Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Pat B on August 05, 2014, 11:45:51 am
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I was in the basement cleaning up some. :o I came upstairs and noticed this....
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...it wasn't like this 30 minutes before. Then Lucy started barking so I went on the front porch and saw a dark shadow moving into the bushes under the power line. I came back in the house, grabbed the camera and ran out the side door to see this guy just sitting there in the weeds...
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Before he was cute but now he's starting to piss me off. >:( My next step will be to get my bow and some blunt fluflus and see how he likes that. I could have easily popped him in the butt at the 20 yards where he was sitting.
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There is a woman out in western Montana that makes a dang good living off bears like your buddy. She has a large pack of well trained bear dogs, a high powered paintball gun, and some real cojones. She is hired to deal with people's problem bears, including griz.
Between her dogs and the paintball gun, she uses negative reinforcement to teach the bears that dumpster diving and other behaviors lead to being chased all over creation all the while getting stung in the butt. Apparently she is also quite a healthy and fit cross country runner because she does a fair job keeping up with the dogs. From what I understand about bears, the one thing they are not fond of is unnecessary exercise!
Grab a full quiver of blunt fluflus and your running shoes!
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Make sure ya keep whatever your gonna shew him away with ready and at hand easily..because he WILL be back again ....no doubt about that. Once they go down that road for food they'll do it again and again,and will become more openly blatant about it...have that camera ready to record as well for our enjoyment ;) :laugh: I really wanna see ya chase off a bear with ur bow n blunt tips :laugh:
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My plan is to shoot him with a fluflu nutter if I get the chance. If that doesn't work I have other remedies. >:D
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He/she looks young. Im sure a few good whacks will scare it away Pat.
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I'm guessing a juvenile male that Momma ran off recently so he's on his own and eating everything he can smell. Last week the hummingbird feeder, this week the garbage can. If I get the chance I'll try to discourage him.
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Make sure you got backup plan real handy.. Bears are funny critters flight or fight
Thanks leroy
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hahaha good stuff pat.
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Please document all the drama for us! >:D
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Pat, I want some of that young bear grease.
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He'll just change his habits and go nocturnal
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Marc, he wasn't at all spooked at my dog barking or of me going out and taking the pic. He finally just waked off and so far not been back.
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I'd use a broadhead, problem solved. :)
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Not bear season yet. I doubt I'd shoot him anyway...except with a blunt or nutter, just to remind him to leave the trash can alone.
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Other than building a fence to keep them out and securing containers like bomb shelters...........aahhhhh maybe Flu-Flu's will aggravate him. ::) good practice :o
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just make friend with it rather than kill it.
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Wild animals dont make good friends... I made the mistake of makin friends with my local raccoons and opossoms by throwin my leftovers out the backdoor for them. Big mistake on my end! They literally started beggin at the back door like a pet...sounds funny but its not, they started scrappin with my dog and cat... The best you can do is try to deter them but if that dont work extreme measures can and should be takin...bears arent meant to co-habitate with people... Brian
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Lee, I have no plans to kill him. I like knowing he is here.
Brian, can people cohabitate with bears? They were here first. ;D
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Not inda same house, lol... I dont mean he HAS to be killed.. If you can deter him from damaging your property that would be awesome!... Im just sayin that nusience animals have a tendency to stay that way... The fact that he aint even effected by the presence of your dogs is enuff to make me worry how brazen and dangerous he COULD get... The bears wont make it to this part of Mo. for a couple more yrs they say so I might have more insight then :o.... Brian