Bear Trouble

[Joel/ak]

Blackies are the worst. If they are iñ distance, shoot them.

Their is a reason for the old saying " if it's brown, lay down. If it's black fight back"

Everyone thinks the brown bear is predatory, they can be but black bears I never put up with. Only thing worse than a black bear is a stirred up moose.

 

[stumblinhorse]

Was not always that way… a permit was as simple as sending a sketch to the county with a 10 dollar fee.

Only inspection was assessor who visited to verify what was built resembled plans…

No single inspection for seasonal private cabin and county seat was down the mountain in Placerville.

Boy have things changed

I had a similar problem years ago. Bear destroyed everything on my property it could. Leveled 2 out buildings. Bear wasn’t scared of me at all, I tried everything. Wildlife officer said I couldn’t do anything about property damage. I will tell you what works 100% every single time. Buy ammonia in a gallon an pour it around all over. Bear will never come back. Every time you are there pour more. worse thing to do is fill a balloon with ammonia and rub bacon grease on the outside and hang it up. Bear Will hit that ballon and burst it. No more bears around ever.

 

[ultrarunner]

For all you guys who think you are not food to a bear , you need to start watching scary bear attacks on you tube, Lots of people have been eaten , Especially by black bears, My sister and her family live in washinton state and they are all trying to get out because of stupid laws just like california .

Sorry to hear that as Ive been planning my move to western WA for almost 20 years...

When I bought the rules were totally different... had 3 homesites but now could not build what I have...

 

[ultrarunner]

I had a similar problem years ago. Bear destroyed everything on my property it could. Leveled 2 out buildings. Bear wasn’t scared of me at all, I tried everything. Wildlife officer said I couldn’t do anything about property damage. I will tell you what works 100% every single time. Buy ammonia in a gallon an pour it around all over. Bear will never come back. Every time you are there pour more. worse thing to do is fill a balloon with ammonia and rub bacon grease on the outside and hang it up. Bear Will hit that ballon and burst it. No more bears around ever.

So simple and it will be first on my list on my return.

Thank You!

 

[oosik]

That is why there are so many black bear "incidents" in AK. Everybody knows that cute black bear can't/won't hurt you - WRONG. A 170# black bear can tear you apart like a rag doll.

The other problem that folks create for themselves. Walking down a trail - being as quiet as possible - enjoying nature and all its sounds. You rudely awaken a bear( black, brown, grizzly ) sleeping in the nearby bushes. Chances are it WILL attack.

When in bear country we had one person whose responsibility was to "make noise". Let the bears know we are there, as we all walk down the trail and allow them to silently slip away. Most times - beat on a large frying pan with a stick.

I know this sounds crazy - but it DOES work. They will silently move off 30 yards or so. Then stand up to see what in the hell is going on.

 

[Rockbadchild]

yeah it happen pretty rare but it dose happen ... I know two resent incident where people got killed by a black bear and one of them the bear had the intention to eat him ... first incident not clear what that individual was doing but he got attack by a black bear, got drag some length from the incident and got partially buried, (stashed for a later snack) ... the other incident a old man was blue berry picking and got attack, mauled and killed by a bear ...

We see this disconnect form ''city people'' like the one judge in southern Ontario who sentence a man for killing a black bear that was in his yard, the judge said ''you just killed winnie the pooh'' if that's not a disconnect I don't know what is...

I don't agree to kill any bear at sight but trouble juvenile bear should be relocated and adult bear that wonder in town or if they are a threat to you, your family or your property should be dealt with ....in the wild its kill or be kill so if someone think he is above that he is pretty oblivious.

 

[plowhog]

How Dangerous Are Black Bears? - North American Bear Center

By Lynn Rogers, PhD In working closely with wild bears for over 50 years, I have gradually become more and more comfortable with them as I learned their “language” and...

bear.org

 

[tradosaurus]

Just curious. How do you know it was a bear that did the damage and not vandals?

 

[LouNY]

How Dangerous Are Black Bears? - North American Bear Center

By Lynn Rogers, PhD In working closely with wild bears for over 50 years, I have gradually become more and more comfortable with them as I learned their “language” and...

bear.org

That attitude and pitch is a large part of the problem.

 

[ultrarunner]

Just curious. How do you know it was a bear that did the damage and not vandals?

Neighbor that heard noise saw bear coming out... residential lots with 5' side setback

Said almost always unoccupied and getting much worse.

Trash is in bear proof containers so that supply greatly reduced...