Feeders and bears

Archeryrob · Aug 29, 2020

So I got a spot to clear out some deer and bought a nice Moultrie Unlimited feeder to bring in the deer to stack up and the property owner just told me they have a bear in the neighborhood. Seems to be a young male, but he's tearing up bird feeders and chicken feeders at will. I know he's going to trash my deer feeder if I put it out.

I hung a 6 gallon feeder from a rope and pulleys to start, but its just a PITA. The rope twists and you can't lower or raise it by yourself. What have you all done as this is my first time dealing with a bear and a feeder.

namrelio · Aug 29, 2020

I've never dealt with bears but I would think they would tear up any type of feeder. Is your spot to far to maybe just spread some corn out from time to time? The deer won't forget where they found it.

engineerbrian · Aug 29, 2020

A friend of mine in western MD hangs his with a rope and pulley set up too, but he uses a hand crank to raise and lower it. Something similar to a come along or boat trailer crank

Alea Jacta Est · Aug 29, 2020

Big year for bears. BIG

I’ve had one wandering around the back yard twice in a week. This is way early imo.

Don’t take them for granted. They are powerful and can cover fifteen yards in a second or two from a dead stop. They are also highly unpredictable.

YMMV

Antarctica · Aug 29, 2020

Bear lottery still open...

Speed3 · Aug 29, 2020

I just pulled my feeders in.

A friend of mine made a pulley system and one day he heard something outside. He went to pull the feeder towards him and it pulled back. The bear had climbed the tree where the other pulley was and was wheeling the feeder his way.

Archeryrob · Aug 29, 2020

Lol, my daughter said them same thing and I have little interest in bear meat. She may make me sign up just so If I get picked she can be on my team and kill one.

I got some old coated steel cable and might crimp it between trees and might have to get cable for the winch. Even though he's small I bet the bugger would figure to chew a rope.

rseymorejr · Aug 29, 2020

My son hunts with a couple of his friends in Frederick County. They went out a month or so ago and put up stands and trail cams. Two days later one of the trail cams had a sow and 2 cubs on it (close to my son's stand) They have picked them up on the cameras all over the property since.
About 2 weeks ago they set up a feeder, the type with a drum elevated on a tripod. The next night the trail cam watching that feeder showed the sow standing uner the feeder (with a very innocent look on her face) The next picture showed the tripod splayed out on the ground, the feed drum on the ground and the bear chowing down. LOL!

Antarctica · Aug 29, 2020

Archeryrob said:
Lol, my daughter said them same thing and I have little interest in bear meat. She may make me sign up just so If I get picked she can be on my team and kill one.

I got some old coated steel cable and might crimp it between trees and might have to get cable for the winch. Even though he's small I bet the bugger would figure to chew a rope.

I've never had bear so can't comment from experience, but its fatty, and supposedly a good fat like pork, so I gotta think it would be good for sausage.

There's a youtube vid of a not so small bear hand over handing it across a cable or rope on you tube to get to a feeder... pretty impressive critter.

bratgirllcp · Aug 29, 2020

https://images.app.goo.gl/qaK4MMSJXfpZkGfT6

SummitCnty · Aug 29, 2020

We don’t even bother with feeders at our place in WV because of the bears. They’ve ripped mineral/ feed blocks off of trees that were lag bolted in.

akalma · Aug 29, 2020

Archeryrob said:
I hung a 6 gallon feeder from a rope and pulleys to start, but its just a PITA. The rope twists and you can't lower or raise it by yourself. What have you all done as this is my first time dealing with a bear and a feeder.

Check this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbMGEduBxGs
The idea is to have it hung high in between two trees so bear can't reach it.

outrider58 · Aug 29, 2020

Funny thing is, a lot of bear will walk past a feeder if there is ear corn lying around.

Archeryrob · Aug 31, 2020

I found two trees close enough and put a 20' tow chain across them and lagged a winch to the tree. Next time I got to put the winch on a board and lag the board to the tree. Hopefully he does't try climbing and we'll be leaving deer guts and liver for him to eat.

hobiecat590 · Aug 31, 2020

Antarctica said:
I've never had bear so can't comment from experience, but its fatty, and supposedly a good fat like pork, so I gotta think it would be good for sausage.

There's a youtube vid of a not so small bear hand over handing it across a cable or rope on you tube to get to a feeder... pretty impressive critter.

Yes it is terribly fatty and tastes horrible so don't enter the lottery :-)

Most of the fat is on the outside of the muscle groups and the under the hide and can be removed. The ribs have some fat. Most of the meat is as lean or leaner than venison and tastes like a cross between veal and venison to me. Cook it like pork and enjoy.

Antarctica · Aug 31, 2020

Archeryrob said:
Hopefully he does't try climbing and we'll be leaving deer guts and liver for him to eat.

Best use I've seen for deer liver!!

Archeryrob · Aug 31, 2020

I save 2 a year and make Braunschweiger but that makes 14# and I can only eat so many sandwiches of it.

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