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    Default PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    Living in the woods brings some problems, pain in th butt bears. In the last 3 weeks my neighbors and myself have seen 5 different bears, 1 big boar, soww with 3 cubs, and one smaller boar. They are a terror, bird feeders ripped apart, garbage can boxes turned over, grills played with and the list goes on. I have a question and maybe RWJ or anyone that might know the law, can I shoot them in the ass with rubber bullets, nonlethal? Had the big boar 30 feet from me this morning.

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    Default Re: PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    Make friends, Bears love to wrestle.

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    Default Re: PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    I think I would call the PGC regional office. I know they'll tell you to take the bird feeder down, after that I don't know. Maybe a WCO will come out and evaluate the situation.

    Dale

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    Default Re: PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    PGC was down the road about 45 days ago with a trap for another rascal. We're being over run by them. Last year they trapped 15.

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    Default Re: PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    Spray stuff with Dave's Insanity. They won't be back. Or if they do, in the fall put them in your freezer.
    "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws--that's insane!" -- Penn Jillette

    "To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic." -- Ted Nugent

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    Default Re: PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    Quote Originally Posted by tarzan View Post
    Make friends, Bears love to wrestle.
    Rum and lady gaga will do the trick.

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    Default Re: PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    Bear bells!

    CL



    Bear spray....

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    Default Re: PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    Call your regional office and the WCO can work with you to haze the bears.
    Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought.

    John F Kennedy.

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    Default Re: PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    I drove back to my range this weekend and discovered a huge pile of bear crap on the road. Uh oh. I don't leave anything out but I know from my extensive experience in Colorado if they find a source of food left out by humans THEY WILL BE BACK. The cops out there used to pop em with a bean bag round from a shotgun. That only works for a while.

    Never had a problem with bears until I ran into 3 in very close range in the Grand Canyon of PA. Momma and 2 cubs and majorly pissed off. Fortunately I had momentum on my bike and put in an Olympic peddling performance. I've always believed that 9mm was "adequate", but after seeing the teeth of a bear, I'd say a 10mm Glock is more like it.

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    Default Re: PAIN IN THE BUTT BEARS

    They have been a real PITA this spring, MA and two cubs been around the house on 4 occasions, and I have seen no less than 5 bears since mid april...
    "North of I-80, we don't dial 911, we dial 223"

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