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Bears using the trails. Trail cam captured four bears.

And I got excited when I found three field voles queuing up to eat strawberries ;):ROFLMAO:

Do you take any action to push them away from your home Duke or just give them a wide berth?
 
They don't come close to the house as the dogs scare them off. The trail cam is at the top end of the property, if we walk the trails the dogs will have bear bell collars on. They keep their distance.
 
Good reason to have a dog! I presume a bear bell is to warn the bears before the dog is aware of them?
Came across a very frightened Chipmunk today in the garden as he ran away, I look forward to seeing him again cute little thing. Yet to find out where his burrow is.
 
Most definitely Ian, don't want to chance a surprised encounter especially if she has cubs.
Baby chipmunks are very friendly but soon become wary of dangers.
 
Blimey. Having Bears wandering about would make me a bit edgy at night.
 
Also I saw a fairly large brown thing coming down a tree from high up, only saw it for a split second, so I looked up what it might have been and found something I’d never heard of before. A Fisher Cat, badly named as they v rarely eat fish and they’re not a cat lol. Part of the Martin family.
Bit bigger than a domestic cat and the male is twice the size, they have back ankles that can twist through 180 degrees to allow them to climb down head first, pictures reminded me of an otter. Not in bear territory here thank goodness.
 
There are occasionally bears around here. A bear demolished our neighbour's bee hive to get at the honey, and I have seen evidence of a bear in our garden, but I have never seen an actual bear. Our local weekly paper has a story this week about a bear around the next village. Apparently the hunting club will drive it away from the village rather than hunting and killing it.

When we moved here someone advised me to carry a little bell if I go walking in the forest, so the bears leave me alone. Also, if I see bear poop I should get out of their ASAP. "How do I identify bear poop?" I asked, Easy apparently. It has little bells in it.
 
Cabinetman said:
Also I saw a fairly large brown thing coming down a tree from high up, only saw it for a split second, so I looked up what it might have been and found something I’d never heard of before. A Fisher Cat, badly named as they v rarely eat fish and they’re not a cat lol. Part of the Martin family.
Bit bigger than a domestic cat and the male is twice the size, they have back ankles that can twist through 180 degrees to allow them to climb down head first, pictures reminded me of an otter. Not in bear territory here thank goodness.
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I have only seen a few of them over the years, wiery looking creatures.
 
Just4fun said:
There are occasionally bears around here. A bear demolished our neighbour's bee hive to get at the honey, and I have seen evidence of a bear in our garden, but I have never seen an actual bear. Our local weekly paper has a story this week about a bear around the next village. Apparently the hunting club will drive it away from the village rather than hunting and killing it.

When we moved here someone advised me to carry a little bell if I go walking in the forest, so the bears leave me alone. Also, if I see bear poop I should get out of their ASAP. "How do I identify bear poop?" I asked, Easy apparently. It has little bells in it.
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People who have bee hives over here will set up a solar powered electric fence perimeter to keep the bears out.
Would they be Eurasian Brown Bears?
 
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