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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (52086)	6/3/2006 7:58:28 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

re: the Cal Bear I could have easily kicked that bear's arse. Or just as easily, smoked a bone with it...

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (52086)	6/3/2006 10:02:33 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

WR~ People used to say there are no black bears in the area, but there are. A friend a couple of roads over from here had his bee hive boxes all busted up by a bear a few years ago. We hike in a conservation area about 3 or 4 miles from here and people run into bears there every autumn when all of the berries and wild grapes are ripening. And this spring, a woman crashed into a bear on the highway about 5 miles from here, so yup, they're around. Fortunately, they're pretty shy and seem to try to avoid encounters. Good thing they aren't like the raccoons. We have some out in the garage -- or at least they were there last week. I could hear them growling and making weird noises when I was getting some garden tools out last week. We try to keep them out, but they manage to get in under the eaves each winter. When we had chickens, the raccoons were a major PIA. At night, a mother and her kids would climb up the outside of the barn wall and come in through the ventilation slot under the edge of the roof. They would then climb up the various posts and beams in the barn and pull down the hens that were roosting up on the crossbeams. I wouldn't have cared as much if they had have killed one or two chickens and made a dinner out of it.. but nope.. they would kill 5 of 6 hens per night and just chew the heads and necks off and rip a few holes in them, then leave the bodies lying on the floor. Very nice sight to greet me when I came out to the barn to do chores in the morning. I finally got so mad that I gave all the rest of the chickens away to a friend and haven't kept any since. Foxes used to come and grab the odd chicken or duck too, but I never minded them so much as they only took what they needed to feed their young. ~croc