Security in Rural Location? (area, Alabama, school, Washington)

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by Submariner

Since living here, twice I have seen vehicles sitting in the roadside ditch upside down. Both times I called the sheriff's office and I was told that they would send a deputy out to look the next business day.

So long as there are no bodies in the wrecked cars, they do not send Law Enforcement to the scene on the same day. They will schedule it on the next business day.

Where is this at?

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by nowhereman427

Where is this at?

Rural Maine.

I live in an unorganized township [the majority of Maine townships are 'unorganized townships'] we have much lower taxes.

I live in the Southern half of Maine, about 20 miles North of Bangor.

[ben young]

Originally Posted by Nonesuch

Eastern coyote cross-bred with wolves on their return to New England via Canada, so they are larger and are sometimes known to pack hunt using wolf-like tactics.

Only real worry right now is our local bears are waking up, and man are they hungry.
(Photo Credit: TexasBowHunter)

Totally agree.Wehave them now with the snow pack down to about a foot. The sun softens the snow and at night with temps in the teens it hardens and turned into concrete. Boy the coyote can run.Love the pack calls at night.

[sombrueil]

Originally Posted by Submariner

When I first came here shopping for land to buy. One realtor I met with, keeps a spare automobile parked at the airport with a key in the visor. He tells all his potential customers to freely use that car whenever they are in the area.

I doubt if there is a single house door that is locked in our township.

As for all of the dozens of former residents of your house, I am certain that none of them saw it as an issue.

Yeah, we don't either. I do have a passel of farm dogs of course. The main thing I worry about is that fox who has a den under my neighbor's stone wall. Once she pups she will be after my chickens again, to feed her family. Also the 'yotes are howling every night and I have to lock up my goats.

Oh, people? Yeah we see them periodically. Generally they stop and talk. The police chief comes by to check on the old deaf guy at the end of the road and make sure he's okay. This isn't exurbia, city ethics but with trees. That's where I moved from. Not going back there!

[Driver 47]

Originally Posted by Nonesuch

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Only real worry right now is our local bears are waking up, and man are they hungry.
(Photo Credit: TexasBowHunter)

I'm expecting Yogi & Booboo to show up any day now. Time to bring in the birdfeeders before they become bearfeeders. lol at the upside down bear like a squirrel on steroids.

[MechAndy]

I am about to introduce honey bees to our Washington property.
I hear that bears like honey.
This might be a new learning experience .

[2mares]

Originally Posted by Nonesuch

Eastern coyote cross-bred with wolves on their return to New England via Canada, so they are larger and are sometimes known to pack hunt using wolf-like tactics.

Only real worry right now is our local bears are waking up, and man are they hungry.
(Photo Credit: TexasBowHunter)

LOL. Wow.
Here we just have to worry about the squirrels steeling bird seed. And maybe an occasional raccoon.

[lpc123]

Yeah, the picture looks like the bears have been cross-breeding with squirrels.

[MechAndy]

One of my friends has a large acreage area in the mountains.
His place came with a tall fence around his garden area.
It’s like 12 feet tall.
He is also a city boy.

So he is talking to my wife on the phone while I was there and then my wife starts yelling at him asking him where his kid was at.

Apparently he told her that there were 2 chimpanzees climbing the fence and he didn’t know that you could keep chimps here.
Wifey informed him that those were 2 baby bears and momma bear was probably very close.
And yes his 4 year old son was down there.

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by lpc123

Yeah, the picture looks like the bears have been cross-breeding with squirrels.