Bears breaking into homes

[Improviser]

Anyone having this problem?

The article has some good recommendations about taking in bird feeders from March to November and keeping barbecue grills in a garage or shed when not being used.

Bear killed after breaking into Canton homes, officials say

A bear that broke into several Canton homes —some occupied — has been killed and a cub was also killed accidentally, officials with DEEP said.

www.nhregister.com

 

[uconnfan68]

If they aren’t in upstate (Northern) NY they are not in CT. Someone is feeding you a line - you sound like my neighbor in Northern NY - “i’ve sen ‘em crossing the road, DEC reintroduced them, my uncle earl has a picture of one, etc., etc.”

I spend a lot of time in the woods in remote areas as do a lot of other hunters and i mean remote. Next to impossible to avoid all the trail cams today.

But believe what you want.

I have bears on my Blink camera going through our garbage pail. Right in front of my garage door, 40’ from the road in the middle of town.

 

[CL82]

Black bears don't scare me at all though. My security cameras captured a young black bear walking around our yard on Tuesday. They are pretty friendly lol

 

[CONN78SEJ]

I live on Long Mountain in the very northern part of New Milford near the Kent town line. We had one bear in our driveway one night over a year ago. He was young but enormous, biggest black bear I ever saw anywhere, had to be 500Ibs easy. Beautiful too, shiny coat. Tried to turnover our garbage can before I yelled at him from a window. Filed a siting with the DEP because of his young age and size.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I live on Long Mountain in the very northern part of New Milford near the Kent town line. We had one bear in our driveway one night over a year ago. He was young but enormous, biggest black bear I ever saw anywhere, had to be 500Ibs easy. Beautiful too, shiny coat. Tried to turnover our garbage can before I yelled at him from a window. Filed a siting with the DEP because of his young age and size.

I'll bite. How could you tell it was a cub even at such a large size?

 

[CONN78SEJ]

I'll bite. How could you tell it was a cub even at such a large size?

I saw him up close, only 6 or 7 feet away from me. I said he was a young male black bear, not a cub (your wrong way embellishment) by any means, a teenager if you will. His coat was sleek and jet black shiny, not a mark on him, but he was huge.

 

[huskymedic]

Confirmation pending by DEEP:




Peep show

 

[karstenkibbe]

Let me guess. In today’s world, where everyone has a phone glued to their hand at all times…. none of those who reported managed to get a photo. Color me skeptical without any photographic evidence or hair/scat/prints left behind.

 

[huskypantz]

Odd that this Mountain Lion took a similar path to the one killed on the Merritt. You’d think they’d be moving toward less populated areas further north.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Odd that this Mountain Lion took a similar path to the one killed on the Merritt. You’d think they’d be moving toward less populated areas further north.

It’s interesting that DNA testing on the one killed on the Merritt showed it had ties to Mountain Lions in Minnesota and Manitoba north of Lake Superior. They go where the food is, the deer in CT have not had natural predators for hundreds of years. If they are indeed back in CT and breeding, I would not go for an easy jog in the woods. There have been several reports of joggers killed by them out west for several years now.

 

[huskypantz]

It’s interesting that DNA testing on the one killed on the Merritt showed it had ties to Mountain Lions in Minnesota and Manitoba north of Lake Superior. They go where the food is, the deer in CT have not had natural predators for hundreds of years. If they are indeed back in CT and breeding, I would not go for an easy jog in the woods. There have been several reports of joggers killed by them out west for several years now.

The volume of deaths (or even attacks) are actually minuscule. 27 in a century. Compare to bee stings - on average twice as many annually (62) compared to a 100 year tally.

WikiMtnLion

 

[karstenkibbe]

Check the WTNH Twitter feed the OP posted. Some dude responded with a pic of the feline from a backyard in Woodbridge. Of course it was a bobcat.

 

[temery]

I sprinkle food near my neighbor's porch.

 

[temery]

 

[CONN78SEJ]

The volume of deaths (or even attacks) are actually minuscule. 27 in a century. Compare to bee stings - on average twice as many annually (62) compared to a 100 year tally.

WikiMtnLion

Wow you’re good. You’re research is impeccable. Actually it’s 27 fatal attacks in the last century, non fatal attacks nation wide are in the hundreds with most in the last 30 or 40 years. Below are the dates of attacks just in California alone since 1986. Have fun when you go for your walk in the woods.

Verified Mountain Lion-Human Attacks

The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public.

wildlife.ca.gov

 

[huskypantz]

Wow you’re good. You’re research is impeccable. Actually it’s 27 fatal attacks in the last century, non fatal attacks nation wide are in the hundreds with most in the last 30 or 40 years. Below are the dates of attacks just in California alone since 1986.

Verified Mountain Lion-Human Attacks

The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public.

wildlife.ca.gov

Did someone pizz in your cheerios? I said deaths were 27, accurate. Number of attacks was 126 per wiki.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Did someone pizz in your cheerios? I said deaths were 27, accurate. Number of attacks was 126 per wiki.

No that’s not what you said, here are your words and punctuation exactly……….”The volume of deaths (or even attacks) are actually minuscule. 27 in a century.”…….and I’m assuming you mean the entire country, not just the great state of California.

There have been 20 attacks (and several were fatal) in California alone since 1986 (minuscule?) when they started keeping those records. What about the rest of the century?.
Thanks for your vulgar reply btw, maybe you SHOULD take that walk in the woods.

 

[superjohn]

No that’s not what you said, here are your words and punctuation exactly……….”The volume of deaths (or even attacks) are actually minuscule. 27 in a century.”…….and I’m assuming you mean the entire country, not just the great state of California.

There have been 20 attacks (and several were fatal) in California alone since 1986 (minuscule?) when they started keeping those records. What about the rest of the century?.
Thanks for your vulgar reply btw, maybe you SHOULD take that walk in the woods.

Yes, that's minuscule.