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Message: [QUOTE="AreBee1969, post: 4332832, member: 7315"] I lived in extremely rural New Hartford (Litchfield County) for 25 years and never saw a bear. I've been in Farmington for 21 years and I see them 3 or 4 times a month. They take down my bird feeder maybe once every year or two, but I've seen them walk right under it without breaking stride. We keep our trash in the garage and take it out late on the night before the 5:30 AM pick-up and they've had at it twice in 20 years. We do have a few neighbors that store their trash outside and they obviously have more issues. Never had an issue with our grill which is on the patio for 8+ months a year, although our neighbor had one climb onto his deck while he was grilling! Mostly they just lumber through with an occasional cub or two and entertain us. I've had a couple instances where I've been nearly face to face with them (accidently) and it's a rush! [/QUOTE]