New Raider

[Ed Kennell 35,768]

This raider showed up Friday night outside  my Sisters kitchen window and spent an hour destroying and emptying a half dozen bird feeders.

He is well over six feet tall probably weighs 300-350 lbs.   

No one volunteered to go out and ask him to leave.

 

[tom2p 2,393]

yikes 

[ebinmaine 63,119]

That's a beautiful animal. I'd go give him snuggles.

But I ain't quite right either...

 

 

 

 

[dclarke 4,011]

Wow! 

[JoeM 7,624]

They can be a pain in the ass! Over at my son's place they have a few that got a liking to garbage, oh boy what a mess. Most of the folks that can't store their cans have boxes.

He has cracked off a few rounds in the ground and they bug out pretty quick. They move out then seem to circle back around in a few weeks and it starts over again.

We never had them and I am unsure if the game commission transplanted some a few years back. I have on a couple occasions seen them driving to work in the morning.  

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,044]

Ed you got your bear permit . You would a some big to drag him once he wad taking a dirt nap.

[tom2p 2,393]

17 minutes ago, MrOiluj52 said:

They can be a pain in the ass! Over at my son's place they have a few that got a liking to garbage, oh boy what a mess. Most of the folks that can't store their cans have boxes.

He has cracked off a few rounds in the ground and they bug out pretty quick. They move out then seem to circle back around in a few weeks and it starts over again.

We never had them and I am unsure if the game commission transplanted some a few years back. I have on a couple occasions seen them driving to work in the morning.  

i've never seen them driving to work 

 

I have seen them on a bus to work 

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2019 by tom2p

[lynnmor 6,777]

Ed, just where is this bear?  Since I live not far from you it might be time to reduce my bird feeding.

[The Tuul Crib 7,332]

 Go get yourself a pellet gun and shoot them in the ass!   Just enough to piss him off and scare them away !

[ebinmaine 63,119]

All we gotta do here in Maine is open the door and they run off.

 

They don't want to be around humans at all.

 

 

[953 nut 51,673]

My wife took this picture from her quilting room window. He didn't damage the feeder at all, just helped himself to the bird food.

[JoeM 7,624]

39 minutes ago, tom2p said:

I have seen them on a bus to work 

 

When they drive they generally do the speed limit ! 

[SylvanLakeWH 24,130]

Apparently NC bears are more gentile and proper than PA bears...?

 

 

 

[ZXT 2,394]

Man, what a deceptive post! I was distracted doing something else and at first just read 

 

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

This raider showed up Friday night outside  my Sisters kitchen window

 

and I was like what? someone just dropped a WH off there? Some people have all the luck! 

 

I believe I'd be shooting myself a bear.. or is that not allowed? Seems nuts that it would be illegal to shoot something that dangerous.

[tom2p 2,393]

 

 

[tom2p 2,393]

34 minutes ago, MrOiluj52 said:

When they drive they generally do the speed limit ! 

but when they put the top up - it's paw to the floor !

 

 

[WHX?? 46,766]

Not in hibernation yet Ed? Have been around here for about 3 or 4 weeks now.

[JoeM 7,624]

8 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

All we gotta do here in Maine is open the door and they run off.

Them bears know BBT might come out!

[Digger 66 3,476]

11 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

 

 

 

Kind of hard to tell but is that a tag in his / her right ear ?

[Herder 2,354]

10 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

All we gotta do here in Maine is open the door and they run off.

 

They don't want to be around humans at all.

 

 

Especially if your going to snuggle with him and ya we are going need pics. 

[ebinmaine 63,119]

15 minutes ago, Herder said:

Especially if your going to snuggle with him and ya we are going need pics. 

I'll see what I can do but I've been unsuccessful so far.

[Ed Kennell 35,768]

14 hours ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

Ed you got your bear permit . You would a some big to drag him once he wad taking a dirt nap.

I do have a bear permit Jim.    But no one saw him on  Saturday when the deer and bear season opened.   We did get one buck.

14 hours ago, lynnmor said:

Ed, just where is this bear?  Since I live not far from you it might be time to reduce my bird feeding.

Keep feeding your birds Lynn.   This guy is at my sisters farm 200 miles west in Somerset Co.     There are some bears here in York Co. though.

13 hours ago, ZXT said:

Man, what a deceptive post! I was distracted doing something else and at first just read 

 

 

and I was like what? someone just dropped a WH off there? Some people have all the luck! 

 

I believe I'd be shooting myself a bear.. or is that not allowed? Seems nuts that it would be illegal to shoot something that dangerous.

All wild life including bears, bobcats, and rattlesnakes are strictly protected in Pa. although they can be hunted in season  with the proper permits  .

A York resident was recently convicted and fined $1500 for shooting a bear on his lawn.

12 hours ago, WHX24 said:

Not in hibernation yet Ed? Have been around here for about 3 or 4 weeks now.

They usually stay awake thru December Jim.    Although this bruin was moving very slow and laid down quit a bit  while he lapped up the sunflower seeds.

4 hours ago, Digger 66 said:

 

Kind of hard to tell but is that a tag in his / her right ear ?

That is a tag in his ear Digger.      Bears are here at these feeders all the time and my BIL usually takes them down every night, but he left them up Friday so we all could watch the show from the kitchen window.     This is a new bear that he had not seen before (New Raider).    Since he is a tagged bear, we assume he was recently relocated by the Pa Game Commission.

The farm adjoins the Meyersdale water shed which is a common area for releasing trapped and tagged  bears.

And "he" is a boar....probably a 3-4 year old.

 

[JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,487]

On 11/30/2019 at 8:16 PM, 953 nut said:

My wife took this picture from her quilting room window. He didn't damage the feeder at all, just helped himself to the bird food.

Is that in the mountains where you live? I remember a few years back when we vactioned that way. And here I was roaming the wooded streets at night for my walks. Lol,  We were in Bryson. I liked it there. 

 

Glenn

[ebinmaine 63,119]

No reason whatsoever to be afraid of a standard issue black bear folks.

They don't want anything to do with a human.

 

 

 

Brown fur?

Now that's different.....

[Stormin 9,975]

50 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

No reason whatsoever to be afraid of a standard issue black bear folks.

They don't want anything to do with a human.

 

Can't say as I blame 'em. There's a few I don't want anything to do with.