I can't Bear it

rsv1cox Sat May 02, 2020 6:59 am

Yesterday:

This morning:

I have developed defenses against deer eating my tomato's and mice getting into my garage but there is no defense against a 350 pound bear with a taste for bird seed. Thinking back I remember about six bird feeders that have succumbed over the years. I have game cam movies showing a boar bear (male for you city fellers) on his back legs shoving similar feeders over.

This one is fixable however. Several have not been.

crankbndr Sat May 02, 2020 7:34 am

Hard to keep Yogi out of the pic-a-nic baskets.

getback Sat May 02, 2020 8:18 am

Darn they just want leave your feeders alone , have you thought of maybe a elect. fence type defence ? Huh...

Marleysky Sat May 02, 2020 9:09 am

We had a bear wandering around the “Woods” in our neighborhood for the last couple of months. My next door neighbor called from his Florida residence and let me know the Bear set off his security cameras on the back porch a while back. A Facebook neighborhood group page had a number of posts with sightings. Poor Yogi met his demise in trying to cross 4 lanes of Interstate express way. A lot of people wanted the “killer” of this bear to be punished for killing their “pet” bear...The police and DNR treated it like any other wildlife/vehicle death.

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/04/rip-big-fella-bear-killed-in-walker-crash-believed-to-be-yogi-the-oft-seen-bear.html

TLAnderson Sat May 02, 2020 9:11 am

rsv1cox wrote:

I have developed defenses against deer eating my tomato's and mice getting into my garage but there is no defense against a 350 pound bear with a taste for bird seed.

rsv1cox Sat May 02, 2020 10:48 am

That would do it TL. Smile

20/25 years ago I would have popped him in a minute. Deer too. Couldn't do it today, gone soft in my old age.

Bird feeders from days gone past:

Jason_WI Sat May 02, 2020 10:49 am

This would get r done.

https://www.armslist.com/posts/11720080/eau-claire-wisconsin-rifles-for-sale--ma-deuce-semi-auto-50bmg-

rsv1cox Sat May 02, 2020 11:01 am

Jason_WI wrote:This would get r done.

https://www.armslist.com/posts/11720080/eau-claire-wisconsin-rifles-for-sale--ma-deuce-semi-auto-50bmg-

Yeah, Ma Deuce, makes a heck of a racket. AHC has done a few pieces on it.

Got it back up. Hot melt glue fixed it fast, until the next time. Sad

fit90 Sat May 02, 2020 11:58 am

We've had good luck keeping bears out of the garbage by pouring vinegar over it. Maybe you can find a way to keep the scent of vinegar around the feeder. I don't know how the birds would react to it.

GallopingGhostler Sat May 02, 2020 12:16 pm

Marleysky wrote:Poor Yogi met his demise in trying to cross 4 lanes of Interstate express way. A lot of people wanted the “killer” of this bear to be punished for killing their “pet” bear...The police and DNR treated it like any other wildlife/vehicle death.

Sad, justice by preferences and impulses versus common sense.

I'd be more concerned that the motorist and others weren't seriously injured.

**Cribbs74** Sat May 02, 2020 5:48 pm

Probably not a way to stop it from happening apart from shooting it. Is there a way you can have local authorities trap and relocate it?

Jason_WI Sat May 02, 2020 5:53 pm

Trap and relocate would be better than this happening.

GallopingGhostler Sat May 02, 2020 6:26 pm

Have to be careful, no telling how bears may react when they have had enough.

Marleysky Sat May 02, 2020 7:43 pm

Cribbs74 wrote:Probably not a way to stop it from happening apart from shooting it. Is there a way you can have local authorities trap and relocate it?

DNR only traps and relocates nuisance animals. Yogi had not committed any “crimes” other than wandering thru the populated neighborhoods, no dog or pet chicken attacks. He did knock down numerous backyard bird feeders. Although they did admit there was a noticeable increase in “drive-by” human visitors to any reported locations of yogi sightings. So sad to see him taken out like that, but they say it would have been just a matter of time before a Human/bear interface occurrence wouldn’t be good for either one. The news reported that there was no injuries to either the driver or the Commercial truck that struck the bear.

rsv1cox Sun May 03, 2020 8:31 am

West Virginia game laws state that you can take a nuisance bear anytime on your own property. In the photo above taken from my kitchen window just to the left of the center divider there is a bear disappearing behind a tree. He had wandered around my back yard for awhile so I went out on the back deck to take a look.

About 20 yards away he stopped turned around and looked at me. Unimpressed he wandered away.

If I had a bear gun it would be my Remington model 8 in .35 Remington, enough to take down an elephant if placed properly. Introduced in 1905 by John Browning it became the Remington model 8 in 1911. Semi automatic and recoil operated it had a unique barrel within a barrel design where when fired the inner barrel and bolt rotated rearward locked together picking up the incoming round. Offered in four Remington calibers plus 300 Savage I had them all. Later with minor changes it became the model 81. Both were take-down designs.

Remington touted it as a bear gun and advertised it as such.

If I had shot it, which I wouldn't, I would have to dispose of the remains, no easy task. Better to let him roam around knocking down my bird feeder giving me something to do on these covid-19 days. So far as to relocating, I live way out in the sticks. This is where they relocate bear to.

The model 8/81 is a pleasure to shoot. Recoil operated and the unique design absorbed some of the recoil. A pleasure, but the ammunition then and now is expensive.

getback Sun May 03, 2020 9:39 am

I live way out in the sticks. This is where they relocate bear to. wrote:

Well thats the price you pay for a little heaven ! Nice Gun Cool

**Cribbs74** Sun May 03, 2020 2:02 pm

rsv1cox wrote:West Virginia game laws state that you can take a nuisance bear anytime on your own property. In the photo above taken from my kitchen window just to the left of the center divider there is a bear disappearing behind a tree. He had wandered around my back yard for awhile so I went out on the back deck to take a look.

About 20 yards away he stopped turned around and looked at me. Unimpressed he wandered away.

If I had a bear gun it would be my Remington model 8 in .35 Remington, enough to take down an elephant if placed properly. Introduced in 1905 by John Browning it became the Remington model 8 in 1911. Semi automatic and recoil operated it had a unique barrel within a barrel design where when fired the inner barrel and bolt rotated rearward locked together picking up the incoming round. Offered in four Remington calibers plus 300 Savage I had them all. Later with minor changes it became the model 81. Both were take-down designs.

Remington touted it as a bear gun and advertised it as such.

If I had shot it, which I wouldn't, I would have to dispose of the remains, no easy task. Better to let him roam around knocking down my bird feeder giving me something to do on these covid-19 days. So far as to relocating, I live way out in the sticks. This is where they relocate bear to.

The model 8/81 is a pleasure to shoot. Recoil operated and the unique design absorbed some of the recoil. A pleasure, but the ammunition then and now is expensive.

Nice!!!!! Now I am jealous.

rsv1cox Sun May 03, 2020 6:09 pm

Thanks guys.

The model 8 was one of the firearms used to take down Bonnie and Clyde in law enforcements infamous ambush. Pictures of it leaning against the bullet riddled Ford taken at the time.

I'm back to checking to see if the bird feeder is still standing before I reach for my coffee cup in the morning. Going to last until they go into hibernation this winter. Sad

Bob

fredvon4 Mon May 04, 2020 7:24 am

Speaking of Bonnie and Clyde

I recently watched this flic on Prime or netflix

The Highwaymen is a 2019 American period crime drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by John Fusco. The film stars Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, two former Texas Rangers who attempt to track down and apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde in the 1930s.

twas and excellent movie IMO

rsv1cox Mon May 04, 2020 7:47 am

George, I gotta say, I'm not getting either of your two cartoons.

I can think of more appropriate labels for the first one rather than Zimmerman. Ryan Zimmerman is a popular player for the Washington Nationals; and regarding the second one, I can't connect anything like that occurring in any Scandinavian country, but seems there was a mass shooting at an island off Denmark a few years back. Some disgruntled guy with an axe to grind. Too many of those these days.

Zimmerman though may be a stand-in for my bear. Shoot first then...………...

**Cribbs74** Mon May 04, 2020 11:47 am

fredvon4 wrote:Speaking of Bonnie and Clyde

I recently watched this flic on Prime or netflix

The Highwaymen is a 2019 American period crime drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by John Fusco. The film stars Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, two former Texas Rangers who attempt to track down and apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde in the 1930s.

twas and excellent movie IMO

It is an excellent movie, I watched it a while back and was very impressed. Good bit of acting for sure.

daddyo Tue May 05, 2020 12:43 am

Do motion activated lights work on bears?

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rsv1cox Tue May 05, 2020 6:07 am

daddyo wrote:Do motion activated lights work on bears?

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I would think they would, only mine are located at the front of the house, back are switched floods.

I should fix up my game camera again.

balogh Tue May 05, 2020 6:33 am

Hey Bob, is that miniature brown puppy on the 2nd pic a transistorized nuisance bear? Very Happy

rsv1cox Tue May 05, 2020 7:19 am

balogh wrote:Hey Bob, is that miniature brown puppy on the 2nd pic a transistorized nuisance bear?

Nope, that's Spike a Dachshund "badger dog" sniffing out bear smells. He had a nose on him for that sort of thing.

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