Protect who?? himself? He went out at night, and filled that feeder, with intentions to shoot a bear!! If he was smart, he would have waited till the next day to fill it, and if by chance, she did come back, she would have realised there was no food, and moved on....
And if a bear does start advancing, a person is supposed to fall to the ground and play dead.(Of course staying indoors, and respecting the bear's personal space, particularly, if she is with cubs, is a better idea) 
Dear Sea.
And if a bear does start advancing, a person is supposed to fall to the ground and play dead.(Of course staying indoors, and respecting the bear's personal space, particularly, if she is with cubs, is a better idea)
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Bears have been known to climb into open windows, a full grown bear can rip off doors to cars, vans or homes if they wish.
You tube has a few videos of bears breaking into homes in the middle of the night and ripping off the doors to refrigs and with their sense of smell even freezers.
These suckers can swim for miles to get to land, hang out for awhile and wait for campers to paddle ashore to what they think is a deserted island only to go missing the next day.
There is a darn good reason the Indigenous people both loathed, feared and worshiped the bear. These suckers are known for back tracking pray, smart, cunning and there are storeys from the news papers that will put a chill up your back.
Oh yes all the pictures of momma and baby bear is just half the story. The you know where the term hoodlum comes from, these are teenage bears that run Armonk.
