Bear Den Cam, NDR

Very cool Charles. I am a big fan of the bear cam at Brooks Falls in the summer-https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls. It starts going in June and there are usually bears there eating salmon through early October. So when your bears wake up and leave, you can switch to Alaska.......
 
That's really cool Charles. Do you know where this den is? looks like some nice straight walls she has in her house....
 
Dani said:
That's really cool Charles. Do you know where this den is? looks like some nice straight walls she has in her house....
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It's the crawl space of Christopher Robin's house near the 100 acre woods.

Eric
 
Growing up in PA, Gary Alt was the bear biologist for the state. I remember then finding that a good number of bears in the Poconos actually denned in holes under the porches of summer homes up there. Some even in occupied houses!
 
Eric Patterson said:
Dani said:
That's really cool Charles. Do you know where this den is? looks like some nice straight walls she has in her house....
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It's the crawl space of Christopher Robin's house near the 100 acre woods.

Eric
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It definitely appears to be a crawl space. If it is Christopher Robin's place, somebody should tell Winnie that his girlfriend has moved in. [whistle]


He is referred to as ?he? in AA Milne?s books and in the Disney cartoons his voice has always been provided by a man.
But, it turns out that the real-life bear he is named after, was actually a female black bear named Winnie.
Christopher Robin, son of AA Milne and star of the books and cartoons, had called his teddy Winnie, having seen the actual bear a number of times in London Zoo.
 
Monroe County PA, It is under someone's deck which is not uncommon especially as more homes are built in the woods of North Eastern PA.
I was surprised to learn recently that some bears will den out in the open in large bird nest like structures.
 
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Huntindave McCann said:
But, it turns out that the real-life bear he is named after, was actually a female black bear named Winnie.
Christopher Robin, son of AA Milne and star of the books and cartoons, had called his teddy Winnie, having seen the actual bear a number of times in London Zoo.
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I didn't know that....very cool

Are the people living at the house where this bear is denning or is it a "summer home" kind of deal?
 
Some further info from the PGC.

Info from a Bear Biologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryKeIHq60F0


Interview with the homeowner from winter of 2019


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRInjTnY8Zc
 

Friends of mine have lived in the Poconos for over 30 years. Bear denning under porches, decks, homes, camps etc. is common. I do believe that a special season for the area is in place. Mange has been a recent problem, as the population of bears has become so large.

When PA had a late Ruffed Grouse season. We hunted ANF, it was not uncommon to encounter bear dens that were just depressions in the earth.

They adapt very well where ever they choose to, and can be very close to humans, and the folks never know they are there...

Incredible animals they are.
 
My sister lives in Scot Run, a bear(s) in the backyard are almost a weekly occurrence.
The bear population is much larger now than when I grew up there in the 70s/80s. A high school buddy and his extended family hunts a large tract in Wayne County and they consistently take 3-5 bears each year in the 10-12 person group.
 

Carl,

Compared to the 70's & 80's Black Bear are now everywhere in PA. Like the Bald Eagle, and Osprey. Who da thunk?!

Years ago Field & Steam did a article about the only college hunting fraternity in the USA, at Penn State, and the way they hunt bear.

Three of my hunting partners were PA (fall season only, no bait) dedicated bear hunters. They taught me much.


IMO the Amish bear hunters are some of the best in PA. Once on the second day of the short bear season, I stopped to say hello to a Amish hunter.

A man of few words he said. "You English don't know how to hunt bear." I looked him dead in the eye and said. Excuse me sir. I'm not English, I'm Italian. At first he scowled, and then we both laughed like hell, and said good day.

It's been a good life in the Outdoors.


VP
 

"You English don't know how to hunt bear." I looked him dead in the eye and said. Excuse me sir. I'm not English, I'm Italian. At first he scowled, and then we both laughed like hell, and said good day.


Now that's funny!
 
Back in grad school in TN, a bunch of other guys were studying bears under the late Mike Pelton. I went on a few denning forays; being the smallest of the bunch, I was usually the short straw guy and got to go into the den to drag momma and offspring out. Smelly situation. Also, in the Smokies and Cherokee NF, IIRC, a large percentage of bears spent the winter way up in dens in old Tulip poplars. I have a couple good stories about those forays as well. LOL, and not a gray hair to be found!
Gary
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