black bears eating all me field corn.

[vtsnowedin]

Nothing wrong with that bear that a 180 grain core-loct out of a 30-06 won't cure.

 

[MossRoad]

Nothing wrong with that bear that a 180 grain core-loct out of a 30-06 won't cure.

Easy to say until the bear takes the gun away from you and beats you senseless with it.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Easy to say until the bear takes the gun away from you and beats you senseless with it.

I believe it was T.R. that said that "A man with a 30-06 doesn't need to walk away from anything"

 

[scesnick]

I live on the Western Md./Wv border in the mountains in the middle of nowhere and I have to deal with these darn bears all the time. The best deterrent I have found is this. Get a regular balloon, fill it with an amonia water mixture and wipe peanut butter all over it. hang it up in a branch where you keep seeing the bear and hang it high enough that the bear has to stand up and get the ballon. It will break the balloon and get a faceful of amonia........ It won't be back..

 

[scesnick]

I believe it was T.R. that said that "A man with a 30-06 doesn't need to walk away from anything"

I have treid this option also. Trust me, you DO NOT want to do this. You wallet will become very light in a hurry. About 10 years ago I shot a bear that continually chased my horse. Long story short , the DNR wanted to lock me up in the worst way but couldn't. I was simply protecting my property. It wasn't worth the harrassment from the authorities however...

 

[jcummins]

I live on the Western Md./Wv border in the mountains in the middle of nowhere and I have to deal with these darn bears all the time. The best deterrent I have found is this. Get a regular balloon, fill it with an amonia water mixture and wipe peanut butter all over it. hang it up in a branch where you keep seeing the bear and hang it high enough that the bear has to stand up and get the ballon. It will break the balloon and get a faceful of amonia........ It won't be back..

That's a real sneaky trick.

 

[forgeblast]

You can also hang tin foil off the e-fence and put a piece of bacon on it. When the bear eats it Zap in the mouth.
I lost bee hives when my fence was shorted out by some weeds. The bear went right through it and smashed 3 hives on me. I finally got another swarm so I have bees again.

 

[vtsnowedin]

I have treid this option also. Trust me, you DO NOT want to do this. You wallet will become very light in a hurry. About 10 years ago I shot a bear that continually chased my horse. Long story short , the DNR wanted to lock me up in the worst way but couldn't. I was simply protecting my property. It wasn't worth the harrassment from the authorities however...

Well you could buy a license and shoot it in season.

 

[randy41]

they say 5000 volts minimum on your fence. i had the same problem as forge did with honeybees being raided by a bear. you gotta think that a bear's threshold for pain must be something else to be able to withstand the number of bee stings a bear would get from raiding a hive.

 

[cqaigy2]

Corn feed bear must be quite tasty. We like to get them here while they are still on the wild fruit, but before they get on the salmon. Make great stew.

Hmm, now it's starting to sound tasty. Throw some garlic in there too.