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[MurphOnMillerAve]

As a teenager in Wallace Idaho, I learned that just yelling at the bear would generally move them away from the garbage can Murph. Unless they are determined, then throw a rock. If that doesn't work, put the garbage on the ground, go back inside, turn on the stereo, and clean the "table" in the morning.

Interesting advice, but I am not throwing rocks, because I do not care about his taking a swipe at the garbage, just not at me.

[HONDO74]

Murph.
Here is something you might want to look into. Air Horn.
Do Air Horns make for good bear deterrents?
http://hikinginthesmokys.blogspot.com/2 ... -bear.html

“Air horns are unproven in their effectiveness. High-pitched noises can arouse curiosity or irritate a bear.”

However, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife did recommend using air horns while hiking to scare aggressive bears away. Furthermore, according to an article in the Alaska Star, wildlife managers in Banff, Canada and Eugene, OR also use air horns to scare urban or problem bears away.

I found a few other examples of wildlife mangers suggesting that air horns are an effective deterrent to aggressive bears as well.

Something like this
https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S- ... lsrc=aw.ds

[Roy]

Roy i think murph lives in the country called New Jersey. It's not legal there to carry a 44.mag. They have gun laws that make California's look childish.

You can't shoot bears with heavy ordnance, even on your own property?

As for CA., my father had a Winchester 38-40, and a Remington .22 rifle. I got to shoot the Remington at a friend's birthday party, but since I shoot a rifle left-handedly, I wasn't able to fire the Winchester.

What about the bear spray? It's proven to work on bears, and it's non-lethal. Essentially, it's pepper spray.

[webenda]

We are looking into a system for the entire outside perimeter.
Right now, when I go out at night to put the garbage at the curb, twice per week, I carry a crowbar and my trusty wasp spray (cap removed), at-the-ready. What else can one do.

Dress appropriately for your neighborhood?

[webenda]

Yes. One might also read up on Hawking radiation.

I tried. I got to about paragraph three or five and started to get a major headache. I'm not sure how the researchers working on this stay sane. The concepts are literally mind bending when they start talking about bending time and folding space back on itself. Is gravity a result of bending time or vice versa, or both?

...:

Agreed! I tried taking notes during one of their presentations. This is what I got:

+We search for and try to discern the origin of Neutrinos (no charge & little mass).
+cold & dark spaces.
+frozen dust clouds forming into "sub-millimeter radiation," different forms of light.
+the story of the Universe is still being written.

Yup. That's some of what I took down, Chuck. Now, the obvious question is, what do I do with it?!

Post it in the Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ)
Here is the link:=> www.mtj.com

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Reports of bears in the area have been on the increase, no doubt due to the plethora of deer, ever increasing, gamboling rampant thru my yard.

They are increasing since they are flying in to NJ specifically to visit you..........


BTW, generally black bears are after the fawns; that many deer also indicates a lack of any real predators for the adults, too.

[robert.]

Anybody see this before? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLUdtF7aG7o
On a more realistic note. Murph you can pay you trash company to walk up your driveway for your cans.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Reports of bears in the area have been on the increase, no doubt due to the plethora of deer, ever increasing, gamboling rampant thru my yard.

...BTW, generally black bears are after the fawns; that many deer also indicates a lack of any real predators for the adults, too.

That's what we were figuring, too, especially after seeing scenes like this one, right across the street from us. The adult and fawns had just left our yard.

Thank you, Rufus, Hondo, Tom, Roger, Robert, Chuck, Wayne, and Roy for your latest information and interest in my plight.

I'll look for the bear sprays, though our pastor did give us both handy-dandy hand-holdable pepper sprays to carry in our pockets/cars. I've been spraying what's left of the shrubs with coyote urine but, I swear, it seems to be something they like - maybe it makes them high, but I do not see them avoiding the plants I have sprayed. And besides, I have wondered if the urine spray attracts coyotes which have been reported to be on the increase, too - goodlord, we'll have them mating in the yard, deer frolicking thru, and the bear saying Howdy, bub.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

......... coyotes which have been reported to be on the increase, too

They'll get after your deer for you!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

......... coyotes which have been reported to be on the increase, too

They'll get after your deer for you!

Good point! I hadn't thought of that! Just think of it - ripped open deer carcasses scattered around my humble yard! I'll look forward to that! (Pictures to follow, hopefully.)

P.S, Note the casual attitude of the adult deer in the above photo I took. The fawns are relaxing and the adult gives me a look - I am yelling at it to scram - "Ha! Ha!" it smirks back at me. "Who? Me? You yelling at me? Well don't."

[rex desilets]

The women of my family adore deer. They are a pestilence.
If deer had little beady eyes and long hairless tails, they'd be dealt with as they deserve.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The women of my family adore deer. They are a pestilence.
If deer had little beady eyes and long hairless tails, they'd be dealt with as they deserve.

I can fully understand that, both the affection part and the appearance deer have.

On one occasion, my wife and I were sitting on the front porch (when I took that photo of the deer across the street at my neighbor's) when several good sized and large deer casually gamboled through our sideyard. I got up immediately from the porch and went directly over to the largest one, not 3' away from its face, which was turned in my direction. It snorted in obvious contempt and turned its head away from my glare, taking measure of the yard across the street, I assumed. I thought of giving it a slap or a punch, or of picking up an stick and giving the quite-tall deer a whack. HOWEVER, one look at that face and asked myself who could hit such a beauty, or hit anywhere else on the animal! Not I. Apparently. I'm not even sure I could shoot one, even if we were allowed to do so in such a suburban neighborhood, not that I have a simple rifle anymore.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

......... coyotes which have been reported to be on the increase, too

They'll get after your deer for you!

Good point! I hadn't thought of that! Just think of it - ripped open deer carcasses scattered around my humble yard! I'll look forward to that! (Pictures to follow, hopefully.)

Probably not where you'll see them....and they won't leave much in the way of leftovers.

P.S, Note the casual attitude of the adult deer in the above photo I took. The fawns are relaxing and the adult gives my a look - I am yelling at it to scram - "Ha! Ha!" it smirks back at me. "Who? Me? You yelling at me? Well don't."

Well, they know you're not a threat or a predator.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I thought of giving it a slap or a punch, or of picking up an stick and giving the quite-tall deer a whack.

That's a really good way to end up in the ER.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They are a pestilence.

They're yummy!