I'll stick with Raccoons...

[dirt ditch]

We have Raccoons and possums running around our yard at night but my SIL and her husband have something much larger prowling around. I did not know Wisconsin has such a large bear population.

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[rekees4300]

They should be afraid ... VERY AFRAID!

 

[cat fever]

Looks like it would make an excellent rug.

 

[westcliffe01]

Black bears can be very persistent. If you have sliding or french doors, they can be inside in seconds.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

He certainly looks well fed...

 

[CalG]

Black bears can be very persistent. If you have sliding or french doors, they can be inside in seconds.

I recalled a video of a bear 'entering" a vehicle at some California Park parking lot, so went to the internet to look for the images.
I didn't find what i was thinking of, but rather caught some film of a bear breaking into a car. It took all of 15 seconds for the bruin to shatter glass and dive in for the goods!

"In an altercation between man and the beasts, I believe I would side with the bears"

 

[ch1ch2]

wow 62 degrees at 1 AM. I would trade our 80 degrees at 5 AM and keep the bear.

 

[teejk]

We have Raccoons and possums running around our yard at night but my SIL and her husband have something much larger prowling around. I did not know Wisconsin has such a large bear population.

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No shortage of bears here now. They used to stay in the north forests but as the numbers increased they started moving south, then they discovered the cornfields and with that in their diet the population exploded...one or two cubs per cycle became triplets, quads and the occasional quint.

 

[ovrszd]

I think those that live in Bear country accept and respect them. For the rest of us, it's a bit disturbing.

In my lifetime I've only heard of 3 black bear sightings in my County. I've heard of at least 20 Cougar sightings. But how could that be,,, our Conservation Department says we don't have such things here.

Sidestory: A local Turkey hunter was sitting on the ground camo'd and calling. A Bobcat attacked him. No damage to either, other than a jolt to the heart of each!!!!

 

[RobertBrown]

Someone is feeding it or not keeping the garbage secured. A recipe for regret.
I suggest they find out why that bear is up in the yard and get that issue resolved before an incident occurs.

 

[ovrszd]

Someone is feeding it or not keeping the garbage secured. A recipe for regret.
I suggest they find out why that bear is up in the yard and get that issue resolved before an incident occurs.

It's in the yard because the yard is in it's range. No different than Deer, Racoons, Coyotes, Bobcats, etc., etc.

 

[seaneastok]

We have had several rip the siding off of cabin's in our area..If they want to get in there is no stopping them..Well unless you feed them a large high velocity pill. it wasn't until about four year's ago that that state of Oklahoma decided to verify that bear's do indeed reside in the state..and started a hunting season to curb the number's...

 

[roadhunter]

Bears can show up in strange places. I used to live in NE Oklahoma at Grand Lake. Black bear was literally 100 yards from the parking lot at Cherokee Yacht Club one evening.

At the same time where I live now in NW Nebraska has heavily timbered national forest with elk and big horn sheep, even wolves on a few occasions, but I've never heard of any bear being in the area. Heck we even have moose come through every few years but no bear.

I believe they can be found in most states.

 

[CalG]

We have had a couple of black bears amble through the back yard here in S. VT over the past 25 years. (moose too) No big worries, but they sure set off the neighborhood dogs a' barking!

We don't keep bird feed out, that sure will bring them around.

 

[drizler]

Get a dog and you will never see another bear again. I sure wouldn't want that big boy roaming around my property. The coy-wolves around here are trouble enough.

 

[Toyboy]

As long as you don't have a food source to draw them in, bird feeders, garbage, pet food outside, etc. you really don't have an issue. We've moved into their territory Up North here . What will keep them passing through is bird lovers that refuse to take down the feeders for summer, even though the DNR requests you remove them.

Then you've got a bunch of city folks with their city habits moving to the big north, and freak out at the sight of one. You just learn to accept the fact your in bear country and don't give them a reason to want to return. If they do find a food source, they'll return for up to 2 weeks to check it out.

We've probably had one go through our yard at least a half dozen times this summer alone, not knowing what goes on after dark.

Our guests have gone from freaking out, to curious, to aww their pretty in a matter of minutes once they know they won't be attacked. Normally the bear will run just as fast the other way.

You learn to understand them but never lose respect for one either, it will eat you.

 

[dickfoster]

Get a dog and you will never see another bear again. I sure wouldn't want that big boy roaming around my property. The coy-wolves around here are trouble enough.

I have a dog and the bears are still around. However, it was entertaining to see my 20lb miniature schnauzer tree a 400lb black bear last summer. That is after I was over the shock and fright. Crazy dayum dog.

Then there are the coyotes but I haven't seen any cats yet. I'm sure they have to be around because there are lots of deer.

Come to think of it I haven't seen a coons up here either but I don't know why not. We had lots of em in the city and they'd come right in the pet door like they owned the place.

 

[CalG]

But they are so cute

Bears Come Down to Beach to Swim Amongst Humans in Lake Tahoe - YouTube

"In a conflict between Man and the beasts, I believe I would side with the bears"

 

[RobertBrown]

It's in the yard because the yard is in it's range. No different than Deer, Racoons, Coyotes, Bobcats, etc., etc.

Nonsense...

A bear follows it's nose through it's "range". It's there because it smells something tasty. It should have a natural fear of humans, this can be lost when the bear comes to associate the smell of humans with food.

 

[ovrszd]

Nonsense...

A bear follows it's nose through it's "range". It's there because it smells something tasty. It should have a natural fear of humans, this can be lost when the bear comes to associate the smell of humans with food.

Because the humans now live in it's range. No nonsense. Just Nature at work.