Pesky Bears

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...turkeys tore her yard, her flower beds, her garden, all her potted plants to shreds...

Sounds more like guineas than turkeys...

The influx of turkeys here have displaced the ruffed grouse populations that were once plentiful here...ruffed grouse make much better table fare than wild turkey any day...
...but I have never seen anything that would be considered destructive to the grounds...

In the spring, it's possible to get a flock of turkeys to break matted leaves loose and into piles by just spreading a few hand fulls of cracked corn where you want them to rake...makes them much easier to deal with...every day different area...makes blowing or raking them much easier and faster...

Have always fed the wild ducks along the river of course the turkeys get their share but to get back to bears...we keep the cracked corn in very heavy duty galvanized (made in USA) trash cans...last week a bear destroyed two 50# sacks of corn...both times scaring it off it ran off with the sack spraying the feed everywhere...it is amazing how strong the bears are!...they crush and bite through these HD cans like they were beer cans...!...I have one can lid than is bent over flat then folded over again and so flat is like it was in a press...can not by hand unfold it...!

There has always been bears around here but as a rule they are only a problem in the spring when there are no berries yet and no acorns left...it is unusual to be bothered with them now when there are ripe berries all over the place...

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Turkeys are just now starting to get destructive. Before, they were satisfied with eating the bird seed and pooping on the driveway and on the deck. Now they are creating dusting wallows anywhere they can find a bare spot.

 

[ovrszd]

Nice bear pics Bob!!!! Thanks for posting them!!!!

 

[Jstpssng]

Hey, Boo-Boo! Never mind the pic-a-nic baskets, check out what these nice people have for us. I don't even need to stress my aching back, they put the food right at mouth level.

Nice pics of a very healthy looking bear!

 

[Thomas]

Have feeling Mr.Bear done that more than once also look thru glass door.

 

[jfh28]

around here bird feeders don't go outside until hard cold sets in usually by dec 15......and get taken back inside once the hard cold lifts usually by mar 15.......I've left then out later and had 600lb bears standing at my window batting them around......it's not very comforting knowing that only a piece of glass is separating you.....lol.......I have gambled with hanging hummingbird feeders out in the summer and haven't had a problem with them.......maybe sugar water doesn't give off enough of a scent to attract them or bears don't like hummingbirds dive bombing them..........Jack