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As much as the urban dwelling people were scared of the idea that there might be a rattle snake in the yard I have to wonder. It has been nearly 7 years since I last killed one that was actually in the yard. But what would they think about a bear in the yard? Especially a sow with cubs. Like the one which lived here for about 6 weeks in late August and September. Or the pack of coyotes which pulled down and ate an entire deer one night in the back yard. Only happened once in the yard but 3 or 4 other times within 100 yards of the house. Or cougars killing deer less than 200 yards of the house. Or the wolf killing a couple calves about 200 yards from our front door. I guess it doesn't scare me because I have lived my entire life in the outdoors. And I learned a long time ago to be aware of my surroundings. Where as they live in their security and safety being surrounded by people in town. Personally I feel safer surrounded by wildlife than I do surrounded by unknown people.

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TexasJerseyMilker said:
Same here. Although I would be trying to bump off those livestock predators anywhere near the place.
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The snakes and coyotes I kill all that I can. Cougars are pretty sneaky. But season is open year around and the tag is only $16. There is the hide of one hanging on the wall right behind me. There is a open season on bears and I have a bear tag but you can't shoot a sow with cubs. Wolves are protected and I have nothing more to say about them.
 
When I moved here in 2022, there were 3 containers of "Snake-Away' in the shed, left behind by previous owner. It smells suspiciously like rotten eggs, but Evidently it must have worked for them, as I've never seen a single snake of any kind here, but I saw a crap load of them at my old place back in Est Tx. Mostly copperheads, moccasins, and coral snakes with a few rat snakes mixed in. I got bit by a copperhead, in the foot...one fang only... It weren't fun.
 
Dave said:
As much as the urban dwelling people were scared of the idea that there might be a rattle snake in the yard I have to wonder. It has been nearly 7 years since I last killed one that was actually in the yard. But what would they think about a bear in the yard? Especially a sow with cubs. Like the one which lived here for about 6 weeks in late August and September. Or the pack of coyotes which pulled down and ate an entire deer one night in the back yard. Only happened once in the yard but 3 or 4 other times within 100 yards of the house. Or cougars killing deer less than 200 yards of the house. Or the wolf killing a couple calves about 200 yards from our front door. I guess it doesn't scare me because I have lived my entire life in the outdoors. And I learned a long time ago to be aware of my surroundings. Where as they live in their security and safety being surrounded by people in town. Personally I feel safer surrounded by wildlife than I do surrounded by unknown people.

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"Cinnamon" bear I think, or a brown phase of the black bear. Bears are a BIG 'to do' around here. When I was in Washington, I'd see one every couple of months when in the field, both black and cinnamon. I did stay in the truck the day I came across the sow with three cubs. I thought that was a lot. I've since learned that 4 is possible. Do I hear 5?
 
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greybeard said:
When I moved here in 2022, there were 3 containers of "Snake-Away' in the shed, left behind by previous owner. It smells suspiciously like rotten eggs, but Evidently it must have worked for them, as I've never seen a single snake of any kind here, but I saw a crap load of them at my old place back in Est Tx. Mostly copperheads, moccasins, and coral snakes with a few rat snakes mixed in. I got bit by a copperhead, in the foot...one fang only... It weren't fun.
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OUCH!
 
Just saw from the local/regional news that, a bear had been spotted in a county that's a couple counties west of here. Said they were trying to locate and relocate the bear. Funny to us as they've been around here for several years and longer further east of here and no talk of ever relocating one unless one becomes a problem, and the bar is probably pretty high for a bear in east KY to be considered a problem. Apparently all they have to do is to venture into the more affluent parts of the state and it’s time to relocate said bear.
I’ve been in close proximity to black bears several times on our property.
We have a lot of coyotes.
Same thing with coyotes, when the folks in the affluent suburbs and subdivisions see a coyote in their neighborhoods they get real concerned about the safety of their children and pets and want somebody to do something about said coyote.
Same people think that us folks in the rural Appalachian part of the state should share the land with all that wildlife that they don’t want in their neighborhoods.
With our Airbnb we get a lot of city folks. Most don’t know or care anything about farm/ranch or rural life.
We’ve had people actually ask if we had electricity, if the farm smelled bad, if there were wild animals around, We had one person ask if it was safe out there and if we had outside lights. They had never stayed outside of a city and must have heard all kinds of stereotypes about rural people. Reality is that, there’s plenty that goes on around but most of it comes from the city and city folks that have moved out in the county.
 
What gets to me is that the urban dwellers who were here or didn't come because of the rattle snakes all live in Baker City. Population about 10,000. Surrounded by miles of ranch land. Go a few miles any direction and you can find some or all of the listed wildlife.
 
Just saw on fb somebody had seen a bear in their yard just outside of town, in a residential area.
Town folks are saying it needs to be caught and moved where he can be free.
 
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