a BIG surprise this morning...

[thekamikazekid]

Early this morning I was asleep and heard a loud noise outside on my deck.  So I woke up to investigate.  As I peered out I saw a huge black bear!    He had climbed over my fence, up the stairs, and proceeded to rip off the bird feeder I had hanging off the side of the railing.  I, in my 20 years of living in the same house have only seen a bear around the general area once.  I have a stray cat that I feed and the bear seemed to not have touched the cat food at all.  I live near the orange/sullivan counties border.  Has this happened to anybody else?  Do they normally come back? 

[fishfinger]

Take the bird feeder out for a couple of weeks. Bears love the bird feed.  Bears will travel many, many miles to find food.

Obviously you called the DEC right?

We had one in my town about 2 yrs ago reeking havok for about a week. The DEC did try and track the bear, but to no avail. It ended up getting killed by a motor vehicle.

Any one in my area remember the moose about 10 yrs ago running around?

[thekamikazekid]

I didn't call the DEC, I live right next to a wooded area where I'm sure they live.  I just never see them much but always knew they were there.