I sleep better where there are fewer people and more bears. Lot safer there.
We live in a similar setting,,
more bears, fewer people,, on our 40 acres,,
BUT,, we moved here over 40 years ago,
for the first 35 years, we never even saw a bear,,
NOW, the bears shred our fruit trees each year, trees that have been growing for 35+ years with no bear climbing them.
I am convinced that the "city" bears are being captured, and "RELEASED" out in the "wilderness" where we live.
There was a story on the local news last week about a bear with three cubs going house to house, scrounging whatever they could find to eat.
The bear was tranquilized, and put in a wheeled "culvert pipe trap".
They said the bear was not killed,, so, what exactly did they do with that bear??
I think they released the bear in the national forest,,,
The reason I feel this way is the actions of the bears.
The "recent" bears selectively go after pizza boxes.
They have developed a taste for pizza,,,
My SIL lives next door (on his 40 acres)
He has learned not to put pizza boxes in the trash, the bears will come for the boxes.
Pretty much, without the pizza boxes, the bears leave the trash alone.
One exception to that,, which my SIL's family has outgrown,,
The bears LOVE to go after children's dirty diapers,, Go figure on that one.
My daughter, and SIL have 4 children under the age of 12.
There WILL be pizza boxes,,
I fixed the bear in the trash issue,,
My daughter calls it the "Bear Box",, I like the name.
It took me about two hours to put the lid on the steel box, and paint it.
She loves it,, my SIL LOVES not picking up the bear spread trash.
it has a spring counterweight to assist lifting the lid.
The youngest child can put the trash in the Bear Box,,,
