Unfortunately, if a bear is hungry enough they will find a way. However , I might have a solution to the shepherd hook problem. I found this nifty bird feeder..
http://www.hardwarestore.com/canteen-bird-feeder-132366.aspx
. Squirrels cant get a grip on it, and slide off. The feed stays dry. We hang ours in a hydrangea tree, along with a thistle sock. I got mine at the Aubuchon Hardware at he Lee Traffic circle. You and Scoobs (kids too) have an open invite to stop by anytime.
Sea my dear, I find no purpose in feeding birds or other wild life in the summer or spring.
Not that YOU do it but many do and it perturbs me these wildlife may find the food they can eat when they are hungry with little effort.
As most wildlife teaches the young to survive, after a couple generations the wildlife will depend on humans for food, get lazy and with a full belly not be bothered to teach their pups to hunt.
No#1 They are taking away the wild life's natural diet and they have no reason to get about and find what they were born to eat.
No#.2 I feed the squirrels and birds only when the ground is covered in a foot or more of snow for 4-5 days in a row.
Were I living somewhere that had wolves and I wanted to help them survive, the worse thing I could do would be to drag a cow caucus out into the woods every 3 weeks so the Wolves would not have to do their born trait of hunting.
What happens to the Wolves if I go on a 3 month vacation ? Now where does their food come from? The wolves would be use to the smell of humans that bring them their daily food, Got a guess where they go hunting now, following the smell of humans ?
We have a few insane Blue Jays in the neighborhood. I will put out seeds when the snow gets too high for them to rummage and find food. I have no bird feeder, I push the deck table to be in front of my sliding glass doors and add the peanuts and bird seed.
We have had some fun times watching birds to come to eat the seeds, and laughed out loud at the antics of the squirrels , we are learning a bit about squirrels body language, what a spinning tail means and the chirp to Run from others.
I do not feed the Hawks or Owls or any bird of pray, they seem to do nicely on their own. We have not corrupted them yet.
Feed a bear is to kill a bear< I hate the suckers but unless a bear is ill or being fed they try to stay away from us>
Hooligan, recognise the word, brings to mind young people acting out in a bad way. However a park ranger in NC told me this is the name for the teenage bears,
Males heading into mating time, all full of vinegar and piss. Very unpredictable, much worse then the Adults. Only half grown but ready to take on an adult bear or a small car.
Were these bear feeding people head to FL. and feed the gators or the Pythons or the Bears that are now causing problems ??
