It’s sad but those Cubs down in south lake are likely to be pretty short to this world. The mom is defiantly a townie trash bear and teaching the Cubs those learned traits. Of course it all comes down to being a human created issue since bear are creatures of opportunity. We have a major trash issue around here these days!
I’m worried about my buddy Danny (the bear) falling into that cycle. Living right on the edge of a fairly populated bear habitat I kinda get to know the local bears since I’m out on the trail every day with Chief. Currently theres Danny, a mom with 1 cub, and a mom with 3 Cubs I run into on the regular.
I’ve watched Danny over the past 3 years go from a 20lb blond cub, to a cinnamon yearling, to the 2.5 year old 150lb+/- juvenile with a cinnamon body and brown legs/head he/she is today.
This morning I caught Danny trying to break into cars and when confronted could have really given a shit less, and right in front of me just moved onto the next car. After a minute off yelling and clapping I was able to push him/her back into the woods but clearly is becoming more and more acclimated to humans which doesn’t bode well.
I will say it again.. this is not so much a bear issue as it is a humans leaving food in their cars right in the middle of a bear habitat issue!!
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And I agree
@4ster when I first moved to out here to south lake back in ‘03 there were hardly any issues, and we didn’t even have bear boxes back then.