Furballers VS Base Takers

[Bear76]

I smell a troll, and her name is Shuffler...

A little Summer's Eve might help

[Shuffler]

Shouldn't all bears be in hibernation now?

[Bear76]

Shouldn't all bears be in hibernation now?

My rent check bounced

[DMBEAR]

Shouldn't all bears be in hibernation now?

Global Warming keeps us roaming

[cattb]

so....do we make it to 30 pages?

slowly but surely 

[crazyivan]

My rent check bounced

Tell em you'll have it next friday.  Global warming NOOOO! Save the polar bears. Even though they'd eat you if they got the chance.

[Tarstar]

Do bears south of Mason Dixon hibernate for shorter periods of time?

[mtnman]

Do bears south of Mason Dixon hibernate for shorter periods of time?

Bears don't actually hibernate. 

[Tarstar]

Bears don't actually hibernate. 

Thanks for clearing that up 

[bj229r]

Bears don't actually hibernate. 

Well...after mid December, my trash can is safe

[mtnman]

Well...after mid December, my trash can is safe

Well yea, they may get up and move around a bit if a warm spell occurs, but don't stray far from their dens.

A few years ago during a study of black bears in northern Wisconsin we went out in February in three feet of snow and temps in the teens to pull some out of their dens and collect data.  The sows were pretty groggy, but even though we made a great effort to approach quietly, they still lifted their heads and peered around.  We had to tranquilize the sows and one year old cubs.  The newborn cubs were quite a bit more active, and were too young to tranquilize.

[bj229r]

I remember on my kid's 17th birthday, (April, still get frosts where I live) she had a half-dozen or so bottles of Mtn Dew, etc on outside porch, to keep cold for party. Frikkin bear came UP on porch, dragged bottles into yard..popped em with his teeth, and then commenced to flatten each bottle with his paw, turning them into plastic soad-pop fountains. Next morning there were a half-dozen pancaked plastic bottles in yard..wish I had it on video

[crazyivan]

Shooting sleeping bears with tranqs. Thats just rude Mtnman.

[mtnman]

Shooting sleeping bears with tranqs. Thats just rude Mtnman.

Aww, it wasn't like that! 

We had (er, the lead researcher had) a broomstick with a syringe on it.  He just reached in and poked the bear.  He also had a dart gun, but didn't want to use it because due to the dart size he figured he'd need two darts instead of one poke, lol!  The sows were awake but groggy when we reached the dens.  Picking up their heads and looking around like you would if you heard a funny noise in your bedroom, but weren't really alarmed.  Just the sound of us walking up in the soft snow was enough to get their attention. 

I was ready to trip someone if I needed to (I didn't want to be the slowest to clear the area if they got irked, and waist-deep snow can be a hindrance when you need to flee).

[cattb]

A singular black bear is one thing, mama bear and cubs is another