We have black bears all over the place here...not news. A wildlife management friend told us he got a call from a woman in the next town over asking to collect a bear. He asked where she was calling from and with hesitation, told her that’s the area they relocate the bears to. Lol.
My daughter had a 400lbs range black bear on her porch(they keep their garbage up because of this issue) a couple of weeks ago. Her husband goes to work at 5:00am and encountered him when he was about to let their dog out to use the bathroom. He made noises, yelled, waved his arms, all the usual things you are told to do. The bear slowly walked about 20 ft away, sat down and growled at him.
He retrieved his .12gauge and loaded up two #8 birdshots on the front end and three slugs on the back end. The bear was ambling around the driveway and not inclined to leave so he put a #8 load right into the bears behind. He jumped and took off running, stung him good.
They had called the game warden for the same bear a couple of months ago and his response, well there is nothing we can do. They told him we have a dog and a five year old! Sorry we can’t help you. The game warden previous to this clodhopper had told me several times, if a bear persists, #8 loads in the rump so we follow his advice.
A week later he heard the neighbor firing around 5:00am and the same bear was trying to get into his chicken coop. They haven’t seen it since.
My wife’s aunt was terribly ill a week or so ago with a stomach bug that lasted five days. At one point she had unlocked her car for her daughter to get something out and she said I felt too bad to get up and get the key fob and lock the car doors back after she left. The next morning her daughter found where a bear had managed to get the door open on her Cadillac SUV and absolutely shred one of her leather seats. They are getting plentiful in Kentucky and more bear hunts need to be allowed.