Posted on 02/26/2024 5:06:25 AM PST by marktwain
Yes, but my wife loves to see the Blue birds come to the feeder at the window.
It is a battle every April 1st when I tell her it is time to take down the bird feeders.
Yes, we have had black bears come to the back of the house and destroy a bird feeder and a SUET feeder.
The solution to this is to allow people to shoot bears which are destroying their property.
This was not even controversial until the 1960s.
Ideally, any bear which approaches on their property, within 100 feet of a dwelling, would be fair game.
Bears would very quickly learn to avoid human dwellings.
Bears are bad neighbors.
I watched Little House on the Prairie, Season 4 Episode 5 about the wolves. It was unrealistic, but fairly entertaining compared to the crap that we are subjected to these days
We have a fir tree that kept losing branches when it was not windy out. This is an unusual type of fir tree that someone planted in the 1970s; It is much bushier than the type planted by lumber companies. I noticed a large pile of bear scat at the base. For who knows what reason a bear or bears kept climbing up it and breaking branches off. I never saw it/them and they went away on their own.
I put a game camera up to see if I could see the bear/s. Maybe the LED lights that come on at night made them suspicious. Or maybe they could tell that I was up and down the tree. Eventually, I saw some racoons on the SD card, but no bears.
My wife spends lots of money feeding the birds. We get boxes with mealy worms in them. Delivered by FedEx. In addition, she has me pick up 50# bags of sunflower seeds at Tractor Supply.
I started hunting again after a ten plus year hiatus. I had to practice. Since then I have bought two additional rifles. A 30.06 and a muzzle loader. I was previously using a Winchester 30-30. Prior to that at my previous house a 16 gauge shot gun.
I put up a deer stand at the back of my property. It got crushed by a falling tree. I put up another deer stand.
I have bought bags of corn and several deer blocks. I have yet to kill a deer. Mostly out of choice. I could have shot countless does and a couple spike bucks.
I did shoot a six point buck with the 30-30 last November. A solid broad side kill shot from only 100 feet away. He did a front flip, flailed around and then got up and staggered away out of site into some brush. I waited in my stand for about a half hour. Got down and walked over to where I though he would be lying dead. However, I NEVER found him. I looked for three hours with the help of my wife. I even thought about bringing in a tracker with dogs.
There are so many deer here in southern NH that they have now extended the days you can take a doe from two to four days. They are also allowing you to purchase an extra tag for an additional fee.
I went to my in laws on Saturday night for dinner. When we arrived my mother in law told us to be quiet. That there were two small deer in their back yard. She feeds them. They live on a small lot in a suburban neighborhood. This seems to be very common now. People feed deer year round. Which means they also attract bears, coyotes, fishers, raccoons, etc. In addition, having a back yard chicken coop has become the fun thing so many new people love to do when they buy their first house in the suburbs/country. My daughter and son in law did it. Raved about the fresh eggs. First the raccoon tried to get in. Then the coyote. Then the bobcat. Finally the bear absolutely demolished their chicken coop and killed the last two chickens.
Reading the comments on the Ammoland site are a hoot. The best is from a guy explaining what he recommends as every day carry. Some people are just ridiculous.
“My most immediate plan of action involves using what I have on me (in his case a G19). Mind you, most days that includes 4 spare mags, a backup .380 with one 12 round spare mag, and two knives. One, a normal size Buck and a Cold Steel Luzon (pocket machete’). “
It is unreasonable to frame a bear's actions as "fault". Bears do not have moral agency. They are animals. They do not recognize human morality, human laws, human property or anything else which might allow them to be "at fault". They do what do through instinct and what they have learned in their lifetime. Some small amount of behavior is passed from one generation to the next.
Bears have strong instincts to seek out and eat as much as possible.
If they do not learn to avoid humans, they invariably conflict with humans, because humans are a major source food on the planet.
Wait until the Wolfen come around. Of course you won’t you won’t know they are around you until they tear out your throat.
Coyote I have trapped and shot a lot of coyotes. I have seen a lot of wolves.
Just a very fat coyote
My neighbor took this picture about 5 years ago. Sent it to Iowa State extension office & they said it was a big, healthy coyote.
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Looks like coyote to me. Had plenty on the worksite before I retired.
And Yes he is Well-Fed.
I have had hundreds of bear pictures on game cams.
If anything they are curious about them and have bitten more then one.
If your not getting pictures of bears it is because they are not walking in front of them.
We thought it was a hybrid because of the size and the extension office assured us it was 100% coyote based on its hind legs.
Thosr eild hogs make good eating, no ?
Have you noticed that these insane “deciders” NEVER have to live with the consequences of their decisions?
It is a disease common to LIEberals!
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