We’ve lived on the top of Sand Mountain for just over three years now. Almost immediately after we moved in, Brian installed game cams in the woods out back. We have gotten SO much enjoyment out of those!! We have seen tons of deer (of course), foxes, coyotes, raccoons, squirrels, a skunk, feral dogs and cats, bats…you name it. What we have NOT seen was any bears…until now!
At the beginning of this month, Brian took the 4-wheeler into the woods to check on the deer feeder. He was surprised to see the feeder had been completely knocked down (raccoons typically just chew the lids off). And, there were lots of broken small branches around the feeder. Brian switched out the SD card in the camera, and drove off to do the same with the other ones. We have six cameras on the property.
As we always do when the SD cards come back to the house, we sat on the back porch in our rocking chairs. Brian had his laptop on his lap and he watched all the videos (there are usually hundreds of short ones because the cameras are motion-activated). It only took a few minutes for him to find this!
Isn’t he (she?) ADORABLE in this picture? Kinda looks like a cub, huh?
NOPE! He (she?) is HUGE!!!
You can watch the video RIGHT HERE. If you are knowledgeable about bears, and have any idea how much Barney the Bear (yes, I named him/her) weighs, please chime in using the comments box below. We, of course, alerted all of the neighbors because so many people here have pets and children.
Anyone going into the woods here now must have bear spray on them. No exceptions. We’ll also be keeping a close eye on our dogs, along with our grandbabies when they visit.
In other news, we learned yesterday why our raspberry yield is so low this year. I caught our chickens out there plucking dozens of them off the bushes! I yelled loud from the upper back porch and they all walked quickly away. BAD CHICKENS!!!
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If that is a cub need to stay out of there, the mama will kill anyone and anyone who goes near it. So will a mama deer. I lived in bear etc country and apparently still do since they come in from the creek sometimes. So did a cougar. When the neighbours saw the bear it was oh look a the cute teddy. The cougar however got a much different response. Thank God it didn’t grab the kid unknowingly under the tree it was perched in.
Oh, we’re keeping out distance!!! It’s not a cub but that doesn’t matter.
Yesterday, the game cams revealed a mountain lion out back.
Angela