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Da Bears!
« on: August 13, 2011, 09:58:53 AM »
We haz dem.  Scoobie found the evidence this morning after I'd already left for work.

The bird feeder pole (not a small one, mind you) was bent all the way to the ground and this is what was left of the bird feeder...



Note the teeth marks in the feeder.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2011, 11:29:07 AM »
yeah, those bears are naughty fellows!!! Racoons are also known to do some damage as well.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2011, 11:53:30 AM »
Show me a racoon that'll bend over a six-foot metal pole all the way to the ground.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2011, 04:01:01 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 13, 2011, 11:53:30 AM
Show me a racoon that'll bend over a six-foot metal pole all the way to the ground.

That's a BFB.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2011, 04:28:13 PM »
We were on vacation in North Conway, NH, last week, and my girls saw a bear walking in the "back yard" of our motel. Of course, no poles were bent, but still.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2011, 04:37:35 PM »
I had one tip over a 350lb rabbit hutch and eat 2 of my breeders! I found them in the woods turned inside out! Bear hair caught on nails in the torn apart hutch was the forensic evidence. Been waiting for it to return with trip wires and motion detectors set and the shotgun loaded with 00 buck! Think its knows better cause its been almost a month and no return.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2011, 04:52:05 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 13, 2011, 11:53:30 AM
Show me a racoon that'll bend over a six-foot metal pole all the way to the ground.

And where did I say that they could kind sir?? I just said they can do considerable damage. Unlike bears, they have hands(front paws)like humans and are quite clever.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2011, 05:19:18 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 13, 2011, 11:53:30 AM
Show me a racoon that'll bend over a six-foot metal pole all the way to the ground.

I don't know about raccoons doing that, but I'll bet some of the DUmmie wymen can do it when they "pole dance".
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2011, 05:27:29 PM »
We have black bears and coons around here.  I've never seen the bears damage anything, although I am sure if they did, it would be pretty bad.  The coons, on the other hand, get into everything, even into stuff I don't keep locked down and shut up on my back porch. 

They are awfully brave, too.  I had one two weeks ago come up and try to steal the cat food dish off of the porch, while I was out there! 

We are down to using only cream colored plastic cat food dishes.  The raccoons, for whatever reason, will steal any metal, blue, and especially red dishes we leave outside.   
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2011, 05:28:25 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on August 13, 2011, 05:19:18 PM
I don't know about raccoons doing that, but I'll bet some of the DUmmie wymen can do it when they "pole dance".

no i don't think so either....They only weigh up to 30lbs depending on where you read....They will get into garbage cans
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2011, 05:28:55 PM »
Sparky,

Did the bear actually eat the seeds, or were they just spilled out over the ground?
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2011, 08:25:11 PM »
Quote from: Splashdown on August 13, 2011, 04:28:13 PM
We were on vacation in North Conway, NH, last week, and my girls saw a bear walking in the "back yard" of our motel. Of course, no poles were bent, but still.

You were in North Conway and didn't stop by?  Why I oughta...and you went right by my place.  Sheesh.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2011, 08:30:18 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on August 13, 2011, 05:28:55 PM
Sparky,

Did the bear actually eat the seeds, or were they just spilled out over the ground?

Ate it, apparently.  Scoobs found the birdfeeder about 15-20 feet away from where it hung, and it had been full of seed the day before, with no scattered seed.

We did the safe thing and alerted the neighbors.  The gentleman behind us has a game camera, and is setting it up to see if the bear comes by again.

Also, the dogs caught some sort of scent that drove them a bit batty.  Not a raccoon.  Now that I think about it, I saw some scattered trash yesterday morning down the road about 1/2 mile from where I live.  Put two and two together, it wouldn't surprise me that a bear would be going through it before the trash pickup Friday morning.  This is the time of year they start fattening up for winter.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2011, 08:57:15 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 13, 2011, 08:25:11 PM
You were in North Conway and didn't stop by?  Why I oughta...and you went right by my place.  Sheesh.

Actually, we took the "long" way up. Rt 93 to the kangamangas (sp?) highway. We go up to NH every year. My wife's father lives in Plaistow.

It was our first time in North Conway, though. What a cool place!

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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2011, 09:26:00 PM »
Quote from: Splashdown on August 13, 2011, 08:57:15 PM
Actually, we took the "long" way up. Rt 93 to the kangamangas (sp?) highway. We go up to NH every year. My wife's father lives in Plaistow.

It was our first time in North Conway, though. What a cool place!

"Live Free or Die": not just a motto; it's a damn mission statement!  :-)

actually it's the Kancamagus.

My dad lives down the road from your father-in-law...he lives in Atkinson.....
I love all the little stores in North Conway.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2011, 10:02:21 AM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on August 13, 2011, 05:28:25 PM

no i don't think so either....They only weigh up to 3000lbs depending on where you read....They will get into garbage cans


Had to fix that, He WAS talking about DUmmie wymns.    :panic:







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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2011, 11:51:26 AM »
Yeah, definitely that time of year, kids....

http://fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110815/NEWS0201/110819734

Bear in road causes Center Ossipee crash; 7 hurt, bear killed

Monday, August 15, 2011

CENTER OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire say seven people were hurt — two critically — when a car hit a bear, triggering a chain-reaction crash involving three vehicles.

The 225-pound male black bear was killed in the accident late Sunday on Route 16 in Center Ossipee.

Police Sgt. Robert King, Jr., says a northbound car hit the bear and that a Lincoln Town Car headed in the other direction swerved to avoid it, colliding with another vehicle that was headed north.

Police say 44-year-old motorist James Iannuzzi, of Boston, and 44-year-old Brian Berglund, of Winthrop, Mass., who were traveling in the Lincoln, were hospitalized in critical condition.

A spokeswoman for Maine Medical Center in Portland said Monday that Berglund is now in serious condition.

Four people were in the third vehicle.

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11:30 PM last night.  Center Ossipee is about 25-30 miles north of me.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2011, 12:21:09 PM »


Poor Yogi.  :bawl:
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2011, 12:58:01 PM »
Of course, the drivers were Massholes....

I kid, I kid.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2011, 01:19:06 PM »
Quote from: Scoobie on August 15, 2011, 12:21:09 PM

Poor Yogi.  :bawl:

Ya he had a pretty bad Boo Boo.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #20 on: August 15, 2011, 01:30:43 PM »
Quote from: Splashdown on August 15, 2011, 12:58:01 PM
Of course, the drivers were Massholes....

I kid, I kid.

I'm not.  Fuggin Massholes.

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ETA: Just kidding, sort of--not difficult to hit a BLACK bear on a dark road on a rainy night.
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2011, 02:01:40 PM »
Any more sightings of your furry friends???
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« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2011, 02:05:29 PM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on August 23, 2011, 02:01:40 PM
Any more sightings of your furry friends???

Turkeys, yes.  Deer, yes.  Skunks, racoons, and woodchucks.  All yes.

Bears? Not since.
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« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2011, 02:18:58 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 23, 2011, 02:05:29 PM
Turkeys, yes.  Deer, yes.  Skunks, racoons, and woodchucks.  All yes.

Bears? Not since.

They probably went elsewhere for easier pickins....
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Re: Da Bears!
« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2011, 02:25:09 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 13, 2011, 11:53:30 AM
Show me a racoon that'll bend over a six-foot metal pole all the way to the ground.

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