Black Bear in my yard having a feast

After the bear left I went over to investigate and found a nest of angry ants. At first thought the bear was digging up my Jack Russell's grave.

My 13 year old jack is resting in that corner of the yard.



When i cut the lawn, blow it into windrows and by morning the bear has eaten the grass, the worse that's happened is that a bear entered my garage and tipped over a 45 gallon drum of waste restaurant cooking oil that I had filtered into an open top drum.

Quick trip to the farm for a truck load of sawdust from their mill to soak up the oil.

A regular visitor deserves a name. Have you named your friend?

All of the deer, elk, and moose around here (mountains of Wyoming) have names. Never had a regular bear hanging around. Neat.

Originally Posted by Patriot76

A regular visitor deserves a name. Have you named your friend?

All of the deer, elk, and moose around here (mountains of Wyoming) have names. Never had a regular bear hanging around. Neat.

if i had to name the bear not knowing if it were boy or girl, and I can tell ya now I'm not getting close enough to have a peek.

I suppose Sue would work.

A couple of ways to determine from a distance, cubs should still be with their moms. Also if you see it urinate, middle of the body-male, back end of a bear-female. These days Sue would work because I do not know if bears have adopted the new human gender guidelines.