Any ideas for keeping bears out?
This may be an odd one. I have a 1978 bumper pull travel trailer that I park in my driveway. I do not keep food in it, but it is a 1978 trailer, so obviously many meals have been prepared inside it....
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What other attractants do you have around your place?
Bird feeders, pet food left outside, fruit left on fruit trees or on the ground? Compost piles, horse food, fish fertilizer, barbeques left on the deck? Unsecured garbage cans?
Once your place gives up some free, easy calories, then you become part of the weekly routine and it can be very difficult to break the cycle.
Even worse, is when mama has her cubs, they also get taught that your place is a good place for chow. Then you have multiple generations of habituated bears.
Relocating bears makes the public feel better, but it's usually a bad deal for the bear.
Learned behavior is very hard to unlearn.
Bird feeders, pet food left outside, fruit left on fruit trees or on the ground? Compost piles, horse food, fish fertilizer, barbeques left on the deck? Unsecured garbage cans?
Once your place gives up some free, easy calories, then you become part of the weekly routine and it can be very difficult to break the cycle.
Even worse, is when mama has her cubs, they also get taught that your place is a good place for chow. Then you have multiple generations of habituated bears.
Relocating bears makes the public feel better, but it's usually a bad deal for the bear.
Learned behavior is very hard to unlearn.
