Keep wildlife from getting up close and personal

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Keep wildlife from getting up close and personal

Keeping bears at bay
• If a bear comes into your yard, scare it away by making loud noises or clapping, banging on pots and pans or sounding an air horn.
• If a bear enters your home, open doors and windows to make sure it has a way to leave.
• Never approach a bear. Call the local Colorado Division of Wildlife office for assistance. If a bear presents an immediate threat, call 911.
• Close and lock all bear-accessible windows. Install sturdy grates over downstairs windows that need to be left open. Bears can get through screens.
• Keep garage doors locked and install heavy-duty doors if there is food and pet food in the garage.
• Remove tree limbs that might give bears access to upper-level windows and decks.
• Replace lever-style doorknobs with round ones that bears can’t push open.
• Play a talk radio station when not home.
• Don’t leave trash and garbage out overnight unless it’s in a bear-proof container.
• Feed birds only when bears are hibernating.
• Don’t leave fragrant items such as candles, air fresheners, soaps and lotions near open windows or in vehicles.

A friend sent a pic of a huge female black bear who has been getting into trash cans in Burland. Not a good sign for the bear.

Division of Parks and Wildlife says birds have plenty to eat during the summer and no need to feed. Think about the humans, especially children who may end up in danger because the wildlife have become habituated by feeding or eating dropped bird seed/suet.

Martin, based on the size of this sow and what I have learned from Woodside owners she still has some to meet the size of your big male but looks like she is gaining on it.

akilina wrote: from the article
http://www.canyoncourier.com/content/ke ... d-personal

Keep wildlife from getting up close and personal

Keeping bears at bay
• If a bear comes into your yard, scare it away by making loud noises or clapping, banging on pots and pans or sounding an air horn.
causes bear to climb tree next to deck and stay for 16 hours
• If a bear enters your home, open doors and windows to make sure it has a way to leave.
Unless he finds tv remote then you must leave• Never approach a bear. Call the local Colorado Division of Wildlife office for assistance. If a bear presents an immediate threat, call 911.
Bears always follow me, don't need to approach them.• Close and lock all bear-accessible windows. Install sturdy grates over downstairs windows that need to be left open. Bears can get through screens.
Bears will use the door.
• Keep garage doors locked and install heavy-duty doors if there is food and pet food in the garage.

• Remove tree limbs that might give bears access to upper-level windows and decks.
• Replace lever-style doorknobs with round ones that bears can’t push open.
• Play a talk radio station when not home.
Bears prefer smooth jazz or classic rock• Don’t leave trash and garbage out overnight unless it’s in a bear-proof container.
• Feed birds only when bears are hibernating.
• Don’t leave fragrant items such as candles, air fresheners, soaps and lotions near open windows or in vehicles.

rofllol

I have noticed that a good many of our neighbors now have livestock. Sheep, ducks, chickens and such.
In the last week, we have seen more foxes in the yard than we have seen since we built our house.
Foxes have an unusual bark or cry or whatever you want to call it. Though I enjoy seeing them up close, it is a little un-nerving to see so many and for them to appear so accustomed to humans.
Any ideas on how to make my own property a little less agreeable to these guys.
I'll bet I have seen at least 15 foxes in the last few days run across my property.
A few days ago, I actually watched several deer chase one. I thought that was unusual and wondered what the deer would do if they actually caught one. It looked as though they were playing.

Keep wildlife from getting up close and personal

Keeping bears at bay
• If a bear enters your home, open doors and windows to make sure it has a way to leave.

If a bear enters my home- it's not gonna get to leave- it's becoming a bear skin rug.

If it's on the outside - it's safe, I would not shoot at a bear unless it was attacking my dog. If it comes inside- it's a dead bear.

We had one extremely LARGE moose come into our yard and put not 1 but 2 dogs thru the fence, but so far we have not had any bear trouble or sightings. We do get alot of foxes or maybe it's just one changing it's look every time it comes thru.? who knows.. The deer will chase them off as they see them in the same light as a coyote..A predator.. Just one more reason we live here..

Don't leave pies near the window to cool. Must be bears favorite food. Screens don't bother them.

Becky wrote: I have noticed that a good many of our neighbors now have livestock. Sheep, ducks, chickens and such.
In the last week, we have seen more foxes in the yard than we have seen since we built our house.
Foxes have an unusual bark or cry or whatever you want to call it. Though I enjoy seeing them up close, it is a little un-nerving to see so many and for them to appear so accustomed to humans.
Any ideas on how to make my own property a little less agreeable to these guys.
I'll bet I have seen at least 15 foxes in the last few days run across my property.
A few days ago, I actually watched several deer chase one. I thought that was unusual and wondered what the deer would do if they actually caught one. It looked as though they were playing.

FOXES RULE!

and are GREAT for rodent population control

Becky only has 2 but they keep running around fast and changing uniforms to confuse her,,, LOL