No, I don't mean the Chicago Bears, I mean black bears. A few days ago my neighbor said he saw the biggest bear he'd ever seen in my driveway at around 5:30AM. And today I wake up to see a pile of bear shit in my yard, just a few feet from the window.
I'm gonna put up motion sensor lights on that side of the house and at a couple of other spots where they aren't already. Any other suggestions? I'm keeping the first floor windows locked at night, do I have to do the same with the second floor windows? I know bears can climb trees with ease, can they climb up the side of a house?
The black bear population in the Berkshires is growing and I don't know of anything that's being done to slow it down. I worry they will become more and more aggressive as the competition between them for food increases.
or any form of blood, such as a cut or a woman with her period ( i know that is indelicate but it attracts bears)
and last resort, you should have a gun. And a dog
black bears usually avoid people. this one appears to be aggressive
Of course, the dogs slept through the passage of the bears ten feet from the house.
Black bears are just scavanging for food because you're leaving it out. You don't need to lock your house down or hide the women. Just your trash cans.
All of us in this region live in the woods. I always get a kick out of people being surprised there are animals.
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Stay away and out of site if possible..You might not see the cubs,or thier mother,at 1st..But if you see the cubs 1st,walk slowly backwards away..Do not run..
I'm guessing for every bear or other 'scary' critter you see, there have been a lot more that you haven't seen.
I live in bear country, and am not fearing a break in. Bird feeders take a hit, but I haven't heard of black bears being an issue for the most part.
I'm guessing for every bear or other 'scary' critter you see, there have been a lot more that you haven't seen.
I live in bear country, and am not fearing a break in. Bird feeders take a hit, but I haven't heard of black bears being an issue for the most part.
I don't have bird feeders and I don't take the trash out until the morning it's picked up, but there are berry bushes in a wooded patch of my property which is obviously an attraction. I'm well aware that there have been black bears along with a variety of four legged creatures that pass through my yard and the yards of others with rarely a word of violent encounters, but I worry that statistic could change as their population grows and the food supply doesn't.
Stay away and out of site if possible..You might not see the cubs,or thier mother,at 1st..But if you see the cubs 1st,walk slowly backwards away..Do not run..
Or just hang out with slower running friends...
Black bears are just scavanging for food because you're leaving it out. You don't need to lock your house down or hide the women. Just your trash cans.
All of us in this region live in the woods. I always get a kick out of people being surprised there are animals.
They are here in Oakland, NJ too. Oakland is considered rural which is hard to fathom in Bergen County, but the Bear and deer population certainly reflects that.
Keep your garbage cans tightly sealed and out of Ditka's way. No food access. Period.
Where there's houses and strip malls there's trash cans and dumpsters.
I think the point the author is making, is Nirvana was the last rock band that was at the center of understanding society at that point.
In the same way Elvis was to the 50s, the Beatles were to the 60s, the Woodstock acts were to late 60s/70s -- you can't fully understand the time and place of society without considering what those bands meant or represented.
Hip hop and pop fill the vacuum right now, and have the last 3 decades. Similarly to the 80s.
As much as some hate it -- understanding society right now as it relates to music, takes some combination of understanding the Kardashians, Soundcloud hip hop, Kanye, Travis Scott, and Taylor Swift.
I don't think there's a single important rock band on the planet right now.
speaking of bears and why they might be wandering wider in search of food, we've had pretty severe drought, NE Westchester Co., bordering Fairfield Co., CT., one legit rain since June 1. Water conservation advisories from many towns.
National Weather Service and all that feed off them have been saying 30%/40%/50%/60%/70% likelihood of rain for weeks, but it's all localized cells, done nothing around here.
I loved it. And it’s true, especially the last line. I wish I used that same line on a BBI music thread from about 2-3 months ago. Instead I sounded like an old man yelling at clouds and off my lawn.
Now we’re really digressing sorry. Bears… back to bears.