Bear attack in AZ

[Eagle1]

While true -- once a bear learns that people mean food it WILL end badly. Most likely for the bear once he gets into a tussle with people.
Around here the the old ways apply, bears are afraid and stay away from conflict. Mostly you can give them a good scare when they are young and they remember. Being chased by dogs bigger than they are while young works a treat.
If not they will likely not grow old. Population centers that are disneyfied cause more animals to be euthanized than really rural areas. IMHO

 

[Eagle1]

I expect that was bird shot or maybe a turkey load

 

[jyoutz]

I moved out of bear and cougar country into an entirely different feces filling pajama party, who sees a Kubota tire and who sees what I almost stepped on at 5am?

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I keep shovels strategically located around the buildings during the summer season. For that purpose.

 

[jyoutz]

While true -- once a bear learns that people mean food it WILL end badly. Most likely for the bear once he gets into a tussle with people.
Around here the the old ways apply, bears are afraid and stay away from conflict. Mostly you can give them a good scare when they are young and they remember. Being chased by dogs bigger than they are while young works a treat.
If not they will likely not grow old. Population centers that are disneyfied cause more animals to be euthanized than really rural areas. IMHO

I worked for many years on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The tribal members would stop their truck, jump out and chase every bear they saw until it was treed. I asked why they did that and was told that’s how they keep the bears afraid of people.

 

[JenniferKubotaM62]

The Mojave will follow you around the yard to get a bite.

Yea they will, the Mohave's, even without their heads... and as the photo above shows, green my ass.. they blend in perfectly with the ground color.

I also heard the little ones have self control and will do a full venom dump if they bite you so can be worse than the older wiser Jack Nickelson type rattlesnakes.

 

[JenniferKubotaM62]

Police said bears are always more scared of you… but I have seen some really scared people.

Police said just looking for food inside homes.

It's like when I worked in Software Development at Boeing after leaving Microsoft. My friends back at Msft would comment that it must be like going back in time, no longer on the bleeding edge. My response was "yea but when Windows crashes, you reboot, when my software in a flight control system of a 747 crashes, 400 people die.

It's all relative, bears may be more scared of us than we are of them but when they act on that fear, their paws and flesh ripping teeth can do a lot more damage to me than I can to them with mine (my ex husband may disagree with that statement).

PS: As former law enforcement, here's a tip.... when you hear "the police said", take the opposite as reality. LOL If they knew anything about bears, they'd be in conservation (enforcement), not giving you a ticket for 2 over the posted speed limit.

Jen

 

[ultrarunner]

City of South Lake Tahoe…

Anyone searching Tahoe and Bears will find plenty of information.

The early settlers drive out the bears but todays population are year round as no need to hibernate… at least this is what I have been told on bears with trackers.

Kind of a whole new meaning when it comes to Free Range Kids…

We were all over Tahoe as kids on bikes exploring and down in the meadows and creeks… never a concern about bears.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

I wasn’t aware that there are mountain lions in Texas. Bobcats?

With 2" thick tails that are 6' long? I've seen 11 live ones and a couple dead ones. But, we don't talk about those.

 

[Jstpssng]

Thank for saying it. I was having trouble formulating a post....

Don't feel alone.

 

[JenniferKubotaM62]

City of South Lake Tahoe…

Anyone searching Tahoe and Bears will find plenty of information.

From British Columbia, where I'm originally from... LOL