Gary Reeder
Bears are really getting brave these days. We had an older
Thursday, May 23, 2024, 17:47

fellow sitting on his front porch drinking a cup of coffee. A bear walked up to the porch grabbed the guy and dragged him into the bushes and had a nice breakfast. This was about 50 miles down hill from us.

Another was seen walking down the main street in another town again about 50 miles from here. And there was the bear Colleen hit in her truck a couple of years ago and he was about 3 or 4 miles from our house.

Bears are finding out that people make nice luncheons and a snack of the smaller children.

An older lady has been feeding a cinnamon colored sow and 2 cubs 5 or 6 houses down from us. The Game & Fish have told her to quit but she keeps on. One day she is not going to have enough food to keep these bears happy and they are going to have a full meal of her.

The bears are getting brave and are not afraid of people. We also have some wolves moving into the area. The game & fish folks say it is just one wolf that has strayed into the area but wolves never run one at a time. They are always in a pack and this could be a bad situation for someone.

I have gone to wearing a gun when I go out to feed the chickens in the evening. It is dark then and the chickens pose a nice snack for a bear and so would I, I guess.