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07/14/09, 07:28 PM
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how do you protect your freezer from bears?
How on earth do you keep bears out of your freezer? Not a problem if we are home but go out for a few hours and there is nothing left! Even locked they can just peel the top right off. Don't want to shoot them but I don't see alot of option here....
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07/14/09, 07:35 PM
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Well, my freezer is inside the house. 
Plus we don't have a lot of bears here....
Maybe use electric fencing?
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07/14/09, 07:41 PM
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We don't have bears here, that I know of. Thank goodness.
If we did, the bear/s would be a history lesson and in the freezer.
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We have a few bears in this area.
If they bother anyone then the bear goes into the freezer.
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07/14/09, 08:02 PM
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LOL, ours is outside. No room for one to be in the house. I was thinking maybe a chainlink fence? Or would they just rip that apart too?
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07/14/09, 08:14 PM
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Try an electric fence and toss some bacon slices over the wires, plus water the ground under the wire. Make his first experience a memorable experience.
I was watching one of those hilarious Bigfoot research shows on TV. At a cabin in Canada or Alaska, they took a 1/2" piece of plywood wider than their door, and ran dozens of deck screws up thru it. Whenever they left, they set that in front of the door. I wouldn't want to step on it. Bigfoot did.
Chain your dog to the freezer if you aren't gone long.
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07/14/09, 08:18 PM
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LOL, the thought of tying my mini-weiner dog to the freezer had me in fits and giggles. here grizz grizz grizz come get the weiny Ugg I have a morbid sense of humor. We have a huge grizz population here but it is the black bears that are the problem. maybe I should invest in a large breed dog
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07/14/09, 08:49 PM
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Quote:
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How on earth do you keep bears out of your freezer?
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I'd put the bears IN the freezer!
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07/14/09, 09:07 PM
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An electric fence around the freezer would work but instead of the bacon use some foil smeared with peanut butter attached to the wire, one swipe of the tongue and they learn real quick. We had a small family of bears that were causing all sorts of trouble and it only took one day to set up the fence but the first night they went right through it. We fixed the fence and baited it with the peanut butter and never had any trouble again. Good luck
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07/14/09, 10:55 PM
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Usually the game warden will come out and trap a bear that is getting too friendly and move it to another area. But it is bad when you live in the area where they take them like I do. You get all the trouble from other areas trucked in. 
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I would not chain a dog to the freezer. No dog tied up would be a match for a grizzly. You'd only get the dog killed.
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07/15/09, 12:03 AM
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It would work for blacks. She didn't say grumbly bears are involved and doesn't say where she lives.
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07/15/09, 12:41 AM
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Quote:
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LOL, ours is outside. No room for one to be in the house. I was thinking maybe a chainlink fence? Or would they just rip that apart too?
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You need ELECTRIC fencing to keep them out
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If a black bear is strong enough to peel the top off a locked freezer then it's strong enough to break a big dog's back. That's what they do - rear up and come down on the dog with it's front paws to break it's back and then they rip it up. A dog on a chain would just be live bait that can't escape.
You need to electrify the area around your freezer. You can also booby trap the freezer with buckets of vinegar so it spills on the bear when it touches the freezer. I've used vinegar to discourage bears, they go crazy when they get that on their face, in their nose and eyes, and they don't come back again.
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Originally Posted by ET1 SS
We have a few bears in this area.
If they bother anyone then the bear goes into the freezer.
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If that don't break the bear nothing will.You happy,no tore up freezer,plus bear meat in the freezer.The bear ought to be happy,you granted his wishes (to get in the freezer)A win win situation if you ask me.Might not make PETA happy,that is unless you give them the same deal you gave the bear,the opportunity to get in the freezer.I really feel like they won't take you up on it,but start looking at things the way you do. lol EB
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No bears in my basement.
A few "long pig" who get into it regularly, but no bears.
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The best solution is to get a few EXTREMELY VISCIOUS and HIGHLY ALERT
Maremma Guard Dogs
I've not had one bear get in my freezers while they are on the job!
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Heavy chains with massive padlocks?
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07/15/09, 11:32 AM
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I'd put a stout fence charger out there with a couple of hot wires to discourage unwanted visitors.
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On the Kenai Peninsula (Alaska) browns and blacks are a big problem. Most folks run multiple strands of hot wire around any exposed food source-including berry bushes, livestock feed, etc. Heavier gauge wire, and more than one long ground rod to give more punch. Let the hose run around the ground rod about twice a week too. Make sure your charger is not the pusling kind-you want steady current if possible.
I could not afford to replace my freezer, the lids are 40% of the cost of a new one here. (And yes, I have one perfectly good 25 cu ft chest freezer with a thrashed lid-it now holds grains at the barn)
BTW, electric fencing does not work on moose.......
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