Wild Bill Bucks
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Doesn't look like he is going anywhere, anytime soon, and will eventually tear my feeder to shreds. This will make the second feeder I have lost to bears in the last 2 years.
These game camera pictures came from Gowen Mountain, between Hartshorne and Wilburton Oklahoma. I have hunted this area along Gaines Creek bottom for 40 years, and have never even seen signs of bear. In the last 2 years, they seem to be everywhere. Judging from tracks, I have at least 3 different bears on the lease. We are only allowed very few bear tags in Oklahoma, and the cost is $100.00 each, and most all the tags are filled before 10:00 opening morning, so I doubt that I would get a chance to shoot one, even if I had a tag.
I'm not really interested in shooting a bear, but I have had these feeders for 9 years, and they feed 24-7-365. I have generations of deer that use them, and I don't want to lose them.
Do any of you guys have any suggestions on how to get rid of bear, without losing my deer, short of shooting them?http://thefiringline.com/forums/att...ent.php?attachmentid=83492&stc=1&d=1346950265
These game camera pictures came from Gowen Mountain, between Hartshorne and Wilburton Oklahoma. I have hunted this area along Gaines Creek bottom for 40 years, and have never even seen signs of bear. In the last 2 years, they seem to be everywhere. Judging from tracks, I have at least 3 different bears on the lease. We are only allowed very few bear tags in Oklahoma, and the cost is $100.00 each, and most all the tags are filled before 10:00 opening morning, so I doubt that I would get a chance to shoot one, even if I had a tag.
I'm not really interested in shooting a bear, but I have had these feeders for 9 years, and they feed 24-7-365. I have generations of deer that use them, and I don't want to lose them.
Do any of you guys have any suggestions on how to get rid of bear, without losing my deer, short of shooting them?http://thefiringline.com/forums/att...ent.php?attachmentid=83492&stc=1&d=1346950265