Bear question

[buck naked]

whatever you do, don't call the cops....last year in the lakes region, they shot and killed a mother bear up in a tree with two cubs. They felt she was too dangerous, yet all she was doing was feeding her babies. They ended up orphans and were taken to a refuge camp. Hopefully, they made it through the summer, but I never heard.

If fish & game had been called, the entire situation would have ended differently and no doubt, more positively.

[DareToDream]

Originally Posted by CometVoyager

Hi Dare!

Yes our Bear Neighbors, no pun intended, do have their needs and it appears this one is just looking for food! What I have done in the past is saturate a number of rags with Ammonia and some Clorox Bleech and try to leave them where you think the bear has been roaming. This has worked for me with bears and believe or not pigeons as well! Worst case senario, make sure your husband has his 30 odd six loaded and ready to fire if needed!:ee k:

Ammonia and Clorox are a lethal combination when mixed together! You do the mixing/saturating outside, I hope! Hubby has his hunting stuff handy should we need it, don't worry

[DareToDream]

Originally Posted by Colebrook

That sure sounds like a bear in the backyard to me. If you call the NH Fish and Game people, they will either trap it or dart it . The bad part for me is they'll probably bring it up here.LOL

Gee Colebrook - Don't you want a new "furry neighbor"?

[DareToDream]

Originally Posted by buck naked

whatever you do, don't call the cops....last year in the lakes region, they shot and killed a mother bear up in a tree with two cubs. They felt she was too dangerous, yet all she was doing was feeding her babies. They ended up orphans and were taken to a refuge camp. Hopefully, they made it through the summer, but I never heard.

If fish & game had been called, the entire situation would have ended differently and no doubt, more positively.

I don't think we'll have to call anyone - the only time we would is if we felt threatened. So far, when Yogi's been around during the day, he just has wandered from the road up the yard and into the forest. Other than that, just the weird bit with the tree stump and the rock, which was evidently done while we were all asleep and it didn't even disturb the dog!

I think I remember that incident in the lakes region and I thought that was a shame.

Hubby and I are both in agreement that if we feel the bear is becoming a nuisance or if we feel threatened by it, then we would call fish and game. The dumpster problem seems to be taken care of, so hopefully once it realizes the "free meal" down the street is gone, he/she will go back to foraging in the woods.

We do make noise when we take the dog out and so far haven't encountered it when we're outside. Now is the time of year we get a lot of people wandering around in the woods behind the house as well - a lot of hikers, so maybe with more human activity in the area, Yogi will feel less comfortable venturing forth.