Wonder if some folks were feeding the bears since they usually try to avoid people.
The bears were eating her trash and she must have been wearing taming lotion or something that smelt better than the trash.
I saw a bumper sticker that said “A trash bear is a dead bear” meaning not to leave trash out.
Sheesh when did you grow up? Have you never heard of Gentle Ben?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061255/
The problem we have here is that people think the bears are “cute.” I can’t tell you how many times people have posted pictures of the bears that they’ve spotted getting into the trash here in my neighborhood. I try to tell people - (1) do NOT leave your trash out overnight, and (2) if you see a bear, do everything in your power to scare the bear away. Yet people persist in watching the bears do this again and again. I swear I think some people are leaving the cans out as bait so that they can get a glimpse of a bear. Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Now why did they have to give the race of the bear?
Bear ping....
“...Didn’t know there were bears in Florida...”
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There are bears all over the southeast.
We used to have a season on ‘em here in Georgia,
not sure if we do now or not.
Guess the bears wanted more than just a “pick-a-nick basket.”
If I saw five bears eating trash in my driveway, I don’t think I’d go strolling up to them. She was lucky not to get hurt worse.
I live in the Florida Panhandle in a rural area. There are not a lot of bears in this area but I do occasionally see one.
A few years ago someone ran over one near here. They seem to have a bit of a problem with them in the Panama City area.
Oh my. You been vacationing on Mars or somewhere> :)
Do some searching.
A lot of Florida is overrun with bears - some people hardly dare leave their homes. But NO ONE is allowed to harm a bear. Their lives are more precious than humans. (Thank God her children got off on their bikes before the bear attack) p>Since no one is allowed to harm hem, they are totally unafraid of humans.
If these people had shooed this bear off - they probably would have faced fines for scaring him. (NOT a joke)
Live lin k n ext post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omLmhr3KD4M
looking to buy something in that area and stay from basic residential,
This is a start
http://www.eregulations.com/georgia/hunting/bear/
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Georgia Bear Hunting Seasons:
Killing of females with cub(s) or bears under 75 pounds is prohibited.
Northern Bear Zone
In Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson,
Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Hall,
Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Murray, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens,
Towns, Union, Walker, White, Whitfield Counties:
Archery: Sept. 14-Oct. 11
Primitive Weapons: Oct. 12-18
Firearms: Oct. 19-Dec. 1
Central Bear Zone
In Bibb, Houston, Twiggs Counties:
Firearms: Dec. 14
Southern Bear Zone
In Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Echols and Ware Counties:
Firearms: Sept. 26-28, Oct. 3-5, Oct. 10-12
Statewide Season Limit
Two; provided, however, that no more than one of which may be taken
from the Southern or Central Zones.
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I’m thinking ya’ gottta be pretty much of a bad ass to bow hunt for bears.
“Wonder if some folks were feeding the bears since they usually try to avoid people. “
I’m sandwiched between federal and state forests. The bears hide out there during the day and then raid garbage cans at night. There’s no such thing as a bear-proof garbage can. (Well, I suppose if you could buy a surplus tank that would work.) I don’t know of anybody who voluntarily feeds them. The cat always tells me when one is around. (Sweetie? Why are you under the bed?)
My sister lives in Navarre, Fl. Her neighborhood backs up to a wooded area and there is a black bear that lives in there that is constantly getting into trash cans.
Is this one of those times where they try to find the offending bear and kill it or relocate it? I hope they don’t have to kill it. People who live in this area should already know they are near bear habitats, unless the bears have just began to spread out. That’s possible if the area is in a drought.
Man!
WORST DAY EVER!!
I’d hate to have to grab my 45-70 whenever I took out the trash.