My neighborhood bears are officially awake and quite hungry.

[Dan B.]

Yup, first dumpster strike last night. I’ll go wander around the property later and check the bird feeders. Hopefully they left those alone this time.

 

[LibertyMKiii]

You should setup a motion camera. Bears are cool

 

[Camaroboy383]

You should setup a motion camera. Bears are cool

Heya boo boo!

 

[Dan B.]

You should setup a motion camera. Bears are cool

Yeah, I have one that I’ve never put out. I‘ve gotten pretty good pix of them now and then with my DSLR. I followed one into the woods for probably 250 yards once. She occasionally turned around to see if I was still following her, but never made a sound or seem to give two poops.
This is a momma that was up the tree next to the house:

And look at the next one! She ended up having three bigger cubs waiting for her in the woods. I didn’t take any more pix after that, when I saw she had cubs I promptly went back in the house.

 

[LibertyMKiii]

Yeah, I have one that I’ve never put out. I‘ve gotten pretty good pix of them now and then with my DSLR. I followed one into the woods for probably 250 yards once. She occasionally turned around to see if I was still following her, but never made a sound or seem to give two poops.
This is a momma that was up the tree next to the house:
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And look at the next one! She ended up having three bigger cubs waiting for her in the woods. I didn’t take any more pix after that, when I saw she had cubs I promptly went back in the house.
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So cool man!
Beautiful animals there.

Look at the size of that paw

 

[Dan B.]

Yeah, I mostly love the bears. Over the years we’ve had a couple real hooligans though. They bend shepherd hooks into pretzels, crush the bird feeders, break stuff, knock over my grill, etc.
When good bears go bad…

 

[Jon NC RC]

When we lived in Black Mountain NC, we would've visitors frequently.....there was a drought during that time, so their natural food sources were reduced. Now that we live further out in the stix, we aren't visited as much....but one of our bird feeders was sacrificed recently

 

[LibertyMKiii]

Yeah, I mostly love the bears. Over the years we’ve had a couple real hooligans though. They bend shepherd hooks into pretzels, crush the bird feeders, break stuff, knock over my grill, etc.
When good bears go bad…

Oh ya I could imagine, and my wife would freak out having the kids go play knowing bears are near.

 

[Dan B.]

So cool man!
Beautiful animals there.

Look at the size of that paw

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Size 15?

When we lived in Black Mountain NC, we would've visitors frequently.....there was a drought during that time, so their natural food sources were reduced. Now that we live further out in the stix, we aren't visited as much....but one of our bird feeders was sacrificed recently

So cool. I’d rather have them around than not, even with the occasional PITA. Our bear population has grown a lot here in the last few years.

Oh ya I could imagine, and my wife would freak out having the kids go play knowing bears are near.

My nephew scared one up in the woods last year. They both ran equally fast in opposite directions.

 

[Cheez]

Beautiful animals !
Remember….we are encroaching on their habitat, not the other way around.

 

[@9G]

I'm loving the conversation and the photos BUT as a lifelong city dweller I'd be scared as hell!!! I'm a little dude so I'd look like a nice snack for something that big. If it's big enough (or smart enough) not to fear me then I don't want it near me!! Hell I got into a staring match with a possum digging through a dumpster near my apartment building one night...the possum won!

 

[oldguywnewtoy]

Yeah, I mostly love the bears. Over the years we’ve had a couple real hooligans though. They bend shepherd hooks into pretzels, crush the bird feeders, break stuff, knock over my grill, etc.
When good bears go bad…

"When good bears go bad…"

Bad Bear, Bad Bear, what ya gonna do--------

 

[King blitz]

I got rats in my neighborhood bigger than them bears.these rats make them bears look like puppies

 

[KnowAir]

Wow! WTF is the world coming to!? Even the bears are "woke"? Soo sad..

 

[EJunlimited]

That's unbearable

 

[LibertyMKiii]

That's unbearable

.

 

[EJunlimited]

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Thanks for bearing with me

 

[LibertyMKiii]

Thanks for bearing with me

This guy

 

[King blitz]

Where is my bear hug

 

[Johnny b]

You should setup a motion camera. Bears are cool

Not so cool if they have cubs lol.. Lots of experience with Florida black bears. I do miss seeing them. There cool animals!