Hello All,
Hear is what happened, The evening before he came I was unloading my truck and my little girls went to play in the backyard I turned the fence off (it gives 12K volt charge) after I finished we went out and forgot to turn the fence on again, we cam back late I went to bed and the fence still forgotten
(first time I remember I was 4:00am at bed I think I can fell my bees!!), anyway he came early morning did the damage we fixed it in the morning and turned the fence on, I think he was not too far also he knows now what is in there, he came back keep at noon going through the fence back and forth as if it is not there, when my wife called me at work
I ran back to the house reached my gun and shut him, usually I shoot in the air just to scare them, but what I didn't like with this one is he was kind of start to live in the backyard and this is not good specially when there are young kinds.
When I shut him I was less than 30 feet away from him that is when he saw me and just ran away I hesitated for a second (I was thinking maybe he is not that bad bear after all) then I shut him.
The law here is to call the ministry of natural resources when you shot a bear, so from the tag color on its ear I new that this poor guy was an old bear located from a
park to our area and he has the habit to pay frequent visits to the area residents, When the officer came (He use to be a beekeeper quite it just two years ago!!) he was very impressed by the video and gave me some advice about the fence.
- My fence was 2 to 4 wires one feet apart, he told me the wires shouldn't be more than 8 inches apart anything more than this will be enough for the bear to insert its head in between and hit the wire with its coat which will have no effect, Well I can believe that after seeing the video specially this one was as big as a black bear can be.
- Also baiting the fence with sardine cans or any thing with a strong odder so the bear will come to smell it and he will got zapped in his nose.
- Another thing he mentioned is educated bear better than dead bear, since in I will kill the bear another bear will come and take over his territory but a bear which know its boundary will protect the area from another bear, I think this is true since we had another younger male last year once you yell at him from 100 yard he will run away but one of my neighbors shut him.
(I was saying this educated bear comment to one of my older neighbors he told me "there is no such thing, do you want to go in to the forest with a blackboard and look for bears to educate them! A good bear is a dead bear use your gun, he was so funny)
Anyway since I was so upset at the time the officer told me you did the right thing with this bear, even if we caught him alive we would do the same thing with him since he is old and will not be easy to "teach" and already got more than one chance.
Sorry if I bored you with my bear story, I really wish I can share the video with you, I will keep trying to find a way.
Best Regards,
ForestBee