I am sooooo screwed. GUESS WHO'S BACK! Pic

[OPIE]

Just FYI its not the best thing to eat black bears that have been rummaging through peoples trash. I have heard it doesnt taste good at all.

You own a gun, but no ammo?

Thats like having a toilet but no TP!!!
Good luck to you.

 

[2manyhats]

I don't miss the bears I dealt with in NJ. None were that big. We once opened the door to our attached garage to find one sitting on the steps to the house eating bird seed. I hadn't closed the garage door. That was a shocker. Don't have too many in this area of NY. Only occassional sitings here.

 

[blueskylen]

I always worry that a bear,coyote,etc that just won't stay away might have rabies. you could be close to him a dozen times without him even moving, and then the next time he comes for you.

we live in Northern WV - just next to the PA border, and I know for a fact they there have been many mountain lion sightings around here - have heard that the DNR released some of them into the mountains for some unknown reason - and now they are multiplying - that really scares me, as they will stalk and come up from behind as quiet as a mouse!
Just like those darn coyotes - I just don't understand why they put them back in this area - they just are killing all of the small game and deer they can - even dogs and cats!

 

[SterlingAcres]

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[mudhen]

Just saw the picture you posted. That bear is HUGE!!!

 

[amazondoc]

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The first time he goes through the trash, it isn't baiting. But leaving the trash when you know he has been attracted by it, and then "conspiring to hunt" (the legal wording) him at the bait site, is.

Considering the trash will be removed before hunting season, he's still legal.

Read that passage again. It is illegal to hunt over any area that has been baited for 30 days after the bait has been removed.

edited to add -- I looked it up, and it looks like all Pennsylvania bear hunting seasons will be over by December 6 this year. Since it's already November 6 and the garbage bait is still there, it's already too late for you to remove that garbage and have a legal chance at the bear.

Also edited to add -- Considering that there were over 300 prosecutions in Pennsylvania for baiting in 2005-6 alone, it would seem that there is a reasonably high risk of legal consequences here.

As previously mentioned, if that garbage wasn't sitting out, he'd have eaten my chickens, turkey or dogs by now.

If the garbage wasn't sitting out, he probably wouldn't be there in the first place.​

 

[mudhen]

I'm in the panhandle of WV, one of my neighbors spotted a mountain lion last summer.
Probably moved to your area, cuz we've had a deer population explosion in our subdivision this year. So the mountain lion is gone or is very fat and wobbling around in the woods somewhere....

 

[ams3651]

one of my neighbors saw a mountain lion about 2 weeks ago and of course the game commission tells him it had to be a bobcat......only 3 times the size with a looooong tail

Make things as hostile as you can. Do you have garbage cans you could chain shut? Make loud noises, shoot off a couple rounds, yell and carry on, let the dogs bark. They like to be left alone and you dont want him hibernating under your porch or in your woods. But yeah, wow, hes huge.

 

[SterlingAcres]

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[amazondoc]

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Garbage is a very well known bear attractant. That doesn't require any special knowledge.