It was activated one night while we were there, at about midnight, and man, that trap door coming down echoed off of every single mountain within a 5 mile radius, I swear it echoed for 5 minutes. LOL! When that trap door goes down, you'll know it! Good luck, I hope you are able to catch 'Trouble' and end the nuisance! My neighbor told me he had one on his bird feeders last summer, only once, didn't come back again, but I didn't see it. We haven't seen anything but deer and turkeys in our yard, we're fairly rural. Please, keep us posted when the bear is trapped. How long will they keep the trap there?
Good luck!
can't wait to see what you catch!
my moms truble bear opened up my dads truck once when he accedently for got a slice of pizza on the dash
the second time he got in the truck for a pack of gum
they do less damage to a car if you leave your doors unlocked so keep you cars very clean and dont use sweet smelling air freshners ! it broke into my moms car and all that was in it was her apple cinnamon air freshner
Was the WS guy's name Tony by any chance?
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