Dec 8, 2024 · Have a fire at night? Bears know that humans with food have fires. It’s hard to imagine that at close range, a bear won’t be able to pick up the scent of a food bag. Maybe these bags make odors invisible to bears and they wander off flummoxed at finding humans out in the woods with no food…again, until you start cooking. I use a Bearikade.

Oct 15, 2011 · Was hunting in Roraback WMA this morning with a buddy and had 4 large Bears come by. 3 of them were in the 200 plus lb range one was a stand out from the rest and looked to be about 350 to 400. After the hunt my buddy and I went to do some scouting and came across another bear that saw us and ran off.

Jan 11, 2025 · Bears living in close proximity to humans they do not fear is a tragedy waiting to happen. The child attacked in Morris was clearly a predatory attack. Let’s not be fooled by what the anti-hunting crowd says, The Bears that we see in CT neighborhoods are the SAME bears that live in the woods, their home ranges are certainly large enough to ...

Dec 9, 2024 · Lots of bears and lots of food=lots of bears available during shotgun season . From: Ungie01201. 09-Dec-24.

Mar 19, 2009 · Black bears in California can usually be treated like troublesome dogs but with food-stealing skills even Yogi and Boo-Boo would envy. In Canada they apparently are more of a personal threat but less wily when it comes to stealing food. I'm amazed if AT bears can be fooled by a single-bag food hang.

Todd, black bears in southeast US don’t hibernate unless its really cold for some time. Past many years bears have been Very Active on the AT all year, much due to increase of novice hikers. From direct conversation with 2 brothers, and a recent thru-hiker article on The Trek, southeastern bears can defeat tree limb hangs.

Keeping human food away from bears worked. Keeping food away from bears has also saved our bumbling, adorable fuzzballs from being put down. This is important not just because they’re cute, but because since 1975, grizzly bears have been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. A fed bear is a dead bear: Feeding a wild ...

Jan 28, 2025 · The bears are thriving. Everyone who is in there knows it. The local biologists know it. They remain listed for political reasons only at this point. Hunting a few bears will not harm the overall population and will help put some fear back into an animal whose very survival is aided by avoidance of humans to as much extent as is possible.

Apr 11, 2022 · the only bears I’ve seen ran away as soon as they saw me. a device could probably make a louder noise for a longer period of time than you could yell. You could make a device that had different noises – hissing, human voice,… bear spray has some disadvantages – limited supply, it gets in your own eyes, wind can blow it away from the ...

May 19, 2024 · We have tried a pop up blind on a new bait and it generally scares mature boars off, especially in an area where the bears are a bit wary of people like in our farmland. If left overnight it is almost guaranteed to be destroyed in one night. I would create a brush pile and sit in it if I was restricted to being on the ground.