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FARMERs AND RANCHERs:
BEAR SAFETY TIPS
Bear Saftey Tips
If you are a farmer or a rancher, you have probably experienced an instance of having bears on your property. Bears are very smart creatures and when they see wide open land full of prey, they are going to try and figure out a way to hunt them. There are many ways to deter bears from your land, but regardless you always have to be on watch.
Bears often approach farms and ranches to find food, especially when natural food sources are scarce. If bears find an easier food resource than hunting their prey, they will prefer that option. Thankfully, there are a number of effective strategies that can protect your property so that the use of firearms becomes a last resort.
Saftey Tips:
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1) Secure bear attractants or locate them — especially crops, calving areas, boneyards and feed storage areas — away from forest edges and bear travel routes. Creating open “buffer” zones (100 m is recommended) between potential attractants and the places bears are most likely to frequent decreases the likelihood that bears will approach your chickens and pigs.
2) Consider bringing livestock, especially smaller animals, inside at night. Fields or pastures, and especially small animal pens, can be secured using a variety of deterrents like an electric fence, noise-making pyrotechnics, strobe lights, electronic sirens or scarecrows to temporarily repel bears. (Keep in mind that long-term and repetitious use of these devices may render them ineffective, and dominant older bears may not be repelled by these devices at all.)
- 3) Consider electric fencing. It is an easy and inexpensive way to increase security against bears. However, bears are smart animals and can learn how to get around them after an amount of time coming to the same area, if they’re not properly maintained. Be sure to check your fences regularly to ensure they are functioning properly.
- 4) Guard animals, such as dogs, donkeys or llamas, can help deter bears and other predators (like wolves) from preying on livestock. For protection of livestock against black bears in particular, well-trained guard dogs appear to be most effective.
- 5) Inspect crops and livestock frequently so that any damage can be discovered quickly and preventive measures can be implemented. If you discover a carcass on your property, remove the body as soon as possible. Haul it to the landfill, have a rendering service pick it up, or bury it at least eight feet deep in a remote spot on your land. Don’t dump an animal carcass on public property or leave it near a building, road, trail or other developed area. And never leave a drug-euthanized carcass where other animals can feed on it, as it can be fatal.
- 6) No one technique will solve every producer’s problems. The most successful approach is often an integrated one, combining good husbandry practices with a combination of electric fences, guard animals, good range riders and mechanical bear deterrents. Because predators are adaptable and able to learn quickly, it’s important to be flexible and use whatever combination actually solves the problem in your area.
- Always be alert for bears when working in bear habitat, and consider developing a network with your neighbors to help keep each other informed about bears in your area.
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