Here's what happened to a guy who shot his deer, took it home and butchered it in his garage. Living in Montana presents some extra challenges beyond what most deer hunters face, as a grizzly bear smelled the fresh kill, and pulled the garage door off to try and get at it. This was the second visit by this bear in two days.
I'm at a rural place we own where such things occur. It's in SE British Columbia just north of Eureka Montana
ReplyDeleteSuch things occur once, at most.
I'm a gun owner, but a city boy, and the ferocity of the locals surprised me. Every bear is treated with forbearance until it crosses the line. A stolen game carcass, a fruit tree, a garden, whatever. After the line is crossed the bear is dead.
The whole community hunts it down, then buries it or leaves in a distant place where the scavengers will feast.
Don't believe all the stories about all Canadians being gun fearing wimps. Country is country, everywhere.
Yes. There are urban folks, then there are rural folks, irrespective of nationality.
DeleteBought a house been empty no power like 11 years, some kind of pest buzzer was under the counter on the disposal circuit, we think it was defective but it sounded like a honey bee hive so this big fat black bear went to town on the outside kitchen wall, like a friggin chainsaw he ripped thru everything, talked with F&G they asked to put a bear trap beside the house, had a big net bag fresh ground beef as bait, sure enough that dumbass bear went straight in, word was he took the heads off a few pigs, became a wanted bear, by far twice the weight of regular blacks, had to be a 500 pounder, man was he mad locked up in that bear jail, it was shaking and a slamin', his paw trying to rip you up thru the bar grill window. Great adventure really, we still chuckle about it.
ReplyDeleteFish & Game Department reintroduced Blacks into southern Virginia decades ago. We weren't the least concerned, till the Bee Hives started getting wrecked.
ReplyDeleteRead an article, a 300 Win Mag or a Rifled 12 Gauge Slug ... might not be enough to protect us from one determined to get in, when the wife has a load of Jerky in the Dehydrators. Don't want to find out, either!
Have you thought about putting traps out for the Fish & Game weenies?
DeleteJohn, to tell ya the truth, I was thinking of changing the bucket on the Back Hoe from the 10" trencher to the 24" grave digger... and whether or not a 7 1/2 foot would be deep enough for one. The worst thing around here, if you leave an open trench, a Deer is sure to find it & get stuck - pre-digging is a no-no.
Delete2011 time stamp on photo?
ReplyDeletePeople believe a roll up door of this type is actual security. Bear proves that's a fallacy.
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