Is this Bear or Coyote fur?? Help me determine what I'm up agenst!

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

Followed a trail of feathers that led me to this right above a huge pile of feathers going through the fence and a trickle of feathers after that.

Is this a coyote or a bear? I lost 1 of my extra boys (the rest are all in hot wired coops.)

I'd LOVE to hear that its a coyote. Unfortunately the coyotes around here are light grey and I'm thinking bear.

I put it on my scanner and scanned it.

 

[stoopid]

Doesn't look canine to me....

 

[CupOJoe42]

This is supposed to be bear hair caught in barbed wire fence according to the website.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

Unfortunately I think I know deep down it is a bear.

Thanks guys! We had a bear a few months ago and the fur was longer(he is no longer a problem..), The short kinky stuff confused me a little and so did the coyote that was around here saturday trying to get into coops. Wishful thinking I guess!

 

[stoopid]

When it gets caught in the wire, and stretched, that's how it gets kinky.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Can you run a strand of electric near the barbwire?

If so, then run it and electify it. Just before bed - go out turn off fencer, place bacon strips ON electric fence, then turn fencer back on.


Generally once the bear gets a nose full of electric - it will stay away.



Good thing the other birds are locked up tight.

 

[aprophet]

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there should be tracks close by they are kina easy to tell apart

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

The barbed wire runs the whole 3 acres and the fenceline was/is really overgrown. We've been working on getting it cleared. I might just do some fencing around the 5 coops and charge that up. I love the bacon idea but $10 says my cats will be the first to get shocked.

The boys were out because I couldn't process them and I cant even pay people to take them! They were happy and I knew they might get eaten.. No big loss but with our last bear problem he learned he could just body slam the hotwire and get into coops. He was more a fan of chicken feed then chickens.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

If you were closer, I would help you process your extra boys.

While it is no big loss (I totally understand what you are saying here) - you have just taught a predator that there is an easy meal to be had at your place.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

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there should be tracks close by they are kina easy to tell apart

Pine needles and leaves everywhere I cant find any tracks! Plus the whole driveway is covered with gravel. There is big disturbances in the ground and I just couldn't tell what it is.

*going back out to scour for tracks!*