Wednesday, September 14, 2011
A Cagey Bear!
There are still some nice weeks left to visit the campground. Red will be at the campground until September 30th and then Charlie will come down to take over for the final weeks. Luckily the bears appear to have gone to higher elevations in search of berries. A report from about 8 miles up says berries are still green up there and haven't ripened yet. In July there were many bear sightings in or near the campground. In fact, one bear was sighted three days in a row in the campground so Red called the Forest Service and they delivered . . the trap! Actually Red had cooked his meat out on the campfire and had just gone inside to eat it when he looked out his camper window to see a bear sniffing around . . so he had a first hand account that a black bear was in the camp! For those of you who have never seen a bear trap here are some pictures. They put some meat bait in the trap and left it a couple of days . . the bear was a no show. He might have had previous experience with a trap and knew to avoid it. Anyway he was a "cagey" bear and was never caught. Once caught they are driven up into the higher elevation and released. That is done a couple of times. If they persist in coming back near humans the bear is then put down. It is always good to remember that we are the wildlife's guests in their backyard . . . not the other way around. Happy Camping!
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