Uh-oh. Bears in the Village of Bradford.

[kcrazorbackfan]

I was installing sprinkler donuts In the yard of our new home in Bradford and saw a pile of bear poop in the backyard that wasn’t there yesterday; it’s an eerie feeling when you see that in your yard.

I take our fur babies out at night before we go to bed; I will be going out armed from now on.

[dnobles]

Ha ha Funny that you know what bear poop looks like������

[Bjeanj]

Uh oh. ‘Course, I had to look up what that looks like/how you can tell from, say a big dog.
:-(

[graciegirl]

Three years ago a neighbor spotted bears in B at Laurel Valley. Near the swampy area. Just once. You never know.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Ha ha Funny that you know what bear poop looks like������

Don’t see the humor in it since I have hunted bear before and do know what it looks like.

Uh oh. ‘Course, I had to look up what that looks like/how you can tell from, say a big dog.
:-(

I’ve had big dogs before; these turds were too big to come out of a dogs butt.

One of these days I’ll learn to quit posting fyi’s for the public.

[EdFNJ]

One of these days I’ll learn to quit posting fyi’s for the public. Nah, don't do that. Just lighten up a bit and think about where you are! Is Taco Bell nearby?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

The more natural resources removed for development, the fewer places local animals have to call "home." They have to go somewhere. If you take their back yard for your lanai and birdcage, don't expect them to have gone far.

Also - if it's a Florida Black Bear, reconsider walking your dog armed to protect against it. First of all - it lives on an 80% vegetarian diet. It's not all that interested in meat. Second, and more importantly, it is protected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It is illegal to kill them.

If you come across a bear, either be completely still, or make a LOT of loud clanging obnoxious noise to scare it away. Take that big AR-15 of yours and bang it against the sidewalk, instead of shooting it. It'll get the bear to leave you alone, and it'll keep you out of jail.

[Topspinmo]

Well, guess what the land was bulldozed clear cut. They just can’t fly away.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Well, guess what the land was bulldozed clear cut. They just can’t fly away.

Exactly.

Basically - they were here first. You are the intruder. Get out of their way if you see them, and call Fish and Wildlife if you don't want to scare them away yourself.

[Altavia]

If you leave your garage door open, and have a fridge full of beer, bear's have no problem helping themselves to happy hour. Don't ask how I know :1rotfl:

[Two Bills]

http://www.outdooroddities.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/grizzly_bear_warning_sign.jpg

[Dahabs]

I was installing sprinkler donuts In the yard of our new home in Bradford and saw a pile of bear poop in the backyard that wasn’t there yesterday; it’s an eerie feeling when you see that in your yard.

I take our fur babies out at night before we go to bed; I will be going out armed from now on.

Thought bears only pooped in the woods. :)

[Mohawksin]

One of these days I’ll learn to quit posting fyi’s for the public.[/QUOTE]

Hey Razor Back, All you need to do is learn to be patient with many of the posters here. They spent most of their lives east of the Appalachians, deep in the concrete jungles.

[MandoMan]

One of these days I’ll learn to quit posting fyi’s for the public.

Hey Razor Back, All you need to do is learn to be patient with many of the posters here. They spent most of their lives east of the Appalachians, deep in the concrete jungles.[/QUOTE]

Really? I spent 34 years east of the Appalachians, more than half my life, in the forests, far from any concrete jungles, and I’ve had black bears walk around my house peering into windows in the early afternoon when I had a dozen people over for lunch. One climbed a lovely dogwood try to rip down a bird feeder and killed the tree. Another climbed a young peach tree, eight feet high, to pick the ripe peaches and broke off the major limbs. My girlfriend in the woods of New Jersey (yes, there are a LOT of forests there) has a bear go through her yard every couple months, turning over the trash can, breaking the fence, ripping down the bird feeder. My 12 pound papillon chased one this summer and made it run. Her brother has hunted bear in Pennsylvania several times, with a bow. (Never got one.) Eastern Pennsylvania is such good country for bears that they are bigger and nearly always have twins, which is unusual.

[4glori]

It is good to be aware of any dangers around so I can be cautious. I once had a bear peek over my deck while I was having morning coffee out there. Did not know I could move that fast. 😂

[rsgolfer]

Glad you posted this. On two occasions In the past week, I’ve observed the same thing where I walk our dog. (on Horizon Run near the swamp in Pennecamp). Too large to be a dog and full of seeds. I don’t know if it was bear poop, but whatever it came from, I would prefer it was not in our neighborhood.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Don’t see the humor in it since I have hunted bear before and do know what it looks like. One of these days I’ll learn to quit posting fyi’s for the public.

:1rotfl:let's review the digital social media scenario upon which we are reading

anonymous names, mostly elderly posters :boxing2:living inside a bubble, where misinformation / mistakes / different points of view become some people's reality and creates posts of 500 pages of :blahblahblah:
with trolls and posters who have doctorate degrees from google, :duck: and come to get participation trophy names for a number of posts :ohdear: as the digital coffeehouse :coolsmiley: to chat in the time of a 100 year event :bigbow:

and an anonymous poster announces a random low probability event of poop gets politely asked about credentials :ho: since all posters are now on high alert for posters posting poop

could be the start of a modern day seinfeld monologue/ show. . .

Note: this post is written to laugh at ourselves that TOTV is really the modern day pandemic coffee house where everyone is invited to chat, only a few know the others in real life, and just like the rest of the world, we can't tell who is full of crap from the anonymous name, and like cheers, no one knows your name

and that's why i come here to see what's happening down at adult summer camp while i wait to join and actually work at play

sportsguy

[Skunky1]

Were there blueberries and bells in the poop?

[Twoeagles2]

I know what it look like. I lived in bear country in northern Minnesota. We had around 200 bears roaming around.

[Syd2008]

Hopefully your not serious. If indeed bear your new home is probably in their territory. Them first. You second.
Near wildlife preserve I would expect many types of wildlife large and small.

[merrymini]

I come from NJ and we have plenty of bears. People behave poorly, endangering them. Do not put out food or garbage cans. DO NOT RUN! They are faster than you! Swing your arms up, making yourself large and make a lot of noise. They should run away. They are beautiful animals and killing one would be a shame. They are only hungry and looking for some easy food.

[chrisinva]

great use of emojis. :a040: and accurate analysis of this thread (can't find the poop emoji either)

[coconutmama]

I was installing sprinkler donuts In the yard of our new home in Bradford and saw a pile of bear poop in the backyard that wasn’t there yesterday; it’s an eerie feeling when you see that in your yard.

I take our fur babies out at night before we go to bed; I will be going out armed from now on.

Thanks for the heads up! I know we have otters, bobcats etc still here, just over the new bridge. When our house was built 3 years ago, there were wild pigs here too. Did not think much about bears. But will be careful now.

Hope you love your new home. Bradford looks really well situated

[th2142a]

apparently, he knows his s__t

[toeser]

The more natural resources removed for development, the fewer places local animals have to call "home." They have to go somewhere. If you take their back yard for your lanai and birdcage, don't expect them to have gone far.

Also - if it's a Florida Black Bear, reconsider walking your dog armed to protect against it. First of all - it lives on an 80% vegetarian diet. It's not all that interested in meat. Second, and more importantly, it is protected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It is illegal to kill them.

If you come across a bear, either be completely still, or make a LOT of loud clanging obnoxious noise to scare it away. Take that big AR-15 of yours and bang it against the sidewalk, instead of shooting it. It'll get the bear to leave you alone, and it'll keep you out of jail.

Florida black bears may have an 80% vegetarian diet, but one viciously attacked a teenage girl near where I lived before moving to The Villages.

[Malsua]

Don’t see the humor in it since I have hunted bear before and do know what it looks like.



I’ve had big dogs before; these turds were too big to come out of a dogs butt.

One of these days I’ll learn to quit posting fyi’s for the public.

My NJ house is in NW NJ, the area of the state with the highest density of black bear population. We see bears all the time. I also am quite familiar with bear poo.

We had a bear try to come through the kitchen window in 2007 but my wife ran it off before he got all the way in.

We see them frequently and most of the time they are just passing through. The occasional NBE(Near bear encounter) with a 400+ pounder will raise your heart rate a bit, but mostly just don't freak out and run. Five city kids were hiking nearby back in 2014, they ran, the bear killed one of them.

I have cameras up on the house, here's a video of a pretty big one back in July.

Big Bear tonight. - YouTube (https://youtu.be/VhnCcR5P86U)

[Chi-Town]

This is much better than another dog poop thread even though it is in the same family. Post a picture of the pile so the scatologists here can do a detailed analysis. May be a panther or Bigfoot.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

I saw some Bears poop on Tom Brady last night.

[La lamy]

http://www.outdooroddities.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/grizzly_bear_warning_sign.jpg

I love that last sentence!!! :1rotfl:

[moe1212]

I thought they only ------t in the woods

[Taltarzac725]

http://keepbearswild.org/2019/10/the-scoop-on-bear-poop/

What's the poop?

[CFrance]

apparently, he knows his s__t
Winning post of this thread!:1rotfl:

[davem4616]

Don’t see the humor in it since I have hunted bear before and do know what it looks like.



One of these days I’ll learn to quit posting fyi’s for the public.


yup, know the feeling

ya think ya doing a good thing and end realizing ya stepped into a bucket of .....t

[jarodrig]

:pray:great use of emojis. :a040: and accurate analysis of this thread (can't find the poop emoji either)

[stadry]

why not be armed ? many make the choice between survival & prey/sheep,,, our whole age group is called 'target' by law enforcement,,, any usual edc weapon would be ineffective against bears but would certainly sting & greatly **** off the animal

[Joe C.]

Better to carry a camera and a few apples. Unless you corner a black bear or get between a sow and her cubs, the bear will be harmless. I've had many bears in my yard in Vermont. They would come around April and stay till mid September. Always looking for sunflower seeds from my bird feeders. One year it was a mom and three cubs that came around every evening for six months. It was fun to watch them climb the trees and chase each other around, sometimes for an hour and a half. Sometimes I would sneak around the corner of the cabin and roll a few apples at them.
Bears can't see all that well, but can certainly smell exceptionally well.
BTW ... I always had a bear tag with my hunting license, but never shot one.
AND they do taste pretty darn good......in stews or chilli. I'm just too lazy to skin and butcher one for food. I'd rather watch them.

[PamfromNY]

Oh brother. Go out armed huh. You would do better with an apple to toss to it. And bears don’t want your fur baby, coyotes do.

[Taltarzac725]

10 Things You May Not Know About Davy Crockett - HISTORY (https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-davy-crockett)

A little trivia about a famous bear hunter-- Davy Crockett.

I think you would need something as powerful as an elephant gun to take down a bear though.

[kanoa1kale2]

The more natural resources removed for development, the fewer places local animals have to call "home." They have to go somewhere. If you take their back yard for your lanai and birdcage, don't expect them to have gone far.

Also - if it's a Florida Black Bear, reconsider walking your dog armed to protect against it. First of all - it lives on an 80% vegetarian diet. It's not all that interested in meat. Second, and more importantly, it is protected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It is illegal to kill them.

If you come across a bear, either be completely still, or make a LOT of loud clanging obnoxious noise to scare it away. Take that big AR-15 of yours and bang it against the sidewalk, instead of shooting it. It'll get the bear to leave you alone, and it'll keep you out of jail.

Part of your post is correct, including their dietary preferences, however, you have the right of survival if attacked and killing them in self defense is not a chargeable offense. They are not known to be aggressive, however I wouldn't take that as a reason not to be armed. There are limited hunting permits each year for them in the Central BMU. They vary in size from around 300 lbs to max at 700 lbs. Personally, I wouldn't shoot one unless they charged. I would however notify authorities to let them know where the encounter took place and describe the encounter and let them decide the action to be taken.

[Rocklandms@aol.com]

Bull! My man is a REAL man , he carries and I know he can protect us both in many situations!

[sloanst]

How about real women? Do they, when faced with a 250lb attacker? How about that guy when attacked by a bear? Or should he just fight the bear hand to paw?

[sloanst]

Toss an apple and you have see that bear every night.

[rochellepfaff]

How about just using bear repellant? My son does that on Vancouver Island, where he lives. He always has bear repellant with him when outdoors. I think it's actually pepper spray.

[Two Bills]

Florida black bears may have an 80% vegetarian diet, but one viciously attacked a teenage girl near where I lived before moving to The Villages.

They lose their fear of people because dumbnuts feed them, or attack because some people just have to agrevate them.
The saying goes 'a fed bear is a dead bear.'
In urban areas scare them off on sight, make them fear you.

[manaboutown]

This bear attack recently happened where my children and I skied for years. I know that lodge well. Woman in hospital after being attacked by bear at Los Alamos ski lodge | KRQE News 13 (https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/woman-in-hospital-after-being-attacked-by-bear-at-los-alamos-ski-lodge/)

This happened in a neighborhood in which I used to live, not far from my house. Untamed and Uncut - Bear Gets Electrocuted - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtqK2_almJY)

[manaboutown]

10 Things You May Not Know About Davy Crockett - HISTORY (https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-davy-crockett)

A little trivia about a famous bear hunter-- Davy Crockett.

I think you would need something as powerful as an elephant gun to take down a bear though.

A guy I know took one down at very close range with a .357 Magnum handgun. Very scary as it did not stop the bear for some time although one shot had hit the bear in the heart. The guy was camping in a tent and had not properly stashed his food away from the tent. The bear awakened the guy when he stuck his nose under the tent and sniffed. Fortunately the guy had a loaded revolver right there with him. This happened in the mountains in NM.

[cmj1210]

Ha ha Funny that you know what bear poop looks like������

If you have ever hiked in the woods you would know what is looks like. It’s scat not poop.

[Charlie'sDad]

A friend took a picture of a bear walking down Rt 466 east of Rolling Acres. Remember they were here before we were.

[Mjborr]

Your Papillon has a bow hunting brother.

[Curtisbwp]

Wow, you must be an avid outdoorsman. I lived in Maine for 20 years and i would not know a bear **** from a moose ****. As far as the gun goes, were you a police officer? I was a combat soldier and am very familiar with firearms yet i would NOT bring a firearm with the intent of killing a bear..not a happy ending. As soon as you pull the trigger the police will be there. Probably confiscate your firearm, put the cuffs on you and bring you to jail. Be hyper vigilant.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Wow, you must be an avid outdoorsman. I lived in Maine for 20 years and i would not know a bear **** from a moose ****. As far as the gun goes, were you a police officer? I was a combat soldier and am very familiar with firearms yet i would NOT bring a firearm with the intent of killing a bear..not a happy ending. As soon as you pull the trigger the police will be there. Probably confiscate your firearm, put the cuffs on you and bring you to jail. Be hyper vigilant.

I would know bear poop. I was dragged through some shortly after this picture was taken. That is not as embarrassing as the Daisy Dukes.

[Rodneysblue]

Maybe we could allocate some of the new apartments as bear habitats.
The more natural resources removed for development, the fewer places local animals have to call "home." They have to go somewhere. If you take their back yard for your lanai and birdcage, don't expect them to have gone far.

Also - if it's a Florida Black Bear, reconsider walking your dog armed to protect against it. First of all - it lives on an 80% vegetarian diet. It's not all that interested in meat. Second, and more importantly, it is protected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It is illegal to kill them.

If you come across a bear, either be completely still, or make a LOT of loud clanging obnoxious noise to scare it away. Take that big AR-15 of yours and bang it against the sidewalk, instead of shooting it. It'll get the bear to leave you alone, and it'll keep you out of jail.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

When our house was built 3 years ago, there were wild pigs here too.

In June, I hit a wild pig crossing 75/florida turnpike at about 1AM - they are still here. Having grown up in a rural area i don't mind the wild animals living among us. . . though reptiles brain are so small that they are hard to relate to.

[TCNY61]

Don't worry they just like to say hi!

Curious Black Bear surprises 3 women Hikers in Mexico | Sorprende oso a mujeres en Chipinque - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCE9VyC_6Vo)

[Bertram00]

I was installing sprinkler donuts In the yard of our new home in Bradford and saw a pile of bear poop in the backyard that wasn’t there yesterday; it’s an eerie feeling when you see that in your yard.

I take our fur babies out at night before we go to bed; I will be going out armed from now on.

This just begs the question "Does a bear sh!t in The Villages?"🤣🤣🤣

[kcrazorbackfan]

If you have ever hiked in the woods you would know what is looks like. It’s scat not poop.

Well, excuse me for not being from your part of the country. Everyone I’ve ever been around in the south normally would call it bear s#%t but I tried to tone it down by calling it poop.

[kcrazorbackfan]

This just begs the question "Does a bear sh!t in The Villages?"🤣🤣🤣

It did night before last.....

[bonniemanross]

I'm sorry folks are giving you a hard time about this. A few years ago, there was a mama bear and her cub in the downtown area of Lady Lake. She ended up on CR 466 going west near the Village of La Zamora towards Cherry Lake Road.

[kendi]

I was installing sprinkler donuts In the yard of our new home in Bradford and saw a pile of bear poop in the backyard that wasn’t there yesterday; it’s an eerie feeling when you see that in your yard.

I take our fur babies out at night before we go to bed; I will be going out armed from now on.

Interesting. And scary.

[Funkman]

This just begs the question "Does a bear sh!t in The Villages?"🤣🤣🤣
Is the poop Catholic?

[Topspinmo]

Better to carry a camera and a few apples. Unless you corner a black bear or get between a sow and her cubs, the bear will be harmless. I've had many bears in my yard in Vermont. They would come around April and stay till mid September. Always looking for sunflower seeds from my bird feeders. One year it was a mom and three cubs that came around every evening for six months. It was fun to watch them climb the trees and chase each other around, sometimes for an hour and a half. Sometimes I would sneak around the corner of the cabin and roll a few apples at them.
Bears can't see all that well, but can certainly smell exceptionally well.
BTW ... I always had a bear tag with my hunting license, but never shot one.
AND they do taste pretty darn good......in stews or chilli. I'm just too lazy to skin and butcher one for food. I'd rather watch them.

Same here, when I was late teen’s I thought I want to deer hunt. I had one in my sites and could of easily killed it. But, I guess I figured I wasn’t starving for food and let it live for someone else to shoot.

[Velvet]

Hopefully your not serious. If indeed bear your new home is probably in their territory. Them first. You second.
Near wildlife preserve I would expect many types of wildlife large and small.

Yes, but who pays the property tax?

[EdFNJ]

Well, guess what the land was bulldozed clear cut. They just can’t fly away.


Says you!

https://i.postimg.cc/hvMRQzD5/bear.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Hape2Bhr]

Hey Razor Back, All you need to do is learn to be patient with many of the posters here. They spent most of their lives east of the Appalachians, deep in the concrete jungles.

Really? I spent 34 years east of the Appalachians, more than half my life, in the forests, Eastern Pennsylvania is such good country for bears that they are bigger and nearly always have twins, which is unusual.[/QUOTE]

If they are bigger and nearly "always" have twins, why is it so unusual?

[Nikki710]

Too funny. I'm visiting from Montana and marvel over setting out trash the night before pickup without using bear resistant containers. My world is so different.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

This bear attack recently happened where my children and I skied for years. I know that lodge well. Woman in hospital after being attacked by bear at Los Alamos ski lodge | KRQE News 13 (https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/woman-in-hospital-after-being-attacked-by-bear-at-los-alamos-ski-lodge/)

This happened in a neighborhood in which I used to live, not far from my house. Untamed and Uncut - Bear Gets Electrocuted - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtqK2_almJY)

And imagine that - neither of those bears were the Florida Black Bear, which live - [drumroll] in Florida.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

In June, I hit a wild pig crossing 75/florida turnpike at about 1AM - they are still here. Having grown up in a rural area i don't mind the wild animals living among us. . . though reptiles brain are so small that they are hard to relate to.

That's the thing people forget. Other than the buffalos, no one removed any of the wildlife when they tore up the terrain and built the Villages. The wildlife moved themselves back, but they didn't go away. They're still in the area. And now that there's more development, there is more risk of wildlife having no place to go BUT back to where they came from. Whether we have a house there or not.

[manaboutown]

"And imagine that - neither of those bears were the Florida Black Bear, which live - [drumroll] in Florida."

and the southern portions of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Florida black bear - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_black_bear)

[manaboutown]

And imagine that - neither of those bears were the Florida Black Bear, which live - [drumroll] in Florida.

Bear attack in Florida leaves woman with 30 staples in head - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/video/bear-attack-in-florida-leaves-woman-with-30-staples-in-head/)

Brutal Bear Attack in Florida - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiKr3rT0Jww)

[Bikeracer2009]

I rode my bike across country and when I got to Yellowstone National Park I was given a map and a big orange whistle. I was told to blow the whistle if I saw a bear. The ranger told me they had black bears and brown bears. Look for poop to know if they're in the area while out hiking he said. I asked how do I know if it's a brown bear or black bear poop? He said the black bears poop will have seeds in it and the brown bear poop will have an orange whistle in it.

[PugMom]

Hopefully your not serious. If indeed bear your new home is probably in their territory. Them first. You second.
Near wildlife preserve I would expect many types of wildlife large and small.

exactly. these homes are built around wildlife preserves. expect bears & all other kinds of critters. when we 1st moved in, we had a sandhill crane peering into the bedroom window, LOL. i'd never seen birds that big before. it's what drew us to this location. i love seeing the wide variety of wildlife that lives here.:coolsmiley:

[bilcon]

There have been many bear sightings around the area. In Lady Lake there was one in a tree outside a beauty salon. I read somewhere that Ocala National Forest had a big population of black bear. You take their land, they take your food. Very strict laws against killing a black bear in Florida. If you don't believe me, look them up.The other day my "ring" door bell sent me a video of a house 1 mile from me that clearly showed a bobcat crossing the driveway of a house at night, soooo all you night dog walker better beware, there are critters out there just waiting for a meal.

[Micki]

A couple of years ago there was one seen in LaBelle at the intersection of Morse and Moyer Loop. The nature coast starts on the other side of 27/441 so bears around The Villages are no big surprise.

[GJohn]

Must be you have a corner lot......

[JackRussell]

Google Naples Bears. You'd be surprised how many YouTube videos there are of bears in metro Naples, FL!

[davem4616]

This post brought to mind the iconic Teddy Bear's Picnic song
that my dad had on a 78 record and would play for all his grandkids:

If you go down in the woods today
You're sure of a big surprise
If you go down in the woods today
You'd better go in disguise!

For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain
Because today's the day the
Teddy Bears have their picnic

Picnic time for Teddy Bears
The little Teddy Bears are having
A lovely time today
Watch them, catch them unawares
And see them picnic on their holiday

......

[Dlbonivich]

I live in Charlotte and we had a mom and cub last year for a few weeks. Apparently they got separated and were looking for each other. The wildlife people said they come out of the Ocala National Forest.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

I rode my bike across country and when I got to Yellowstone National Park I was given a map and a big orange whistle. I was told to blow the whistle if I saw a bear. The ranger told me they had black bears and brown bears. Look for poop to know if they're in the area while out hiking he said. I asked how do I know if it's a brown bear or black bear poop? He said the black bears poop will have seeds in it and the brown bear poop will have an orange whistle in it.

Not sure if this is the best comment or the bears pooping all over Tom Brady

[Byte1]

I was installing sprinkler donuts In the yard of our new home in Bradford and saw a pile of bear poop in the backyard that wasn’t there yesterday; it’s an eerie feeling when you see that in your yard.

I take our fur babies out at night before we go to bed; I will be going out armed from now on.

Do you live in the woods? :1rotfl::1rotfl:

[DaleDivine]

There was a bear that ran through Charlotte Village last year.
There was a wild pig caught in the dumping area between Volusia and Okeechobee this summer. And I also have seen coyotes running into that dump.
I have seen lots of bobcats and foxes here as well.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I wonder if it was Mitchell Trubisky. He might be looking for a new home.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

A guy I know took one down at very close range with a .357 Magnum handgun. Very scary as it did not stop the bear for some time although one shot had hit the bear in the heart. The guy was camping in a tent and had not properly stashed his food away from the tent. The bear awakened the guy when he stuck his nose under the tent and sniffed. Fortunately the guy had a loaded revolver right there with him. This happened in the mountains in NM.

So how many 9mm slugs do you think it would take to bring one down?

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I'm always a bit perplexed when people say that we're in the animals territory and they were here first. Does that mean that they think that animals are equal to humans? Was it intended that people not live on earth? Wasn't every place on earth that humans exist originally occupied by animal?

If there is something wrong with us taking animals territories, where exactly are humans supposed to live.

Maybe some believe that the world would be better off without humans.

[manaboutown]

So how many 9mm slugs do you think it would take to bring one down?

I would not try with a 9mm. A .44 magnum would be my choice at close range.

"For a bear cartridge anything equal to or more powerful than a . 41 Magnum or . 44 Magnum will be fine. ... 357 Magnum or other similar-caliber load, a well-placed shot with a good bullet will certainly kill a bear, but it's not recommended."

Handgunning Magazine - How to Hunt Black Bear - Bear Loads (https://www.foggymountain.com/hunting-guide-articles/bear-loads-hunt-black-bear/)

Even when hit in the heart a black bear can charge over 150 yards.

"The 422-pound boar I shot through the heart with my bow in 1989 plunged 165 yards before dropping."

The Shot and Aftermath (While Hunting Black Bears) by Dr. Ken Nordberg (http://www.drnordbergondeerhunting.com/hypertext/Articles/The_Shot_and_Aftermath.html)