Overbearing Bears..

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uhfradarwill

uhfradarwill

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I see one or two Black Bears around my house every year; not big deal as they usually stay on the perimeter.

I don't know what it is with this year, but I have seen five different bears and they are all over my yard; no feeders.

I just had to chase two smaller ones away from the swimming pool which is at least 150" from any woodline.

I can barely believe it!! Guess I'll just have to grin and bear it :)

This a big boy my wife caught on camera last month at my 27 yard target.

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And they do "things" anywhere they want to!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2jbNi5n7Q


 
I see one or two Black Bears around my house every year; not big deal as they usually stay on the perimeter.

I don't know what it is with this year, but I have seen five different bears and they are all over my yard; no feeders.

I just had to chase two smaller ones away from the swimming pool which is at least 150" from any woodline.

I can barely believe it!! Guess I'll just have to grin and bear it :)

This a big boy my wife caught on camera last month at my 27 yard target.

bear.1624478374.jpg


And they do "things" anywhere they want to!!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2jbNi5n7Q



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That is HUGE for a black bear.
 
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my parents had to stop using suet feeders because of black bears.

For us at the moment, it's skunks. Dug under a mesh barrier and now living in my crawlspace. Need to figure out how to get ALL of them out so i can close it off without one dying trapped down there... they were going nuts out there / down there last night. Got into a brawl with a neighbor's cat, all kinds of stink. In the suburbs with close neighbors so shooting them seems like it is not an option. Trying "janitor strength" ammonia on rags, see if i can stink them out. Doubt it will work of course. 
 
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I trapped skunks,I was trying to trap raccoons and possums,so now what do I do,Killing is Out,. My cousin told me a skunk can not lift its tail high enough while in the cage to be able to squirt you.....OK,anyhow I could see the skunk was no going to squirt me so I put a blanket over the cage and took skunk out to the fields ,know what ,as it walk away it turned around and smiled at me.....such a happy ending....LOL.

ps It may be better to hire someone to get rid of those skunks...
 
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I see one or two Black Bears around my house every year; not big deal as they usually stay on the perimeter.

I don't know what it is with this year, but I have seen five different bears and they are all over my yard; no feeders.

I just had to chase two smaller ones away from the swimming pool which is at least 150" from any woodline.

I can barely believe it!! Guess I'll just have to grin and bear it :)

This a big boy my wife caught on camera last month at my 27 yard target.

bear.1624478374.jpg


And they do "things" anywhere they want to!!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2jbNi5n7Q

The amount of black bears we have here in Sussex county in NW New Jersey would amaze you. That's a nice bear, but I would no way call it huge. I routinely see 400-500 lb black bear. A couple towns over in Jefferson a few years ago, a hunter took one just over 800 lbs.

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my parents had to stop using suet feeders because of black bears.

For us at the moment, it's skunks. Dug under a mesh barrier and now living in my crawlspace. Need to figure out how to get ALL of them out so i can close it off without one dying trapped down there... they were going nuts out there / down there last night. Got into a brawl with a neighbor's cat, all kinds of stink. In the suburbs with close neighbors so shooting them seems like it is not an option. Trying "janitor strength" ammonia on rags, see if i can stink them out. Doubt it will work of course.
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I've had some success discouraging them by putting a light in the crawl space-I've also been told a radio will discourage them too. It's one of the pleasures of living rural to be having a dream about skunks spraying and wake up to find one just sprayed under the house! Apparently instead of a cigarette after lovemaking everybody sprays! They den up in dark quiet spaces, especially in the fall. 
 
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