BLACK BEAR BROKE INTO CHICKEN COOP-PLS HELP

[chickenlady2004]

After having a fox almost grab one of our hens in the middle of the day and me yelling and chasing it, hubby went to store when he got home and got a .22 rifle. This was years ago. We have lots of predators. Everyone is safe at night as the coops are like Ft. Knox and locked up tight. We had a very large bear come and upend bee hives and wander all over the yard, even to looking in the house windows at night. It was a nuisance bear. We were NOT having it, and one night at 3 AM when it came back yet again, hubby went out and shot it in the dark, and thankfully killed it. We were not going to wait for someone to try 'trapping it' or wonder if it was 'the' bear or not. We have electric fencing around the bees now, but the yard is not level or 'fence-able' and this is a country neighborhood, not a farm or 'acreage'. This bear was a danger for sure. We love our hens, ducks, and goose, and take our responsibilities seriously. We have since had to trap and shoot predators that were trying to get to our flock. It is just necessary sometimes. We have a game cam. We have motion alarms at night, but that is not enough to deter all predators all the time. I highly recommend you have a gun to shoot nuisance predators if it becomes necessary. Also, do NOT 'trap' wild animals and let them go miles away. They only then become someone else's problem, and that is just wrong.

i agree with you very strongly. unfortunately i don’t have a gun and neither does my family. i also don’t have a gun license (u have to have one where i live) i have lots of knives and slingshots with silver bullets that i use when i need to. actually just had a fox come last night. all animals were locked up so didn’t get anything but scared me for sure and was not scared of me.

 

[countryladyNH]

i agree with you very strongly. unfortunately i don’t have a gun and neither does my family. i also don’t have a gun license (u have to have one where i live) i have lots of knives and slingshots with silver bullets that i use when i need to. actually just had a fox come last night. all animals were locked up so didn’t get anything but scared me for sure and was not scared of me.

We did not have a gun. Hubby went to Walmart. He said they just run a check on you there and then, and then you can buy a rifle. It may be different for other kinds of guns...We live in New Hampshire. We recently had another fox right near the house, broad daylight, who caught hold of a hen, wounded her on the neck, and feathers everywhere. I heard the screaming and ran out of the house immediately. No shoes, and screamed and chased the fox. Hubby was not home and I had no weapon. I was so angry at it I didn't think about being scared. He ran away as I was on his heels. Chickpea thankfully had a wound that was not deep. We kept her in the house with us for a week and she healed perfectly. Mostly she was totally spooked and frightened for days. The rifle was here, but I had no time to get it and hubby is the one who knows how to use it. We then set traps in the woods for the fox. Have not caught him yet, but did catch and dispatch a couple of raccoons and possum.
By the way, I have photos of the bear we killed right up near our house one day in daylight---it was afternoon! VERY SCARY, as it was probably 15 feet from the backdoor. Lucky I or our little dog was not out in the garden. It was a relief when hubby shot it days later...When he shot it, it was at 3 AM, pitch dark, and with a .22 with him standing in our backdoor, with the bear many yards away. He was suprised that he was able to dispatch it under the circumstances.

 

[aart]

got a .22 rifle. This was years ago. We have lots of predators. Everyone is safe at night as the coops are like Ft. Knox and locked up tight. We had a very large bear come and upend bee hives and wander all over the yard, even to looking in the house windows at night. It was a nuisance bear. We were NOT having it, and one night at 3 AM when it came back yet again, hubby went out and shot it in the dark, and thankfully killed it.

Hopefully with a bigger gun than a .22 cal.