sureshotbob
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Larry that had to be the one in Baldwin park last Sunday morning .It crossed the park and went up by the old high school..
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Squarebutt
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We're about 15 miles north of the CT line in western MA and in the last two weeks a big sow strolled through our yard, circling about 10' from the kitchen window around the house and back toward where she came from. This was around 3 p.m. A few days later a yearling came through the yard at noon on one of those 90 degree days. The district wildlife manager says he's swamped with bear calls. We have moose, too. Never saw or heard of either critter when I was a kid
Is it ok to ask: What caliber for bear???
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Leon
My dad killed his one black bear that he Harvested in Ontario with A 7MM . He said it dropped immediately.
I suspect I am like a lot of folks from rural areas of the country—i think of NE US and envision Boston, Philadelphia, and NYC. Then the rest of the land up there is covered with parking lots and roads to connect the big cities.
Yet I have traveled extensively in the NE—upstate NY, Western Pennsylvania, Maine, Vermont, etc. and I have seen some of the wildest, most beautiful ground of anyplace I have ever been.
I bet you have a lot of urban folks getting out of the cites too and moving closer to the wild places and feeding the wildlife leading to bigger populations and more human interaction. (Heck, I am not ashamed to admit I wouldn't mind seeing a moose occasionally)!
Fishinfool
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sureshotbob - I just googled the park. Yep, its right near my buddies house. It's a pretty built up area, and certainly not bear habitat.
6518John - Speaking for CT, anyway, you are right. That state has grown tremendously in population and urban sprawl since I grew up there as a kid. I really don't like going back to visit friends because of the traffic and over crowding. Yet, there is more, and more varied types of wildlife there than when I was a kid, and I spent a lot of times in the woods back then. Coyotes are another species that never seemed to be around in the old days, but now they are everywhere. Spent a lot of time in the woods of western CT as a kid, and small game was plentiful, as were waterfowl around water, and that was about it.
Larry
6518John - Speaking for CT, anyway, you are right. That state has grown tremendously in population and urban sprawl since I grew up there as a kid. I really don't like going back to visit friends because of the traffic and over crowding. Yet, there is more, and more varied types of wildlife there than when I was a kid, and I spent a lot of times in the woods back then. Coyotes are another species that never seemed to be around in the old days, but now they are everywhere. Spent a lot of time in the woods of western CT as a kid, and small game was plentiful, as were waterfowl around water, and that was about it.
Larry
Bear have been seen as far south as White Plains NY, some 10 miles from the NYC line.
When I lived in Putnam County NY, a stones throw from I84, a moose was running down the Taconic Parkway, probably came down from MA. It apparently made it to cover as no one hit it.
About 15 years ago a moose got splattered all over I684 in Westchester County NY in Bedford trying to cross a three lane racetrack.
You may not see them but they’re out there.
When I lived in Putnam County NY, a stones throw from I84, a moose was running down the Taconic Parkway, probably came down from MA. It apparently made it to cover as no one hit it.
About 15 years ago a moose got splattered all over I684 in Westchester County NY in Bedford trying to cross a three lane racetrack.
You may not see them but they’re out there.
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I'm not a biologist but I figure after being pushed out by development it got to the point where the wildlife kind of had to become used to it and adapt to living in areas with humans as they had no other choice.
Some no doubt got "geographically" stranded. They got pushed back until they ran into development in the other direction. Now they're surrounded.
I've read some states around the country are trying to develop trails for wildlife so they can escape development-locked areas.
Some no doubt got "geographically" stranded. They got pushed back until they ran into development in the other direction. Now they're surrounded.
I've read some states around the country are trying to develop trails for wildlife so they can escape development-locked areas.
I'm just south of the Catskills. I keep bear spray on my riding mower and in the shed. We have a big male come through every year or so. An enormous black bear walked right down the middle of the street one morning. Not one dog barked. Had an old boar kill one of my neighbors goats many years ago. Local and State Police, and Sheriffs from 3 counties shot it over an 8 hour time frame. It kept hiding under my neighbor's trampoline. I had my young children sleep in the cast iron bathtub. Six guys had a hard time lifting the dead bear into the back of a pickup truck.
Your theory has merit. Whitetailed deer have moved right in with people where deer can't be hunted and there are food sources available. I live in town and I routinely see deer, sometimes in considerable numbers.
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BEAR ALERT! Critter seen crossing 11W into downtown Rogersville | Rogersville | therogersvillereview.com
I'm 7 miles from town & have pics of bears on 2 trail cams .
Sam my dog (Boxer & German shepherd mix), was barking about 100 yards from cabin by the pond & it turned to yelping one nite. He came back to cabin whining to come back in & peed all over front porch. When I let him in he hid under the bed.
Next morning sure enuff there were bear tracks in mud by pond.
However he has run off all the coyotes
I keep a 1187 shotgun loaded with slugs & 00buck in corner.
I'm 7 miles from town & have pics of bears on 2 trail cams .
Sam my dog (Boxer & German shepherd mix), was barking about 100 yards from cabin by the pond & it turned to yelping one nite. He came back to cabin whining to come back in & peed all over front porch. When I let him in he hid under the bed.
Next morning sure enuff there were bear tracks in mud by pond.
However he has run off all the coyotes
I keep a 1187 shotgun loaded with slugs & 00buck in corner.
meaneyedcatz
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Missouri is having our first bear hunt this fall. I’d like to go but my hunting days on land are over.
I’d love to see one in the wild and I suspect I will.
I’d love to see one in the wild and I suspect I will.
Lots of bear in northern WI, plays hell with the deer population. WI has a lottery system to draw for bear harvest tags, finally after ten years of waiting I drew a tag. So, hopefully this Sept. I'll get me one of those bad Bruins.
Someone asked about bear gun? For Black Bear, sidearm: 44/41/357mag or 10mm. For my hunt I'm planning on 65Grendel. And before you bowoo the Grendel, it will be, at most 75yds, plenty of juice for that.
Someone asked about bear gun? For Black Bear, sidearm: 44/41/357mag or 10mm. For my hunt I'm planning on 65Grendel. And before you bowoo the Grendel, it will be, at most 75yds, plenty of juice for that.
bearman49709
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If that's a big old bore what do you kill a big old boar with?
If it wasn't for spell check which wouldn't help in this case people would be shaking their head trying to understand my post.
As I age I find I'm getting worse, even simple words get misspelled.
We walked up on this moose in the Tetons by mistake, just moseying along a path. They are much larger than you can imagine.
A NP Ranger came out of nowhere, we didn’t see her, and told us to back out slowly.
After taking a quick pic we complied.
A NP Ranger came out of nowhere, we didn’t see her, and told us to back out slowly.
After taking a quick pic we complied.
We had a sow with an older cub in the front lawn in the evening.
My strawberries are gone, my cherrie tree has one cherry left, there wiping out everything. It’s ok I planted everything for the deer and wildlife I just never expected bears �� to arrive.
There not here all the time.
My strawberries are gone, my cherrie tree has one cherry left, there wiping out everything. It’s ok I planted everything for the deer and wildlife I just never expected bears �� to arrive.
There not here all the time.
We walked up on this moose in the Tetons by mistake, just moseying along a path. They are much larger than you can imagine.
A NP Ranger came out of nowhere, we didn’t see her, and told us to back out slowly.
After taking a quick pic we complied.
As my son liked to say when he was little, “THE MOOSE IS ON THE LOOSE!”
The rumor mill says that the bears want to leave Chicago.
Put up a trail cam that tells the story. First I seen scat while mowing, second tracks in my freshly tilled garden, then pics on the trail cams.
Be alert when out side.
Smell the air you may smell them first if there closeby.
The birds start chirping like crazy. That’s a warning a predator is nearby.
If a close incounter raise your arms up look as big as you can and scream. It should back off.
Be alert when out side.
Smell the air you may smell them first if there closeby.
The birds start chirping like crazy. That’s a warning a predator is nearby.
If a close incounter raise your arms up look as big as you can and scream. It should back off.
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prairieviper
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Raccoons and white-tailed deer are the nuisance animals here cornfields and cows country. I can't imagine what it would be like to have to deal with bears.
