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down home wrote:
I walked part, of the yard this evening.
I can count on three fingers the number of times I've seen bear tracks including maybe this evening. There's a bit of a wallow near the spring too.
This time the last few years and again in the spring someone spots a bear, apparently traveling through the area.
I would like to see one. I've seen two or maybe three near Townsend, Tn many years ago.
There is nothing here a bear could hurt usually. They feed mostly on berries and such and the carcases along the RxR apparently since most seem to follow it.
Anyone ever tried to keep one near? I don't mean walk up to it and feed it hamburger, not that it would stand there.
I scatter some corn for Turkeys and Deer. It's legal as long as they aren't hunted here, or so I understand.
Would an extra pile, of corn work and be legal? If not I ain't about to do it.

You could try it, almost the end of the year and the Darwin awards a coming up, you just might make number 1.