Footprints!

[moonie]

I look out my window this morning, and in the snow, about 5 feet from the back door are these strange footprints.... about twice the size of the typical deer footprints, shaped symmetrically in a 'V' shape. Dont bears hibernate?

[christie1111]

Are sure it was a bear?

Sounds more like something with a hoof like a Moose.

[MarleysGh0st]

Are sure it was a bear?

Sounds more like something with a hoof like a Moose.

Yeah. Like this one?

http://image38.webshots.com/38/6/71/83/ ... jaw_fs.jpg

(Ugh! That's a big image, so I'm taking out the IMG tags.)

[peacock2121]

We have a bear that lives on our hill. He/she has gotten into our Rubbermaid Latched Storage thingie that holds 2 large garbage cans. He/she flattened the thingie. This one does not hibernate.

Sting hides our garbage in a tree. I kid you not. He won't let it sit in our garage for a week.

[SportsFan68]

We have a bear that lives on our hill. He/she has gotten into our Rubbermaid Latched Storage thingie that holds 2 large garbage cans. He/she flattened the thingie. This one does not hibernate.

Sting hides our garbage in a tree. I kid you not. He won't let it sit in our garage for a week.

Excellent plan. A local left her garage door open, and a bear got in and broke into the freezer and ate about $300 worth of meat. So she made sure to keep the garage door closed, and the bear came back and caused significant damage trying to break through it to get to the freezer. I think she had to replace the garage door but don't remember that part for sure.

[peacock2121]

We have a bear that lives on our hill. He/she has gotten into our Rubbermaid Latched Storage thingie that holds 2 large garbage cans. He/she flattened the thingie. This one does not hibernate.

Sting hides our garbage in a tree. I kid you not. He won't let it sit in our garage for a week.

Excellent plan. A local left her garage door open, and a bear got in and broke into the freezer and ate about $300 worth of meat. So she made sure to keep the garage door closed, and the bear came back and caused significant damage trying to break through it to get to the freezer. I think she had to replace the garage door but don't remember that part for sure.

Sting leaves for Florida on Tuesday. I am learning how to run the wood stove. He keeps wanting to show me how to climb the tree to hang the garbage and I keep saying "Peaby don't do that."

No way, no how, am I climbing a tree in the woods to store my garbage. It will live in the garage. I will always close the doors.

[MarleysGh0st]

We have a bear that lives on our hill. He/she has gotten into our Rubbermaid Latched Storage thingie that holds 2 large garbage cans. He/she flattened the thingie. This one does not hibernate.

Sting hides our garbage in a tree. I kid you not. He won't let it sit in our garage for a week.

Excellent plan. A local left her garage door open, and a bear got in and broke into the freezer and ate about $300 worth of meat. So she made sure to keep the garage door closed, and the bear came back and caused significant damage trying to break through it to get to the freezer. I think she had to replace the garage door but don't remember that part for sure.

Sting leaves for Florida on Tuesday. I am learning how to run the wood stove. He keeps wanting to show me how to climb the tree to hang the garbage and I keep saying "Peaby don't do that."

No way, no how, am I climbing a tree in the woods to store my garbage. It will live in the garage. I will always close the doors.

Doesn't Sting use a rope extending over a branch, to pull the garbage up from the ground? Or is the bear smart enough to cut the rope?

[peacock2121]

Excellent plan. A local left her garage door open, and a bear got in and broke into the freezer and ate about $300 worth of meat. So she made sure to keep the garage door closed, and the bear came back and caused significant damage trying to break through it to get to the freezer. I think she had to replace the garage door but don't remember that part for sure.

Sting leaves for Florida on Tuesday. I am learning how to run the wood stove. He keeps wanting to show me how to climb the tree to hang the garbage and I keep saying "Peaby don't do that."

No way, no how, am I climbing a tree in the woods to store my garbage. It will live in the garage. I will always close the doors.

Doesn't Sting use a rope extending over a branch, to pull the garbage up from the ground? Or is the bear smart enough to cut the rope?

Who knows? Not me, as I am not being trained in such matters.

No way, no how.

[MarleysGh0st]

Sting leaves for Florida on Tuesday. I am learning how to run the wood stove. He keeps wanting to show me how to climb the tree to hang the garbage and I keep saying "Peaby don't do that."

No way, no how, am I climbing a tree in the woods to store my garbage. It will live in the garage. I will always close the doors.

Doesn't Sting use a rope extending over a branch, to pull the garbage up from the ground? Or is the bear smart enough to cut the rope?

Who knows? Not me, as I am not being trained in such matters.

No way, no how.

I would think it's an important distinction.

I can understand saying "Peaby doesn't climb trees." It's somewhat less understandable to say "Peaby can't haul on a rope."

[peacock2121]

Doesn't Sting use a rope extending over a branch, to pull the garbage up from the ground? Or is the bear smart enough to cut the rope?

Who knows? Not me, as I am not being trained in such matters.

No way, no how.

I would think it's an important distinction.

I can understand saying "Peaby doesn't climb trees." It's somewhat less understandable to say "Peaby can't haul on a rope."

You are not getting it - it has nothing to do with whether I can or not - it has to do with I don't.

[Rexer25]

Who knows? Not me, as I am not being trained in such matters.

No way, no how.

I would think it's an important distinction.

I can understand saying "Peaby doesn't climb trees." It's somewhat less understandable to say "Peaby can't haul on a rope."

You are not getting it - it has nothing to do with whether I can or not - it has to do with I don't.

You really need to meet Annie someday. You two are personality twins.

I admire Sting's perseverance more and more.

[peacock2121]

I would think it's an important distinction.

I can understand saying "Peaby doesn't climb trees." It's somewhat less understandable to say "Peaby can't haul on a rope."

You are not getting it - it has nothing to do with whether I can or not - it has to do with I don't.

You really need to meet Annie someday. You two are personality twins.

I admire Sting's perseverance more and more.

Annie and BiT's middle daughter - I am honored.

[Bob Juch]

Sting leaves for Florida on Tuesday. I am learning how to run the wood stove.

Did you have trouble finding the "on" switch?

[Beebs52]

I look out my window this morning, and in the snow, about 5 feet from the back door are these strange footprints.... about twice the size of the typical deer footprints, shaped symmetrically in a 'V' shape. Dont bears hibernate?

Bear would have claws.

It sounds like feral pig/hog footprints. They look like big, huge deer prints. I know this because we've seen them (prints and hogs). I betcha that's what they are.

[andrewjackson]

I look out my window this morning, and in the snow, about 5 feet from the back door are these strange footprints.... about twice the size of the typical deer footprints, shaped symmetrically in a 'V' shape. Dont bears hibernate?

Bear would have claws.

It sounds like feral pig/hog footprints. They look like big, huge deer prints. I know this because we've seen them (prints and hogs). I betcha that's what they are.

Do they have feral pigs in New York?

I don't think so. They are more of a problem in southeastern and western states.

Here is the National Feral Swine mapping project map. http://128.192.20.53/nfsms/

I guess there has been at least one report near Binghamton, NY

[TheConfessor]

Texas has been sharing its feral hogs with some of the northern states. This story was in the local news for a few days last fall. The defendant was later found not guilty.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2008102 ... d-pigs.htm

[Bob Juch]

I look out my window this morning, and in the snow, about 5 feet from the back door are these strange footprints.... about twice the size of the typical deer footprints, shaped symmetrically in a 'V' shape. Dont bears hibernate?

Bears' look almost human. Must be a moose. However, when snow melts footprints can enlarge and look a lot larger than the original print.

[Spock]

We have a bear that lives on our hill. He/she has gotten into our Rubbermaid Latched Storage thingie that holds 2 large garbage cans. He/she flattened the thingie. This one does not hibernate.

Sting hides our garbage in a tree. I kid you not. He won't let it sit in our garage for a week.

I learned the definition of "Your Heart Dropping Through Your Stomach" last summer.

Our Canada fishing group has usually stayed in a cabin in a resort. This year we camped (hard shell camper)-They got there late Friday Night-I got in just before dark on Tuesday.

They had been tying the garbage in a tree. (It was a very messy camp because they did not have a lot of bear-country camping experience).

Anyway, when i got in I carried some stuff to the garbage and the bag was on the ground and trash was strewn. I we cleaned it up and decided to hang it up after supper and more garbage.

When I went back there 2 hours later-about 10 yards behind the camper-The bag was gone-I KNEW right away it was bear.

OMG-did my heart drop as I scanned the flashlight around.

It took a while for me to convince them that YES a bear took it-not a raccoon.

[a1mamacat]

You are not getting it - it has nothing to do with whether I can or not - it has to do with I don't.

You really need to meet Annie someday. You two are personality twins.

I admire Sting's perseverance more and more.

Annie and BiT's middle daughter - I am honored.

Guys don't get it, Pea

My philosophy has always been that it is the man's duty to perform any function where there is a) garbage b) corpses or c) natural elements removal.

Or simply - it is the man's job to kill and remove the bugs!

[cindy.wellman]

I look out my window this morning, and in the snow, about 5 feet from the back door are these strange footprints.... about twice the size of the typical deer footprints, shaped symmetrically in a 'V' shape. Dont bears hibernate?

Eric said to ask you if there are elk in your area?