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Offline Neubob

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« Reply #75 on: June 30, 2006, 09:15:03 AM »
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lol what's with all the assult rifle sugestions?

The thing is not a brown bear, its a big fat black dog with thicker skin.


Yeah, no kidding...

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Offline Brenjen

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« Reply #76 on: June 30, 2006, 10:19:24 AM »
IMO nothing smaller than a.44 magnum pistol or a .270 / .308 rifle; but a .22 hornet will kill a bear, the eskimos kill polar bears with them. I'd go with my trusty .308 M-14...but in my backyard I would have to worry about over-penetration so my pump 12 gauge would probably be my pick in town with alternating buckshot - slug - buckshot.....but that's just me.

 The bear obviously isn't an immediate threat since you posted here for recommendations first...so my reccomendation is just leave it alone & let it wander on to greener pastures.

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« Reply #77 on: June 30, 2006, 10:42:01 AM »
I tend towards Dred's approach a little...

Keep running the dogs on him, take in the suet and garbage cans (if any), and even add a bunch of noise, if you have a starter pistol or something else that'll make a racket.  In fact, get rid of the suet altogether, and replace it with oil seed...same high calorie feed, no smell of bear-lunch.

Black bears are not particularly aggressive, and are mostly attracted to the smell of food.  The ones we find approaching homes around here  (yup, Jersey's actually crawling with 'em) are usually two year old males who have just been run off by Mom, and are looking for a territory.  

They usually end up in the newest McMansion neighborhoods (the ones that were woods last year) with all the NYC urbanites moving in and leaving trash cans and BBQ grills outside...Then they start squealing like a stuck pig when one shows up, and then they want them all killed for their own 'personal safety'.   Pffft.  Buncha scardypants Nancy's.  I notice they don't much like the sight of trees, either, come to think of it.

Dogs, no food and lotsa noise and he'll probably move along towards a more peaceful place to settle in.

If you can avoid it, try not to kill him...IMO.

Luck!

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« Reply #78 on: June 30, 2006, 02:17:02 PM »
I'm too lazy to read all these replies....
7mm magnum.
That'll put him in the bone yard.