Tree replacement, bear problem

massey said:
The problem is bears are rediculously curious. They smell the apple blossoms, investigate, and see a fun cage/tree to destroy. Never leave anything plastic laying around. I’ve probably lost 20 gas/diesel cans to the damn things. Not to mention tractor seats, pvc pipe, boat cusions, you name it. Pita.


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This man speaks from experience. One year we tried BlueX tree tubes. Bears destroyed every single one, within a few months.
 
RGrizzzz said:
This man speaks from experience. One year we tried BlueX tree tubes. Bears destroyed every single one, within a few months.
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Oh yeah, I’ve lost Plenty of tree tubes to bears.

I had hoped removing the blue 5 gallon Lowe’s buckets from each cage would solve my problem, unfortunately it did not.


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massey said:
The problem is bears are rediculously curious. They smell the apple blossoms, investigate, and see a fun cage/tree to destroy. Never leave anything plastic laying around. I’ve probably lost 20 gas/diesel cans to the damn things. Not to mention tractor seats, pvc pipe, boat cusions, you name it. Pita.


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Yes same here! Treestands, trail cams (I now run security / bear boxes on all my cams), 4 wheeler seats (don't ask), & climbing stands left in the woods overnight ughhh!
 
weekender21 said:
I like the idea, just not sure how to set that up on food plots without constant grounding issues that I won’t find out about until weeks later.

This is the plot that’s seeing the most damage right now. Apples and pears line the north and west sides.

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You have plenty of sunlight in that area to set up a solar energizer should you decide to wire & go hot!
 
Bet you wouldn't have to do more than 4 wires 10" apart to keep bears out. I'm sure deer would hop that w/o thinking about it but it would prob. deter some. It'll be interesting to see if they actually jump my top wire at 5-5.5'...
 
coolbrze0 said:
Bet you wouldn't have to do more than 4 wires 10" apart to keep bears out. I'm sure deer would hop that w/o thinking about it but it would prob. deter some. It'll be interesting to see if they actually jump my top wire at 5-5.5'...
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Bear fences sold for brown bear country often have just a wire or two running on a tiny battery. I guess the bears nose is so sensitive it can detect the electric current and they want nothing to do with it.


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