Picture Tues more bear shots from this AM

Scott Farris

Scott Farris

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For those of you who enjoy the bear pictures, these where taken this (6/17) AM outside my office building. I don’t know who took the pictures but they shared them on a common drive so I borrowed a few to share with you. She obviously knows her way around a dumpster. And a word of advice to all you dumpster divers, sneak a peek in before you dive, for you may have company.
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To be continued.
 
Bear shots continued:
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To add a bit of humor and to give you a bit of scale: Bear meets middle age. I'm 6'1" and 230#. I tried to get my friend taking the picture to come closer but I think he was expecting the return of the bear and wouldn't come closer. Even when I offered him a dunkin donut :^)

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The last shot is an aerial view of the campus. I've put a red box where the dumpsters are. The pond behind the buildings (Great Pond) is where I keep track of the ducks and collared geese. The state bands here every year or two so there is lots of jewelery. At the top is the Farmington River lots of wooded areas, ponds the old Navy Nuke site where they trained and the reason we're located there.

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Hope you all enjoyed!

Scott
 
Those tags and collar may mean it's a problem bear. Maybe not but I would call the animal control and show them the evidence of it diving. Some little child n their backyard eating donuts may be a entree.
 
Scott

He's not too much bigger than a raccoon. Of course that will change if he keeps eating dunkin donuts. I've got an idea. Why not throw a box of donuts in the back of your bosses car and lure the bear in and then lock the doors. Should be good for a laugh or two. Might even give him some chocolate ExLax for the wait.
 
Keep that doughnut eater and your other locals up/over there with you. We don't need any more vermin here between the deer, 'coon, 'yotes, 'chucks and our very own mountain lion (must be true I read it in the paper) we have plenty.

I like the comparison photo, but if you went to that much trouble you shoudl have went the extra little bit and took one with your shirt off in a wrestlin' pose right next to the bear.


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Can you say CT bear season 2009/2010? Thats the talk I've heard from my friends around CT. But then again they also told me 07/08 , 08/09 ... haha. BUt there is a growing problem around north central CT. My buddy is a on call bowhunter for the DEP and has shot 2 bears in the past few years for the state. The DEP has to do something soon or there will be other illegal shootings like the one a few weeks ago.
-Jim
 
Hitch, I believe the NUMBER 1 bear bait is donuts. But the ones in my yard seem to like dairy even better, sour cream & milkshakes.

Leslie, a high percentage of our mature bear have the ear tags. The collar is pretty normal for females, the state likes to look them up in the den and check out the young to measure the recruitment success. This was written up recently in the CT Wildlife Mag.

Eric, You are an evil lad! Besides I already have proof that bears don’t always $hit in the woods. My back yard!

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Dave, Probably very true but my personal image of Steve is consuming vast quantities of lobstas.

Tod, I’ll have to point out to the DEP that you all don’t have your bear population up to par. A few more bear may help control some of the other varmits. To work up a good wrestling shot I’d of made the bear look much bigger and found a body double for me. Maybe an old Arnold shot to paste my head on :^)

Nate, I put my trust in cold steel, been sharpening the old Bowie just in case.

Jim, This is CT, well get the bear season right after general Sunday hunting. As upset as the neighborhood woman get over the idea of bear in the back yard I can’t believe the general population will pass it. At least not until a couple of people get hurt. I certainly hope I’m wrong, but it’s my read on the state.


Scott
 
I;d say the bear that fertilized your lawn is a vegetarian. Most of the steaming piles I've seen on portages was full of hair and bone chunks.
 
Like Les said, this is not the bears "first rodeo" he's been doing this for a long time. Between the ear tags and location collar he's been a problem bear for some time. Best for teh bear to be tranqualized by the DNR boys and have his ass hauled off a couple hundred miles.

In 1973 we shot a 355 lb/ boar that had aluminum tags in both ears. I called the F&G warden and he came over to the house and looked the tag numbers up. The bear had been trapped and re-located twice during the prior two years. He was re-located 30 miles away the first time and returned to a fish hatcherty a second time. He was trapped and re-located 125 miles away and was back at the hatchery withion 3 months. The Warden told me that it was good that we'd harvested it as they woudl have put it under a third time. We shot the bear less than a mile from the same fish hatchery on teh Trinity River in Northern California.

This dumpster bear of yours will probably be dispatched soon. Makes for some great photo's in the mean time.

Dave
 
well thats obviously black bear scat in the pic , brown bear is identified by the little bells and smell like Cayane pepper !!!!

or so I hear.
 
Just a quick update. More bear sightings today and there seem to be three different bears around. No additional pictures yet just reports.

Scott

From the site manager:
DATE: June 18, 2008
RE: Additional Bear Sightings

We have had additional bear sightings, one yesterday and another this morning. All indications are that the three bears sighted are not the same bear.

With this increase in bear activity, it is recommended that you do not use the site walking trails. Also, if you decide to enjoy your lunch outdoors, please bring all your trash back into the building for disposal. The bears seem to be very comfortable and are not easily frightened.

The recent sightings have drawn a lot of attention from site population. If you see a bear, enjoy it from a distance and please, do not attempt to feed or attract bears.
We have notified the State DEP of the recent sightings.

If you should see a bear on site, please notify the Management Office (x-9650) or Site Security (x-4561) so that we may continue to do so. For more information visit the CT DEP web site listed below.

http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=325930&depNav_GID=1655
 
Sounds like your bears are evolving into pack animals. Of course "dump" bears seem to get along in a crowd as long as one isn't trying to cop the others donuts.
 
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