Visitor - Black Bear

[bc.gold 3,403]

Recently added some fresh waste cooking oil onto the driveway and this fellow will be disappointed as the oil has already soaked in.

 

Some of you may recall the cooking oil once cured is like asphalt, good for erosion control on our very steep drive.

 

 

[peter lena 8,625]

@ bc gold, don't have any around us , usually farther up state , seen many grizzlies in Montana , very scary , very fast , silent , vertical walking , chase down pronghorn antelope , thats a something to see , all in total silence . be careful out there , pete  

 

 

 

 

 

[bc.gold 3,403]

6 minutes ago, peter lena said:

@ bc gold, don't have any around us , usually farther up state , seen many grizzlies in Montana , very scary , very fast , silent , vertical walking , chase down pronghorn antelope , thats a something to see , all in total silence . be careful out there , pete  

 

 

 

 

 

The difference between a black bear and a grizzly.

 

Black bear will chase you up a tree while a grizzly will shake you out of that tree.

[lynnmor 7,305]

Oldie but goodie:

 

The National Park Rangers are advising hikers in Glacier National Park and other Rocky Mountain parks to be alert for bears and take extra precautions to avoid an encounter.
They advise park visitors to wear little bells on their clothes so they make noise when hiking. The bell noise allows bears to hear them coming from a distance and not be startled by a hiker accidentally sneaking up on them. This might cause a bear to charge.
Visitors should also carry a pepper spray can just in case a bear is encountered. Spraying the pepper into the air will irritate the bear's sensitive nose and it will run away.
It is also a good idea to keep an eye out for fresh bear scat so you have an idea if bears are in the area. People should be able to recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat.
Black bear droppings are smaller and often contain berries, leaves, and possibly bits of fur. Grizzly bear droppings tend to contain small bells and smell of pepper.

[bc.gold 3,403]

When I was in the Yukon came across a freshly dug hole with a mound of dirt that yet had formed a crust from drying out in the hot sun.

 

When I had brought it to Moe's attention, he said grizzly digging for a ground critter, said if she had cubs they would be sitting nearby waiting for a meal.

 

Moe said nine times out of ten when mom flung the critter out from the earth in front of the waiting cubs they often failed to catch it.

 

Coming home from town this morning, a young black bear when first observed was laying on the driveway licking up some cooking oil.

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

Reminds me of what I used to tell the kids while hiking on our western adventures:

 

“Remember kids… you don’t need to outrun the bear… only need to outrun Mom…” 

 

Kids thought it was funny. Mom… not so much. Always wondered why my backpack smelled like tuna fish… 

[bc.gold 3,403]

12 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Reminds me of what I used to tell the kids while hiking on our western adventures:

 

“Remember kids… you don’t need to outrun the bear… only need to outrun Mom…” 

 

Kids thought it was funny. Mom… not so much. Always wondered why my backpack smelled like tuna fish… 

A smart man, never tells his wife he has a life insurance policy.

 

Our house is a mile and a half from town having the bears around don't bother me or Pat but people in town take a different view, last year they had consecration come and set one of those bear relocation traps.

 

Trap sat empty all the time it was in place, someone forgot to bait it.

Edited July 6, 2022 by bc.gold

[bc.gold 3,403]

1 hour ago, lynnmor said:

Oldie but goodie:

 

The National Park Rangers are advising hikers in Glacier National Park and other Rocky Mountain parks to be alert for bears and take extra precautions to avoid an encounter.
They advise park visitors to wear little bells on their clothes so they make noise when hiking. The bell noise allows bears to hear them coming from a distance and not be startled by a hiker accidentally sneaking up on them. This might cause a bear to charge.
Visitors should also carry a pepper spray can just in case a bear is encountered. Spraying the pepper into the air will irritate the bear's sensitive nose and it will run away.
It is also a good idea to keep an eye out for fresh bear scat so you have an idea if bears are in the area. People should be able to recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat.
Black bear droppings are smaller and often contain berries, leaves, and possibly bits of fur. Grizzly bear droppings tend to contain small bells and smell of pepper.

 

Something no one thinks about, a woman on her moon.

 

In prehistoric times a woman would be sent away from the camp.

Edited July 6, 2022 by bc.gold

[kpinnc 12,023]

I really dislike bears. Here in the NC foothills, they aren't a regular thing to see. That being said, they are around, and are occasionally seen in the open. A couple friends and I were chased on foot just over half a mile by a black bear about 25 years ago, and I can assure you it isn't something you ever forget. When we made it to our vehicles, and shined the lights on it- and he/ she was bigger than any of them I've seen since in a zoo setting. The scary thing was that if it wanted to get one of us, I might not be posting this today. I guess it was just curious.

 

Hog farming was a big thing here some years back. The EPA required proper storage of carcasses when the occasional animal died. One farmer that I knew used full size steel dumpsters. I mean the big 8 foot square ones that weigh 1000lbs empty. He was constantly having to use a loader to flip his back upright after the bears would turn it upside down to get to an "easy" meal. Point being: a 400lb bear can get into anything if it wants what is inside. 

 

 

[Pullstart 62,852]

On 7/6/2022 at 9:18 AM, lynnmor said:

Oldie but goodie:

 

The National Park Rangers are advising hikers in Glacier National Park and other Rocky Mountain parks to be alert for bears and take extra precautions to avoid an encounter.
They advise park visitors to wear little bells on their clothes so they make noise when hiking. The bell noise allows bears to hear them coming from a distance and not be startled by a hiker accidentally sneaking up on them. This might cause a bear to charge.
Visitors should also carry a pepper spray can just in case a bear is encountered. Spraying the pepper into the air will irritate the bear's sensitive nose and it will run away.
It is also a good idea to keep an eye out for fresh bear scat so you have an idea if bears are in the area. People should be able to recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat.
Black bear droppings are smaller and often contain berries, leaves, and possibly bits of fur. Grizzly bear droppings tend to contain small bells and smell of pepper.

 

Bells are as effective as whistles I’m sure

 

https://youtu.be/oTA_B38IDXw

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

Unbelievable…

 

I have visions of criminals cowering in fright from the whistling public…

 

[Pullstart 62,852]

[EB-80/8inPA 1,641]

Black bears don’t care.  I hollered at this little bruin and he just looked at me before going back to emptying the bird feeder.  The cat snuck out, took one look at him and ran back into the house like his butt was on fire.  It was pretty funny.

[953 nut 55,223]

From time to time we have an uninvited visitor. Guess that is the price we pay for living in the forest adjacent to the US Forest service lands. These photos were taken from my wife's sewing room widow. In the second picture he had already tossed the feeder over the edge and was going down to get it. Both feeders survived with little damage.

 

[Ken B 3,164]

I have video cameras set up all over my yard here in New Milford CT. Black bears show up almost every single night! We moved into our new house last September and the very first night a bear left a big ole poop on our deck... A couple of weeks ago while riding the Harley on a back country road a few miles from my house a moose trotted out right in front of me....