More stupid city folk.
- Thread starter willisjake
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A tip here friend; 2 wrongs do not a right make. Perhaps you might disagree with labeling urban folks...slagging rural folk doesn't make it even, eh?
I still remember my uncle taking us "kids" to the dump in Muskoka, 40 years ago, to feed the bears candy bars from the car. He was an ex-hunter by then but still a collector of firearms. You'd see about a dozen other cars there doing the same thing. No one got out of their cars though...
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
What else is the bear to think. He's officially habituated now, and is probably doomed. Too bad he didn't take the rice cake along with a side of arm. These fools are the first to rally against guns and hunting, but they have no problem habituating wildlife.
True. Nothing like a good "come to Jesus" experience to bring clarity to such an encounter.
nowarningshot
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Once over their hybernation, Bears are simply calorie hunters until there food sources dry up and its time to sleep again. Contact with people is inevitable, but something like this sure does not help.
Here, when the salmon sources dry up, everyones orchards are fair game. Another problem seems to be pay for dump garbage. People simply dump in the bush, again causing more contact with people for Bears that have lost their fear of us.
Here, when the salmon sources dry up, everyones orchards are fair game. Another problem seems to be pay for dump garbage. People simply dump in the bush, again causing more contact with people for Bears that have lost their fear of us.
Trimmer 905
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
After my 10 years with the OPP,the worst abuse we used to get was from the Toronto cottager crowd stupids that liked to stop at the local dump to feed the Bears on their way home. Most of those morons would be out of their cars standing at the edge of the garbage where several cubs would be coming up for handouts of donuts and chocolate bars and a visibly agitated Sow pacing back and forth while huffing about 75 feet away. We had to get them back in their cars and out of the dump with threats of trespassing charges while being called pigs,nazis,a88holes,you name it. Finally,the township erected chain link fences and locked gates to keep the idiots out.
My first time in Jasper has a huge lineup on the road. Two brown bear cubs were walking down the side of the highway and a large crowd was gathering. Within 5 minutes of me arriving, Three cars ahead of me two young girls rolled down their windows and started feeding the cubs. ?yearlings?
I could hear hushed grumblings growing lowder when parents started telling their kids that feeding bears was wrong. Out of the blue a park warden shows up. Walks up beside the car and shoots the two cubs dead right then and there.
The crowed got very angry with the warden, and kids cried and adults yellwed at the CO screaming "Why did you just kill the only reason I brought my family to the park".
It was a loud and angry crowd and they started to circle them. The CO was smart. Explain one time what he did while making his way to the car for a quick escapae. Never even had the time to press charges against the two girls that fed and killed the bears.
The crowd dispersed with the CO gone. I could hear a few folks talking that they understood why the habituated cubs had to die and that it wasnt the co that killed them. Just two girls in a car w food and ignorance.
While scouting my lakefront Manitoba interlake property this late April 2016 on quad for deer sheds I spooked on the west side of the property a black bear. After circling to chase it into the bush, I came back and saw the 2 cubs treed near her den. Not where I expected to find a den but she had made it in some real thick dead trees on the edge of a swamp and with a small open field at the back. It's important to keep these bears fear of humans ever present. Flight should be the first response when a bear sees a human...not fight. That's why I always chase the bears when I see them.
I knew bear and big deer are on the property. That's why I purchased the land. I'm happy to be one of the few landowners who can say that he willingly provides a refuge for all wildlife to live out thier lives without fear of being killed before they reach maturity. I will hopefully will get to create several more suitable den sites on the property using rocks and timber, with the goal of providing a safe place to reproduce and hibernate for these generally non confrontational beasts until a 600 pounder shows up on the trail cam...then it's time to cashout on years of proper land stewardship and trophy wildlife management.
I knew bear and big deer are on the property. That's why I purchased the land. I'm happy to be one of the few landowners who can say that he willingly provides a refuge for all wildlife to live out thier lives without fear of being killed before they reach maturity. I will hopefully will get to create several more suitable den sites on the property using rocks and timber, with the goal of providing a safe place to reproduce and hibernate for these generally non confrontational beasts until a 600 pounder shows up on the trail cam...then it's time to cashout on years of proper land stewardship and trophy wildlife management.
LOL...I know. I was called a pig so many times, I put this on either side of my pistol grips. lol
Yes it does make a difference. Farm accidents get the stupid ones on the farms. There is no exit loop for the urban stupid.
