Need tips ASAP! Black bear tried to break into my house last night.

If I was really worried about bears breaking into our house on a routine basis, I would purchase a Karelian Bear Dog. These dogs are tenacious and are unafraid of bears. It's like bears are the dogs natural enemy. Theses dogs will keep bears out of your home and yard.

Check it out: Karelian Bear Dogs

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As will a Plott hound. We had one that took down a full-grown doe when
it got out once, but I read that were originally used to hunt bears.
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Moose meat is really great eating. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't mind so much if moose went extinct.

All the predatory animals I have encountered that can be dangerous to humans and have a mind (ie: not including black widows) have been very courteous about either keeping their distance or telling me where they were (rattlesnakes) so that I could keep mine.

Herbivores are the only animals who have ever tried to attack me when I'm out on a trail, and that when I'm minding my own business (eg:sitting on shore fishing, not, for example, trying to walk up to an animal.)

PS: I guess both you and the bear are still alive?

Be sure to post and tell us if the bear kills you, okay?

Hubby was out on a quad ride with middle daughter last weekend...saw two moose on the trail. They startled but didn't run, and he decided to back up and bug out. When he got on the gas, they finally took off. Said it scared the daylights out of him!

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round here we just eat um and nail there skins up on the barn wall

You have gotten a lot of good advice here, my only addition is that if you are planning to shoot the bear in case of emergency, you need to learn how to shoot. Maybe you already do... I know that I am not a good enough shot to get a bear. You need to be good enough at it that you can aim and fire while in full panic mode. Otherwise you may just harm the bear, and make it pretty mad, or end up shooting the tree instead, or possibly your foot. You really need to know how to make the gun work. I would probably go the route of calling the authorities, clearing the food and garbage out of my home the best I can, getting out of the area for a while, and taking some shooting lessons!

This relates to California Sierra black bears...
My sister and husband were in Kings Canyon National Park, checking into the local lodge, they came back to find that a bear had ripped off the roof of their car and had totally destroyed the back seat. Tourists were standing around taking pictures of their car. There was no food in the car. I have also gone backpacking in Yosemite where we are required to put anything that has a scent in it .. food, toiletries, etc., into a bear proof canister. Those canisters must be at least 100 feet from your tent. Toothpaste and deodorant seem to be attractive to bears. Also, my parents live in the suburbs near the foothills, in a nice developed town. There have been recent sightings of bear swimming in swimming pools and checking out the garbage in their town. They are amazing creatures and are generally scared of humans, but once they lose that fear, they are a force to be dealt with.

We do not live in traditional black bear territory, but this year they are crawling over this suburban nightmare. One walked through our yard Friday June 1st at dark. We have waited for 23 years to see one coming from the Blue Mountains. Since then one was photographed by the local news down the road in the village of Oley and have heard of 5-10 more sightings around the area. Our "new" neighbors would have crapped if it they had seen it. Our encounter had the bear check out my bird feeders (they were empty) and walk into the woods passed my chicken coop & greenhouse. Never gave the grill a thought, but did wonder why he bypassed my plastic garbage can. Don't expect to see one again, but who knows. There must be alot around looking for territory this year. Trying to break into the house is scary.

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Every one lives in bear country. They may be gone now but soner or later they will come back. Even those that think that a town is the best protection. So be prepared to have one near.

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Just heard this on the news and thought I would bump this thread instead of starting another one.

An 11 y/o boy was dragged from his family's tent by a black bear, 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. The boy was later found dead.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,283834,00.html

Even though this and many other reports are in the news many people still say they do not believe a black bear will kill and eat a person, because they have read the books that say it will not happen.

I'm a firm believer that most animals don't read the book about how they are to behave. I've said it before... my chickens didn't read the chicken book, the goats, the goat book, etc.

I'm thinking about writing a book about animals that don't read the animal books!

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A few years back, a scout was camping with his troop. They were in tents. A black bear grabbed his face right through the tent. Wildlife officials said the bear smelled the burger on the kids breath and went for it!
He lived, but the bear almost pulled his face off! (This was in the Shenendoah Valley of VA.)

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I posted something about this before but a black bear broke into a screened porch and took one of the family dogs last summer, in Myrtle Beach, SC. Now, you might not be shocked to see a gator do something like that but a bear at the beach in a highly populated area was a little disturbing.

I used to do a lot of wilderness camping in the mountains of western NC. and never gave bears a second thought.. kept food in our tent and the whole nine yards. Not anymore.

There have been 20 fatal bear attacks on humans in North America in the past seven years

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They don't report the attacks on people who never were killed.

Most people would not believe a bear would attack them until it happened to them and even then they would say " I can't believe that bear attacked me "
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I took a walk in the woods this past Sunday morning and I met up with a bear. She stood quietly about 20 feet away and then scattered when I waved my arms and yelled "Go Away Bear!" She didn't run far tho, and stood and watched me and the dog walk by. I walked farther down the trail and there was a small cub. I got a little scared because being between a Momma and her cub is not a good place to be. I was wearing sandals and didn't have a prayer if she decided to run at me ( there would have been no hope no matter what shoes I was wearing). I waved my arms and yelled some more. The cub ran into the bush and over to Mom and they both disapppeared into the thick bush.
They are hanging around. I have a neighbour who feeds them so he can photograph them. Idiot.