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Old 07-16-2025, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by vintageogauge View Post
In 8 years south of 44 never seen a bear or heard of one getting into trash. There is a very occasional sighting but not a nuisance problem at all. People letting their dogs crap and not picking it up is more of a problem. Using black bags will solve the crows from getting into the trash.
Our trash goes in an Amazon box to keep critters at bay. We have a mama bear that lives in the woods just down the street. She just moved out her two year old cubs, one male one female.

Three times a week she walks past our rear or front cameras. We have acres of prairie that she meanders for hours. Just getting her weight up around 160-180. We had bears in all of our 5 villages, but each new builds, since 2007, wildlife was plentiful. Only two villages had panthers.

A New resident thought neighbors or workers were pilfering her newly ripe fruit trees, until pics were posted of mama bear grocery shopping in her yard.

We don’t have much a dog problem, many residents have cameras, to capture wildlife, so dog walkers don’t take a chance.
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