Living With Black Bears on Your Property

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Living With Black Bears on Your Property

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Күн бұрын

Come along as I explain our experience with living in black bear country on our 80-acre property in Northeastern Michigan and show you video footage and trail camera photos of black bears on the property. #blackbear #bears
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My name is Todd. My wife Laura and I live in a small town located Northeast of Lansing, Michigan. We have a cabin and 80 acres of woods located about 3 hours North of our home.
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@oldsoldier8139 8 ай бұрын

I live in a rural area in Lake County, FL. Anytime I step out of my house, I pack with a Smith & Wesson MP 45. and always on guard for bears and wild boar.

@gookawild5543 4 ай бұрын

There are bears in FL?? I used to live in Tampa Florida for 2 years.

@robbiebarbara9748 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video Todd. I know this is a few years old but I'm googling "how to deal with bears in your yard" as we have had quite a few this year in our suburban neighborhoods (near the woods). One nearly came into my kitchen last week! Keeping the doors closed now! He just turned away when he saw me. Trying to educate neighbors and keep the bears alive.

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 2 жыл бұрын

Once they find a free and easy food source there is almost no stopping them from coming back. Good luck

@loissemanek1715 2 ай бұрын

I’m in Sussex county nj and I had a big one in my front yard again. Bear encounters are common. I’m trying to keep my dog safe and myself

@markreynaud1031 Ай бұрын

Good advice,!

@yossarianmnichols9641 Жыл бұрын

If you don't provide them food or the smell of food, you won't have a problem. Two to three dogs will keep the sows away. The size of the dog is important. Of course people like to garden and grow berries and apples. That will bring them in. They like to eat the same stuff we like to eat.

@user-cl6cu1bj1b 3 ай бұрын

I'm sitting at a motel in the hills of Virginia right now where the bears get in the dumpster every night and drag trash around the yard. Not sure how many there are all together. One tenant working in the area for the last couple of years said he saw 4 together at the same time one night last year. He showed me a video of a 300 pound Bear sitting on the hill right outside his door during daylight hours. Sniffing and looking at him. I think there might be a den about 150 foot away from the motel just inside the woods.

@mindtap100 9 ай бұрын

A black bear just took a giant apple crisp in my driveway 😂

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 9 ай бұрын

They have a tremendous range of smell, and they will come in for food.

@eliinthewolverinestate6729 Жыл бұрын

Our property is central u.p. I got a bear license this year. We have owned property 2 years and already had bear encounter and bears coming through camp and down trail. Younger Teen aged bears are destructive. I don't start baiting bear till after labor day. In Michigan hunting is the main way to control the bear populations. Bear populations can grow fast. Michigan Dnr estimates 1500-2000 bear are harvested each year. Estimates around 12000 bear in the state. Thank you for the tip about bird feeders. I am close to Seney wildlife refuge so Bear have seen many people stop and take pics. I would rather hunt a nuisance bear for someone than random wild bear. People pay to lease good bear hunting spots. Don't be afraid to call in a bear hunter or local bear guide. I have heard stories of bear tearing apart a camp over a bottle of sunscreen. Because of the smell. I use nail boards on my Lazutin bee hives up north to keep the bears out of them. Worried about coyotes tearing apart my bear if I get one. Been more than few hunters reporting that this year.

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting. Good luck on filling your bear tag this year!

@ashahadalmuthaab793 3 жыл бұрын

good advice

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@Christian-xd3vg 2 жыл бұрын

Good video! Thank you for sharing and teaching people how to live with bears in the bear (back-)country instead of going into the ( all too often) whole gun discussion and how to cleanse the property from the predatory bruin wildlife. I believe, living with or next to bears is a true privilege! And your property is beautiful! You are a lucky man!

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the kind words...

@Nevermore694 Жыл бұрын

I’ve watched many videos on how to discourage bears and have never seen even one that advocated for shooting the bears, which, by the way, are rarely predatory toward humans…still, caution should always be observed, as Todd advises. It is illegal to shoot bears without a government issued bear tag for population control.

@rustinstardust2094 25 күн бұрын

I just moved to the Adirondacks. Last month a black bear popped out of the bushes 20 ft in front of me on the road alongside my property. I started walking back home and singing loudly but the sumofabitch followed me for around a minute until I escalated my singing to shouting. He finally gave a grunt & ran off into the woods. I have never been more terrified I was going to die in my life.

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 25 күн бұрын

Glad that your encounter ended well. As I said in the video, if a black bear isn't afraid of you and won't run off, that's trouble. It's not normal black bear behavior. Best of luck to you...

@josephshields2922 Жыл бұрын

You're close enough to Ely Minnesota to enjoy taking a Black bear field course at the Wildlife Institute there. It is associated with the North American Black Bear Center. the course is pricey but well worth the tax deductable investment since you have so many bears and a sizeable property. You will learn to enjoy those bears.

@user-cl6cu1bj1b 3 ай бұрын

Sound advice

@inthelandofmilkandhoney457 2 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend loves to feed the Birds and refuses to stop feeding them. We have constant bear problems. Anything we can do to keep the birds around without the bears ???

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 2 жыл бұрын

Maintaining a yard with grass a some wild flowers planted around the perimeter is all it takes to keep the birds happy and well fed. They eat the insects, etc from the yard and flowers. Once you stop feeding your likely to still have bears stopping by who have fed there in the past. That will fade over time. Good luck.

@jimchumley7907 Жыл бұрын

Get rid of the very ignorant girlfiend.

@AlanClapp2 Жыл бұрын

Great video and sound advice. I live in an area where bears weren't prevent but are now. We have some woodland but I'm thinking there's not enough to avoid encounters. In CT I've dealt with bears regularly, at my camp in Vermont not so much as they have more choice and habitat/food

@vladimirberegovoy2886 Жыл бұрын

I do have brats and Laika.

@eliinthewolverinestate6729 Жыл бұрын

No luck on my bear hunt. The neighbors have a deer feeder. Normal bear behavior is to eat anything it can. MIDNR use sunflower seeds in there bear traps. If it has a tag in ear be very careful. Juvenile bears are curious. Most bear breaks ins are juvenile bears.

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal Жыл бұрын

Yep, we've had issues now and then with juvenile bears messing with trail cameras, etc. They're bored and looking for something to do... Thanks for watching and good luck next time on your hunt.

@iBANGgears 7 ай бұрын

Is there ever an issue with grilling/cooking outdoors?

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 7 ай бұрын

I've never had a problem. I just make sure to clean up good afterward by burning off the grill and never leave any food out.

@12tribes72 10 ай бұрын

You do need to understand bear behavior if you’re going to be out in bear Country (looks around) 😂. Thanks for the great video though. Between 7 and 8, is that am or pm?

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 10 ай бұрын

Pm. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@katrinaewing3289 Жыл бұрын

Those bears are so cute🐼

@NYG1991 2 жыл бұрын

It’s simple. You stay away from them they’ll stay away from you. It’s understandable. They’re just looking for something to eat.

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, thanks for watching and commenting.

@NYG1991 2 жыл бұрын

@@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal, no problem & you’re welcome!

@vladimirberegovoy2886 Жыл бұрын

Having bears, you need a West Siberian Laika. This dog will keep bear at bay and you earned timely. Good for bears and for your safety.

@davidjohnston1461 2 жыл бұрын

people dont really car a lot of bears in the why - they got a stpid mind setabout these bears they feed themits wrong i tell you this

@ToddsProjectsandOutdoorJournal 2 жыл бұрын

You're right, the bears are not usually the problem it's people who unknowingly create problems by feeding the bears. Thanks for watching and commenting...

@sarahmcenhill Жыл бұрын

Do you think bear boards are inhumane?