and then some from off the camera on my back deck
they show up on my deck 10-20 times a night most nights from march till about mid dec, HOPING for a bird feeder to be left down(I hang them PAST there reach on pulley's) if not they lick the deck clean from seeds that fall when birds land or kick out seeds they don't want!
30+ yrs like this and NO damage, from bears, UNLESS I leave a feeder down, and well, then, its a X mas present for the bear that gets it, and a time to replace THAT feeder, they break them open pretty easy, there STRONG a$$ animals
I had 16 differentr bears here this yr I could tell apart
the bear in the third picture is a BIG male, about 15-16 yrs old, been coming here since a cub, got a scar from a fight when he was two in my back yard under his left eye, and HOW I keep tabs on him, LOL
I am surrounded by hunting club property too, but hunters at the clubs drink more and spend more time in the lodge than they do hunting , thus why I have so many bears LOL
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