Look What I Found in my Garden

[chickwhorips]

So what do you use to keep moose away from a garden? Haven't started a garden, but the little trees are more like a stick with one leaf.

[Duck on Wheels]

So what do you use to keep moose away from a garden? Haven't started a garden, but the little trees are more like a stick with one leaf.

My guess is the same as we finally did to keep the deer out -- 7ft high, very sturdy fences.

[Python]

Venison and redcurrant sauce...MMMMMM

[Tuckervill]

We went camping in the Ouachita National Forest last night. Me and the boy, and we rode this morning around some fire roads.

We had a bear visit our campsite while we slept, I think--I didn't see it, but I smelled it and heard it get in the trash cans about 50 yards away. I've never smelled a bear before, but it was close and there for a long time. While I was half asleep, it didn't occur to me that it might be a bear--but when I awoke, I remembered the smell! YIKES!

It's kind of a musty, musky, skunky odor, moist smelling. Not a skunk--I know those. It was so strong it must have been right outside the tent. Anyone know what a black bear smells like?

Karen

[uforgot]

Anyone know what a black bear smells like?

Karen

I think if I was ever close enough to sniff a Black Bear, the overwhelming aroma in the air would definitely NOT be from the bear.

[lph]

aaaw, hedgehogs are so cute!

I was out late the other evening in our neighbourhood, which is very quiet and mostly car-free, and saw this small "rock" trundle over the path. Their legs are so tiny you can barely see them... It was a young hedgehog, and when we got close he didn't curl up, just froze where he was and pretended to be a real rock I guess running is out of the question with those tiny legs.

And just a few metres further on there was another, larger "rock" in the grass that hadn't been there the day before. Very very cute!

[East Hill]

http://www.wildlifeuk.net/who-has-a-...ehog-t-59.html

http://www.wildlifeuk.net/feeding-hedgehogs-t-322.html

Two of my favourite threads from a site where I am a moderator .

East Hill

[Tuckervill]

I think if I was ever close enough to sniff a Black Bear, the overwhelming aroma in the air would definitely NOT be from the bear.

You know, I wasn't scared at all. Just had a slow realization that it was probably a bear. I did, right before falling asleep, remember that story about the 11 year old boy who was dragged out of his tent by a bear recently. I reached out and grabbed my son's hand while he slept and and just held it until I went to sleep, because I know that's an irrational fear. But now I'm not so sure it was irrational! Especially after, on the trail some miles away, we saw bear scat in a couple of different places. And we were parked at Bear Creek Horse Camp for our ride. yikes, now I'm really freaked out! lol.

Karen

[chickwhorips]

Anyone know what a black bear smells like?

Yes, its a very distinctive smell. Brown bears are worse, specially when its salmon season. Been walking through some alder bushes and smelled bear, never saw it though. Must've been sleeping.

Especially after, on the trail some miles away, we saw bear scat in a couple of different places. And we were parked at Bear Creek Horse Camp for our ride. yikes, now I'm really freaked out! lol.

Just remember to be safe, alert, and know what to do. Most of the time they are more afraid of you than you of them. In an area where they see many people, they just avoid you. Just make sure you have your food safely put away and no garbage around. The hardest thing up here is people coming up and having no idea about being around bears. They leave all their trash out and saying "EAT HERE".