Re: bear in the garden
In a message dated 9/12/99 11:38:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
bodger_man@yahoo.com writes:
> I went to the garden thursday afternoon to check on
> things and do some watering. I found a large pile of bear
> dung and where it had eaten a few of our polish mellons. It
> didn't mess with the pumpkins (not that I have any prize
> winners, but they're my first AGs, and I don't want to
> share). I hope it doesn't show up again, does anyone know
> of any good bear repellents? I don't want to sit up all
> night with the 30-06 just to guard two not so giant
> pumpkins:)
>
I don't know, I hear they are hard to "repel". One sure-fire repellent for
any warm blooded mammal though is to set up speakers near the invaded area
and play in continuous rotation, anything by "N'Sync". It really works. This
also will have any would-be vandals running for the hills, screaming like
tortured monkeys.
Seriously, you could also try pepper dust (sold near birdseed in most pet
stores) and dust this over the areas that the bear goes near. One lick or
sniff, and it will probably be pretty irritating. Everytime I sniff or lick
it, it feels like my freaking face is on fire for hours. I was taken to the
hospital 5 times because of this, until the doctor finally told me how to
prevent it from happening. He said to "stop sniffing and licking it". And you
know what, it worked! He is really smart.
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