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    Black Bears Matter

    Two falls ago my buddy was hunting on another friend's land , shot a mid sized deer. Went down to the house and they got the tractor , forwarded the deer and put it in the back of the truck. Went the 200' back to the house , parked the tractor and had a quick celebratory drink. Came back to the...
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    Black Bears Matter

    ... always thought the Crossbow was a nice touch , completely legal to own one here but hunting with one was always a big no (unless you had a special handicapped license) ... now they allow them
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    Black Bears Matter

    Another local story , there's a development that was built decades back in my town's prime Bear habitat (probably wouldn't be permitted today) , homeowners association has for many years provided and required steel bear proof containers for garbage at every single house after so many...
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    Black Bears Matter

    Is that a park ? They seem to be fishing , in second pic up on the rock between the two what's that ?
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    Black Bears Matter

    They look so cute ...
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    Black Bears Matter

    The story that made think of this thread today was on friend's FB page down in Connecticut somewhere. Seems a large sow with three or four cubs was seen quite a bit around town. Sow tried to get into a house occupied by an off duty cop , who promptly shot her dead on the porch. Seems quite a few...
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    Black Bears Matter

    A couple few decades ago when the population was much lower I had two friends who were driving and a sow ran pretty much directly into the front of their truck. Was quite a scene when the warden arrived , dead sow in the road and my friend Elaine was holding the cub and crying. Warden explained...
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    Black Bears Matter

    A couple of hours later , the customer pulled into the driveway and said let's go look at those trees .... I said sure but we're taking the truck
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    Black Bears Matter

    Black Bears are capable of amazing speed and can outrun Deer for short distances. Two summers ago I had to mark some trees a few houses down from mine , decided to walk. Walking down the road shaking the spray can which makes noise ... looked to my right and saw two cubs probably thirty feet...
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    Black Bears Matter

    Yeah ... most people simply don't get it , think wild animals are a Disney movie. The sow relocated in New Hampshire slowly made it's way back to the original locale , a couple hundred miles crossing highways and a large river several times , fish and game had collar tracking data. It did...
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    Black Bears Matter

    Friends put story on FB , their house does abbut a large forested area but is not remote by any means. Cooking dinner (hot weather windows open) ... They notice a large Bear coming up on the deck smelling dinner. She shut and locked the sliding door , the Bear came up and tried to slide the door...
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    Black Bears Matter

    ...Great book about it , think it's called "Into The Garden" dude lives in Boulder and Boston
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    Black Bears Matter

    Bears fight like ... animals.
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    Black Bears Matter

    There is a fall season here though Bear Hunting is not popular like Turkey and Deer , expanding season and or bag limits won't bring down the population enough.
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    Black Bears Matter

    In New Hampshire earlier this summer , Sow AND three Cubs had been inside several homes ... Fish and Wildlife deemed them "Bad Bears" and set large baited trap. Planning to euthanize them once captured , until a bunch of well meaning do gooders went all the way to the Governor w complaints...
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    Black Bears Matter

    Morons here who leave paper plates full of Corn out helped the problem along.
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    Black Bears Matter

    If the Bear kills your Dog , no permission from the State ...
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    Black Bears Matter

    Fish and Wildlife will give okay to kill after crop damage , usually Beehives or Corn. Damages have to be documented.
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    Black Bears Matter

    Natural spike , three and four Cubs to a Sow are quite common now.
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    Black Bears Matter

    Problem partially caused by A-holes that feed them , now some solutions. Talking about Culling , unpopular idea here right now. No top predator since they killed off the Catamounts.
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